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Food Mining

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH AWMNUS

Winl er 1980 Vol 13 No I

UNIVER lT V O F GU ELPH A LUMNI ASSOCIATlON

HONORARY PRES IDENT Professor Donald F Fo rster

PRESI DENT Janice (Ro be rt so n) Part low Arl s 70

PAST PRESIDENT W Ken Bell CBS73

SENIOR VICE-PRES IDENT Dr Tom DeGreer OVC 54

VICE PRES IDENTS Dr Cl iffo rd Barker OVC4 1 Ma ry Budd Arls 72 Peter McM ull en CPS 76 Patricia (Shie r) Might on OAC 64 Richa rd Moccia CBS 76 Jane (Vollick) Webster FA C5 75

SECRETA RY Jackie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74

DIRECTORS Ewa rl Carberry OAC44 Les Dunn CBS 76 Elizabeth Heeney Mac 7 I Lynn (Morrow) Featherston Mac 68 Barba ra Hinds CSS 74 Edith LeLac heur Arts 72 Pat ( Honey) Lonergan CSS 68 Deb bie McLell an CPS 76 Mel Po land OVC 44 Ambrose Samulski CBS 73 Tom Sawye r OAC59A and 64 Barry Sta hlbaum CPS 74 Anne Vaughan Arl s 78 Dr Stan Wa rd O VC36

EX -OFFIC IO DIRECT ORS Joh n K Babcock OAC 54 Direclor of Alumni A ffai rs nd Degtelopm enl Nancy Brown OAC 79 Presid enl Uni versil y of Guelph Cenlr 1 Siud enis Associ lion Dr C Robert Buck OVC 46 Presidenl O VC Alumni Associ lio n Judith Caron

ArtS 75 Presidenl Coll ege of Arts Alumni Associ ti on James Dance CSS 74 P resid enl CS lumni Associati o n Ba rbara Dell Mac 68 P resid ent MacshyFACS Alum ni Associlion Kathryn Martin CBS 76 President Gr du le Students Associ lio n Richard Moccia CBS 76 P resident C BS Alumni Associ lion Gle nn Powell OAC 62 P residenl OAC Alumni Associ li on William Sanford CPS 73 P resi denl C PS Alumni Association

TREASURER Jim J Elmslie

ASSOC IATE SECRETARY Rosemary Clark Mac 59

Th e Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depa rlm en l of Alumni Affa irs and Development in co-operalion with the Depa rtm e nt of Information Unive rsity of Guelph

The Editorial Commillee is comprised of Edilor Derek J Wing Publicatio ns Officer Art Direct o r - Erich H Barth John K Babcock OAC 54 Direclor o f Alumni Affairs and Develo pment Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assistant Director for Alumni Programs Patricia G Orr De ve lopme nt Officer Douglas Wat erston Director of Information Don ald W J ose OAC 49 Assistant Director of Informa ti on

The Edi torial Ad visory Boa rd of the Universit y of Guelph Alumni Association is compriscd ofRoberl Esch C PS 70 Chairman Lorene Arc hdekin CS5 74 Dr Allan Austi n Dr Donald A Bra nu m OVC 4 1 John Bowles CSS 72 Peter Ho henadd OAC 75 Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac 35 Sandra Webster CSS 75 Ex-Officio John K Babcoc k OAC54 W Ken Bell CBS 73

Undelivered copies should be returned to the Departme nt of Alumni Affairs and Deve lopme nl Universi l) of Guclph Guelp h Ontario lgti I G 2W I

Food

Theyre doing it over one mile down

by Thomas H Peters OAC 48

Agriculturist with the Ontario Division of the Inco Metals Company at Copper Cliff near Sudbury in Northern Ontario Dr Thomas H Peters OAC 48 received an honorary DSc degree from Sudburys Laurentian University during its spring convocation 1979 Tom Peters joined Inco following graduation from Guelph in 1948 was appointed Assistant Agriculturist in 1956 and became Incos Agriculturist in 1973

It should be noted that since its inception in 1916 Incos Ontario Division Agricultural Department has been headed solely by OAC graduates Initial department head was the late Tennyson D Jarvis OAC 00 and he was followed by the late Clarence D Ferguson OAC 16 who handed the reins on to Qare Young OAC 35 who retired in 1973

Over the past 20 years Tom has made significant contributions to the improvement of the Sudbury environment through his dedicated work in the revegetation of tailings and other industriaIJy affected land in the Sudbury area His research abilities have pioneered new techniques in land reclamation and he has gained international stature in the field of industrial revegetation

Two graduates of the O ntario Agricultural COllege and one from the

College of Social Science are members of a research team working to utili ze geothermal heat energy available in the mines of the Inco Metals Company at Copper C liff O ntario

Ellen Heale O AC 76 Mike Peters CSS 73 and Dr Tom Pe ters OAC 48 are involved in two current research programs T he first project under way since 1978 is the growing of vegeta bles underground This is a joint program with Sudburys Laurentian University and has recently received a three-year grant from the N atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to assist in the funding of the project

T he second project utilizes heat energy in mine ventilation air as a source of heat required for greenhouse operation T his is being handled by a team under the leadership of Ellen Heale The early stage

of the program is funded jointly by the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and the [leo Metals Company

In the Sudbury area rock temshyperatures increase by 055degC for every 3048 m of depth A large volume of air is used for mine ventilation and its temperature is moderated by various methods depending on the season to provide a reasona ble temperature at the underground work place Movement of air through the mine and ultimately to the ventilation shaft exit allows the air to reach a fairly constant temperature At the 17 km ( 105 mile) level of Creigh ton Mine the air temperature remains within the 244degC to 255degC range

The use of waste heat energy for the production of greenhouse crops has been under review at Inco since 1975 as part of their energy conservation program [n 1978 as a result of discuss ions with several members of the Bio logy Department of

Laurentian University a pilot program fo r growing vegetables undcrground was inititated

For residents of the mid-Canada area the benefits to be derived from such a program particularly if adapted to the more remote sites are numerous Fresh salad-type vegetables readily available at lower cost and improved quality would be of immediate benefit to consumers Lower costs would result from the reduced use of hydrocarbon fuels for he a ting and transportation T his would not only benefit consumers but Canada as a whole with a reduction in the expenditure of foreign exchange Both programs are being developed in such a manner that they will be adaptable for use at other si tes

Tomatoes leaf lettuce radishes and English cucumbers are the vegetab les currently being grown at the mines Hydroponic and standard greenhouse container systems are being used in the study The use of different light sources including high pressure sodium metal halide f1 uorescen t and incandesce n t lamps and various mixtures of the same are under experimentation D ay length light intensity and nutrient feeding techniques are o ther growth parameters being investigated

Due to the isolation of the growing site over 16 km (I mile) underground efforts a re being made to maintain a disease- and insect-free environment In addition to reducing insecticide and fungicide costs the potentia l exists for propagating disease-free s trains of various species for example strawberries in such an environment

The tomatoes which have ripened to date a re smalkr than those grown under greenhouse conditions but are similar in taste Also the num ber of fruit set per cluster is lower than normal

Future studies in the underground growing program will include investigations of nutrient requirements necessary under these environ mental conditions light requirements at different stages of plan t growth as well as species and variety tests

Early in 1979 the Inco Metals Compa ny developed a research proposal to design construct and stud y an experimental greenhouse which would use exhaus t mine ventilation air for heat The idea of using presently wasted heat energy for food production is extremely important

This three-ye ar project was separated into two phases The first phase was the design and construction of a 139 m 2

prototype greenhouse at Incos Copper

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Almost one mile below the surface of the earth Mike Peters CSS 73 left and his father Dr plants at an underground growing site at Incos Creighton Mine

Cliff South Mine This greenhouse is located 22 9 m from the exhaust air exit Ventilation air is pulled through an insulated steel pipe (508 cm) by a fan powered by a 75 kw motor

Since mine air contains particulates ( I mg mJ) air is forced through a rock filter bed under the floor of the greenhouse In addition to removal of the particulates gabions (091 m x 122 m) filled with riverstone prevent rapid fluctuations in air temperature by serving as a combined heat sinkexchanger

Mine air is also sa turated it has a relative humidity of 9999 per cent If this air was vented directly into the greenhouse condensation and plant disease problems could occur In order to prevent humidity or dust problems mine ventilation air is used to provide a temperature blanket of air around the greenhouse Air is channelled between an outer corrugated fibreglass covering (Lascolite) and an inner film of 8 mil polyethylene Air is vented through an adjustable stack-vent in the roof of the greenhouse

Ellen Heale OA C 76 in a greenhouse heated by mine exhaust ventilation air

Tom Peters OA C 48 with seedling tomato

Winter and summer ven tilation air temperatures at the Copper Cliff South Mine range from 7-12degC and 1O-13degC respectively Supplementary heat as required is provided in the greenhouse by electric baseboard heaters The so uth wall of the greenhouse is sloped to intercept the maximum amount of winter sun and the north wall is well insulated A highshypressure sodium lamp is the supplementary light source

Several varieties of greenhouse tomatoes are growing in the green house at the present time English cucumbers leaf lettuce spinach bedding plants and other greenhouse crops could also be grown in this environment Tests are presently under way to study environmental conditions within the greenhouse determine energy requirements and monitor plant growth and development rates Final assessment of results will take place in the spring of 1980 and if significant conclusions for the development of an economical and energy-conserving unit are established the second phase of the project will be

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implemented Design and construction of a 418 012 test greenhouse will be followed hy experimental studies and assessmen t of plant growth growing procedures and market production

There is a definite potential for using geothermal heat energy to grow greenhouse crops T he undergro und program and the experim ental greenhouse which uses min e ventilation air as a source of heat provide exampl es of methods to conserve and utilize hea t energy Yearshyround production of high quality fresh vegetables in northern co mmunities could be a realistic and economically feasible concept 0

U of G Also Into Waste Heat Research A research project designed to learn if low grade waste heat from industrial processes can be used successully to grow vegetables in southern Ontario was announced last November by the University and Texaco Canada Inc

A Departmen t of H orticultural Science team headed by Professor Herman Tiessen OAC 5 1 will provide scientific and operational supervision of the joint project Texaco Canada will pro vide the funding as well as the site and the heat The site is at Texacos oil refinery at Nanticoke near Dunnville Ontario Th e heat will be low grade waste heat produced during the cooling process involved al the refinery Th e low grade heat could not be utilized for other purposes

The initial phase of the lVO- to threemiddot year project entails the construction ofjust more than a third of an acre (0135 hay of greenhouses consisting otwo commercial scale houses of 8000 sq ft (744m2) each One will be ojJibreglass the other ofglass

The waste heat available at Texaco I

Nanlicoke rejinery would heat about 100 acres (405 hay ofgreenho uses according to Dr Tiessen Utiliza tion of even a F action of the total available waste heat t hroughoul Canada could signijicantly increase vegetable production

Because Texaco I Nanticoke oil refinety is new and high ly efficient it produces less waste heat than do most older refineries Therefore if the experiment proves successful at the Nanticoke refin ery the implications for oil rejneries which produce greater amounts of waste heat would be signijicant 0

Trapping Old Sol at Guelph by Don Jose OAC 49

Solar energy research a t the University of Guelph embraces a number of widely di vergent approaches to harvesting the abundant and pollu tion-free energy of the su n for prod uctive uses

At one end o f the range Professor Ron F awcett D epartment of Chemistry has developed a new and much cheaper method of producing solar cells th at can store the sun s energy as electricity On the o ther hand a gro up of faculty members in the School of Engineering is working on a variety of approaches to ha rnessin g th e sun s energy as heat

ow head ed by Professor La mbert Otten the group has developed for eva luation of effectiveness a number of very small scale models o f various types of farm buildings that could be adapted to install a tion o f so lar heating panels The next step will be the construction of a research structure tha t will consist of five segments each a cross section of a different building design

In a recently completed rela ted project a two-year study involved the use of solar hea t to reduce the cost of drying grain harvested at too high a moisture conte nt to store safely The results in this case have been disappointing In the very good season ex perienced in thc fall of 1978 the energy ge nera ted cost considerably more than an equivalent amount of electrical energy In the fall of 1979 with only two morni ngs of sunshine during the drying period the electrical backups were called on almost constantly

We have no problem capturing sol ar energy says Dr O tten but what we gain in drying during the day is lost during the humid nights T he overall efficiency measured against a control bin dried by conventional methods sho wed no significant benefi ts The superior quality of grain dried by this low tempera ture technique could only justify the Ise of solar energy if the collectors were also used for home bam or swimming pool hea ting

The experimen ts however we re not without some de gree o f success because they provide d ata fo r computer models These mode ls co uld be used to set up a microprocessor which in turn would measure outside termpera tun and humidity to trigger and control he a ters and drying fans In this case the heat source would be incidental Another use of the models wou ld be to investigate the feasibility of solar-assisted lowshytemperature volume drying in any loca ti on where suitable wea the r da ta are avai lable

T he models are co nlp lex and it will take another year to complete them Dr Gauri M ittal a pos t doctoral feJIow has recently joined Professor Otten to work o n the models Solar drying has excellent potential says Dr O tten in the prairie provinces a nd even in O ntarios Essex and Kent counties because they have a n earlier drying season and do not suffer the extreme ranges o f humidity

Meanwhil e we must wait for dramatic environmen tal changes-or re ly on non-solar energy as a drying source

The technique developed by D r Fawcett and his resea rch assistant D r Andrzej Baranski could revolutionize the production o f photo voltaic cells and reduce the cost several times

University of Glelph researchers have shown that effective energy-caJlecting devices can be produced using a film o f cadmium sulphide produced by electrodeposition This process is similar to that used in depositing an intact metal film in processes such as chrome plating

At the present time to produce electrical current from solar energy -scientists use a cell contai ning single crystal silicon or else cadmium sulphide produced by the much more expensive process of vapour deposition The reduced cost of the new process holds promise of not only cheaper but also more widemiddot spread application of solar-generated electrici ty to serve a variety of energy needs 0

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

by Anne Middleton

Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

New Dean of ave

D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH AWMNUS

Winl er 1980 Vol 13 No I

UNIVER lT V O F GU ELPH A LUMNI ASSOCIATlON

HONORARY PRES IDENT Professor Donald F Fo rster

PRESI DENT Janice (Ro be rt so n) Part low Arl s 70

PAST PRESIDENT W Ken Bell CBS73

SENIOR VICE-PRES IDENT Dr Tom DeGreer OVC 54

VICE PRES IDENTS Dr Cl iffo rd Barker OVC4 1 Ma ry Budd Arls 72 Peter McM ull en CPS 76 Patricia (Shie r) Might on OAC 64 Richa rd Moccia CBS 76 Jane (Vollick) Webster FA C5 75

SECRETA RY Jackie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74

DIRECTORS Ewa rl Carberry OAC44 Les Dunn CBS 76 Elizabeth Heeney Mac 7 I Lynn (Morrow) Featherston Mac 68 Barba ra Hinds CSS 74 Edith LeLac heur Arts 72 Pat ( Honey) Lonergan CSS 68 Deb bie McLell an CPS 76 Mel Po land OVC 44 Ambrose Samulski CBS 73 Tom Sawye r OAC59A and 64 Barry Sta hlbaum CPS 74 Anne Vaughan Arl s 78 Dr Stan Wa rd O VC36

EX -OFFIC IO DIRECT ORS Joh n K Babcock OAC 54 Direclor of Alumni A ffai rs nd Degtelopm enl Nancy Brown OAC 79 Presid enl Uni versil y of Guelph Cenlr 1 Siud enis Associ lion Dr C Robert Buck OVC 46 Presidenl O VC Alumni Associ lio n Judith Caron

ArtS 75 Presidenl Coll ege of Arts Alumni Associ ti on James Dance CSS 74 P resid enl CS lumni Associati o n Ba rbara Dell Mac 68 P resid ent MacshyFACS Alum ni Associlion Kathryn Martin CBS 76 President Gr du le Students Associ lio n Richard Moccia CBS 76 P resident C BS Alumni Associ lion Gle nn Powell OAC 62 P residenl OAC Alumni Associ li on William Sanford CPS 73 P resi denl C PS Alumni Association

TREASURER Jim J Elmslie

ASSOC IATE SECRETARY Rosemary Clark Mac 59

Th e Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depa rlm en l of Alumni Affa irs and Development in co-operalion with the Depa rtm e nt of Information Unive rsity of Guelph

The Editorial Commillee is comprised of Edilor Derek J Wing Publicatio ns Officer Art Direct o r - Erich H Barth John K Babcock OAC 54 Direclor o f Alumni Affairs and Develo pment Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assistant Director for Alumni Programs Patricia G Orr De ve lopme nt Officer Douglas Wat erston Director of Information Don ald W J ose OAC 49 Assistant Director of Informa ti on

The Edi torial Ad visory Boa rd of the Universit y of Guelph Alumni Association is compriscd ofRoberl Esch C PS 70 Chairman Lorene Arc hdekin CS5 74 Dr Allan Austi n Dr Donald A Bra nu m OVC 4 1 John Bowles CSS 72 Peter Ho henadd OAC 75 Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac 35 Sandra Webster CSS 75 Ex-Officio John K Babcoc k OAC54 W Ken Bell CBS 73

Undelivered copies should be returned to the Departme nt of Alumni Affairs and Deve lopme nl Universi l) of Guclph Guelp h Ontario lgti I G 2W I

Food

Theyre doing it over one mile down

by Thomas H Peters OAC 48

Agriculturist with the Ontario Division of the Inco Metals Company at Copper Cliff near Sudbury in Northern Ontario Dr Thomas H Peters OAC 48 received an honorary DSc degree from Sudburys Laurentian University during its spring convocation 1979 Tom Peters joined Inco following graduation from Guelph in 1948 was appointed Assistant Agriculturist in 1956 and became Incos Agriculturist in 1973

It should be noted that since its inception in 1916 Incos Ontario Division Agricultural Department has been headed solely by OAC graduates Initial department head was the late Tennyson D Jarvis OAC 00 and he was followed by the late Clarence D Ferguson OAC 16 who handed the reins on to Qare Young OAC 35 who retired in 1973

Over the past 20 years Tom has made significant contributions to the improvement of the Sudbury environment through his dedicated work in the revegetation of tailings and other industriaIJy affected land in the Sudbury area His research abilities have pioneered new techniques in land reclamation and he has gained international stature in the field of industrial revegetation

Two graduates of the O ntario Agricultural COllege and one from the

College of Social Science are members of a research team working to utili ze geothermal heat energy available in the mines of the Inco Metals Company at Copper C liff O ntario

Ellen Heale O AC 76 Mike Peters CSS 73 and Dr Tom Pe ters OAC 48 are involved in two current research programs T he first project under way since 1978 is the growing of vegeta bles underground This is a joint program with Sudburys Laurentian University and has recently received a three-year grant from the N atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to assist in the funding of the project

T he second project utilizes heat energy in mine ventilation air as a source of heat required for greenhouse operation T his is being handled by a team under the leadership of Ellen Heale The early stage

of the program is funded jointly by the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and the [leo Metals Company

In the Sudbury area rock temshyperatures increase by 055degC for every 3048 m of depth A large volume of air is used for mine ventilation and its temperature is moderated by various methods depending on the season to provide a reasona ble temperature at the underground work place Movement of air through the mine and ultimately to the ventilation shaft exit allows the air to reach a fairly constant temperature At the 17 km ( 105 mile) level of Creigh ton Mine the air temperature remains within the 244degC to 255degC range

The use of waste heat energy for the production of greenhouse crops has been under review at Inco since 1975 as part of their energy conservation program [n 1978 as a result of discuss ions with several members of the Bio logy Department of

Laurentian University a pilot program fo r growing vegetables undcrground was inititated

For residents of the mid-Canada area the benefits to be derived from such a program particularly if adapted to the more remote sites are numerous Fresh salad-type vegetables readily available at lower cost and improved quality would be of immediate benefit to consumers Lower costs would result from the reduced use of hydrocarbon fuels for he a ting and transportation T his would not only benefit consumers but Canada as a whole with a reduction in the expenditure of foreign exchange Both programs are being developed in such a manner that they will be adaptable for use at other si tes

Tomatoes leaf lettuce radishes and English cucumbers are the vegetab les currently being grown at the mines Hydroponic and standard greenhouse container systems are being used in the study The use of different light sources including high pressure sodium metal halide f1 uorescen t and incandesce n t lamps and various mixtures of the same are under experimentation D ay length light intensity and nutrient feeding techniques are o ther growth parameters being investigated

Due to the isolation of the growing site over 16 km (I mile) underground efforts a re being made to maintain a disease- and insect-free environment In addition to reducing insecticide and fungicide costs the potentia l exists for propagating disease-free s trains of various species for example strawberries in such an environment

The tomatoes which have ripened to date a re smalkr than those grown under greenhouse conditions but are similar in taste Also the num ber of fruit set per cluster is lower than normal

Future studies in the underground growing program will include investigations of nutrient requirements necessary under these environ mental conditions light requirements at different stages of plan t growth as well as species and variety tests

Early in 1979 the Inco Metals Compa ny developed a research proposal to design construct and stud y an experimental greenhouse which would use exhaus t mine ventilation air for heat The idea of using presently wasted heat energy for food production is extremely important

This three-ye ar project was separated into two phases The first phase was the design and construction of a 139 m 2

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Almost one mile below the surface of the earth Mike Peters CSS 73 left and his father Dr plants at an underground growing site at Incos Creighton Mine

Cliff South Mine This greenhouse is located 22 9 m from the exhaust air exit Ventilation air is pulled through an insulated steel pipe (508 cm) by a fan powered by a 75 kw motor

Since mine air contains particulates ( I mg mJ) air is forced through a rock filter bed under the floor of the greenhouse In addition to removal of the particulates gabions (091 m x 122 m) filled with riverstone prevent rapid fluctuations in air temperature by serving as a combined heat sinkexchanger

Mine air is also sa turated it has a relative humidity of 9999 per cent If this air was vented directly into the greenhouse condensation and plant disease problems could occur In order to prevent humidity or dust problems mine ventilation air is used to provide a temperature blanket of air around the greenhouse Air is channelled between an outer corrugated fibreglass covering (Lascolite) and an inner film of 8 mil polyethylene Air is vented through an adjustable stack-vent in the roof of the greenhouse

Ellen Heale OA C 76 in a greenhouse heated by mine exhaust ventilation air

Tom Peters OA C 48 with seedling tomato

Winter and summer ven tilation air temperatures at the Copper Cliff South Mine range from 7-12degC and 1O-13degC respectively Supplementary heat as required is provided in the greenhouse by electric baseboard heaters The so uth wall of the greenhouse is sloped to intercept the maximum amount of winter sun and the north wall is well insulated A highshypressure sodium lamp is the supplementary light source

Several varieties of greenhouse tomatoes are growing in the green house at the present time English cucumbers leaf lettuce spinach bedding plants and other greenhouse crops could also be grown in this environment Tests are presently under way to study environmental conditions within the greenhouse determine energy requirements and monitor plant growth and development rates Final assessment of results will take place in the spring of 1980 and if significant conclusions for the development of an economical and energy-conserving unit are established the second phase of the project will be

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implemented Design and construction of a 418 012 test greenhouse will be followed hy experimental studies and assessmen t of plant growth growing procedures and market production

There is a definite potential for using geothermal heat energy to grow greenhouse crops T he undergro und program and the experim ental greenhouse which uses min e ventilation air as a source of heat provide exampl es of methods to conserve and utilize hea t energy Yearshyround production of high quality fresh vegetables in northern co mmunities could be a realistic and economically feasible concept 0

U of G Also Into Waste Heat Research A research project designed to learn if low grade waste heat from industrial processes can be used successully to grow vegetables in southern Ontario was announced last November by the University and Texaco Canada Inc

A Departmen t of H orticultural Science team headed by Professor Herman Tiessen OAC 5 1 will provide scientific and operational supervision of the joint project Texaco Canada will pro vide the funding as well as the site and the heat The site is at Texacos oil refinery at Nanticoke near Dunnville Ontario Th e heat will be low grade waste heat produced during the cooling process involved al the refinery Th e low grade heat could not be utilized for other purposes

The initial phase of the lVO- to threemiddot year project entails the construction ofjust more than a third of an acre (0135 hay of greenhouses consisting otwo commercial scale houses of 8000 sq ft (744m2) each One will be ojJibreglass the other ofglass

The waste heat available at Texaco I

Nanlicoke rejinery would heat about 100 acres (405 hay ofgreenho uses according to Dr Tiessen Utiliza tion of even a F action of the total available waste heat t hroughoul Canada could signijicantly increase vegetable production

Because Texaco I Nanticoke oil refinety is new and high ly efficient it produces less waste heat than do most older refineries Therefore if the experiment proves successful at the Nanticoke refin ery the implications for oil rejneries which produce greater amounts of waste heat would be signijicant 0

Trapping Old Sol at Guelph by Don Jose OAC 49

Solar energy research a t the University of Guelph embraces a number of widely di vergent approaches to harvesting the abundant and pollu tion-free energy of the su n for prod uctive uses

At one end o f the range Professor Ron F awcett D epartment of Chemistry has developed a new and much cheaper method of producing solar cells th at can store the sun s energy as electricity On the o ther hand a gro up of faculty members in the School of Engineering is working on a variety of approaches to ha rnessin g th e sun s energy as heat

ow head ed by Professor La mbert Otten the group has developed for eva luation of effectiveness a number of very small scale models o f various types of farm buildings that could be adapted to install a tion o f so lar heating panels The next step will be the construction of a research structure tha t will consist of five segments each a cross section of a different building design

In a recently completed rela ted project a two-year study involved the use of solar hea t to reduce the cost of drying grain harvested at too high a moisture conte nt to store safely The results in this case have been disappointing In the very good season ex perienced in thc fall of 1978 the energy ge nera ted cost considerably more than an equivalent amount of electrical energy In the fall of 1979 with only two morni ngs of sunshine during the drying period the electrical backups were called on almost constantly

We have no problem capturing sol ar energy says Dr O tten but what we gain in drying during the day is lost during the humid nights T he overall efficiency measured against a control bin dried by conventional methods sho wed no significant benefi ts The superior quality of grain dried by this low tempera ture technique could only justify the Ise of solar energy if the collectors were also used for home bam or swimming pool hea ting

The experimen ts however we re not without some de gree o f success because they provide d ata fo r computer models These mode ls co uld be used to set up a microprocessor which in turn would measure outside termpera tun and humidity to trigger and control he a ters and drying fans In this case the heat source would be incidental Another use of the models wou ld be to investigate the feasibility of solar-assisted lowshytemperature volume drying in any loca ti on where suitable wea the r da ta are avai lable

T he models are co nlp lex and it will take another year to complete them Dr Gauri M ittal a pos t doctoral feJIow has recently joined Professor Otten to work o n the models Solar drying has excellent potential says Dr O tten in the prairie provinces a nd even in O ntarios Essex and Kent counties because they have a n earlier drying season and do not suffer the extreme ranges o f humidity

Meanwhil e we must wait for dramatic environmen tal changes-or re ly on non-solar energy as a drying source

The technique developed by D r Fawcett and his resea rch assistant D r Andrzej Baranski could revolutionize the production o f photo voltaic cells and reduce the cost several times

University of Glelph researchers have shown that effective energy-caJlecting devices can be produced using a film o f cadmium sulphide produced by electrodeposition This process is similar to that used in depositing an intact metal film in processes such as chrome plating

At the present time to produce electrical current from solar energy -scientists use a cell contai ning single crystal silicon or else cadmium sulphide produced by the much more expensive process of vapour deposition The reduced cost of the new process holds promise of not only cheaper but also more widemiddot spread application of solar-generated electrici ty to serve a variety of energy needs 0

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

by Anne Middleton

Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

New Dean of ave

D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

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Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

David Murray

activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

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Food

Theyre doing it over one mile down

by Thomas H Peters OAC 48

Agriculturist with the Ontario Division of the Inco Metals Company at Copper Cliff near Sudbury in Northern Ontario Dr Thomas H Peters OAC 48 received an honorary DSc degree from Sudburys Laurentian University during its spring convocation 1979 Tom Peters joined Inco following graduation from Guelph in 1948 was appointed Assistant Agriculturist in 1956 and became Incos Agriculturist in 1973

It should be noted that since its inception in 1916 Incos Ontario Division Agricultural Department has been headed solely by OAC graduates Initial department head was the late Tennyson D Jarvis OAC 00 and he was followed by the late Clarence D Ferguson OAC 16 who handed the reins on to Qare Young OAC 35 who retired in 1973

Over the past 20 years Tom has made significant contributions to the improvement of the Sudbury environment through his dedicated work in the revegetation of tailings and other industriaIJy affected land in the Sudbury area His research abilities have pioneered new techniques in land reclamation and he has gained international stature in the field of industrial revegetation

Two graduates of the O ntario Agricultural COllege and one from the

College of Social Science are members of a research team working to utili ze geothermal heat energy available in the mines of the Inco Metals Company at Copper C liff O ntario

Ellen Heale O AC 76 Mike Peters CSS 73 and Dr Tom Pe ters OAC 48 are involved in two current research programs T he first project under way since 1978 is the growing of vegeta bles underground This is a joint program with Sudburys Laurentian University and has recently received a three-year grant from the N atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to assist in the funding of the project

T he second project utilizes heat energy in mine ventilation air as a source of heat required for greenhouse operation T his is being handled by a team under the leadership of Ellen Heale The early stage

of the program is funded jointly by the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and the [leo Metals Company

In the Sudbury area rock temshyperatures increase by 055degC for every 3048 m of depth A large volume of air is used for mine ventilation and its temperature is moderated by various methods depending on the season to provide a reasona ble temperature at the underground work place Movement of air through the mine and ultimately to the ventilation shaft exit allows the air to reach a fairly constant temperature At the 17 km ( 105 mile) level of Creigh ton Mine the air temperature remains within the 244degC to 255degC range

The use of waste heat energy for the production of greenhouse crops has been under review at Inco since 1975 as part of their energy conservation program [n 1978 as a result of discuss ions with several members of the Bio logy Department of

Laurentian University a pilot program fo r growing vegetables undcrground was inititated

For residents of the mid-Canada area the benefits to be derived from such a program particularly if adapted to the more remote sites are numerous Fresh salad-type vegetables readily available at lower cost and improved quality would be of immediate benefit to consumers Lower costs would result from the reduced use of hydrocarbon fuels for he a ting and transportation T his would not only benefit consumers but Canada as a whole with a reduction in the expenditure of foreign exchange Both programs are being developed in such a manner that they will be adaptable for use at other si tes

Tomatoes leaf lettuce radishes and English cucumbers are the vegetab les currently being grown at the mines Hydroponic and standard greenhouse container systems are being used in the study The use of different light sources including high pressure sodium metal halide f1 uorescen t and incandesce n t lamps and various mixtures of the same are under experimentation D ay length light intensity and nutrient feeding techniques are o ther growth parameters being investigated

Due to the isolation of the growing site over 16 km (I mile) underground efforts a re being made to maintain a disease- and insect-free environment In addition to reducing insecticide and fungicide costs the potentia l exists for propagating disease-free s trains of various species for example strawberries in such an environment

The tomatoes which have ripened to date a re smalkr than those grown under greenhouse conditions but are similar in taste Also the num ber of fruit set per cluster is lower than normal

Future studies in the underground growing program will include investigations of nutrient requirements necessary under these environ mental conditions light requirements at different stages of plan t growth as well as species and variety tests

Early in 1979 the Inco Metals Compa ny developed a research proposal to design construct and stud y an experimental greenhouse which would use exhaus t mine ventilation air for heat The idea of using presently wasted heat energy for food production is extremely important

This three-ye ar project was separated into two phases The first phase was the design and construction of a 139 m 2

prototype greenhouse at Incos Copper

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Almost one mile below the surface of the earth Mike Peters CSS 73 left and his father Dr plants at an underground growing site at Incos Creighton Mine

Cliff South Mine This greenhouse is located 22 9 m from the exhaust air exit Ventilation air is pulled through an insulated steel pipe (508 cm) by a fan powered by a 75 kw motor

Since mine air contains particulates ( I mg mJ) air is forced through a rock filter bed under the floor of the greenhouse In addition to removal of the particulates gabions (091 m x 122 m) filled with riverstone prevent rapid fluctuations in air temperature by serving as a combined heat sinkexchanger

Mine air is also sa turated it has a relative humidity of 9999 per cent If this air was vented directly into the greenhouse condensation and plant disease problems could occur In order to prevent humidity or dust problems mine ventilation air is used to provide a temperature blanket of air around the greenhouse Air is channelled between an outer corrugated fibreglass covering (Lascolite) and an inner film of 8 mil polyethylene Air is vented through an adjustable stack-vent in the roof of the greenhouse

Ellen Heale OA C 76 in a greenhouse heated by mine exhaust ventilation air

Tom Peters OA C 48 with seedling tomato

Winter and summer ven tilation air temperatures at the Copper Cliff South Mine range from 7-12degC and 1O-13degC respectively Supplementary heat as required is provided in the greenhouse by electric baseboard heaters The so uth wall of the greenhouse is sloped to intercept the maximum amount of winter sun and the north wall is well insulated A highshypressure sodium lamp is the supplementary light source

Several varieties of greenhouse tomatoes are growing in the green house at the present time English cucumbers leaf lettuce spinach bedding plants and other greenhouse crops could also be grown in this environment Tests are presently under way to study environmental conditions within the greenhouse determine energy requirements and monitor plant growth and development rates Final assessment of results will take place in the spring of 1980 and if significant conclusions for the development of an economical and energy-conserving unit are established the second phase of the project will be

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implemented Design and construction of a 418 012 test greenhouse will be followed hy experimental studies and assessmen t of plant growth growing procedures and market production

There is a definite potential for using geothermal heat energy to grow greenhouse crops T he undergro und program and the experim ental greenhouse which uses min e ventilation air as a source of heat provide exampl es of methods to conserve and utilize hea t energy Yearshyround production of high quality fresh vegetables in northern co mmunities could be a realistic and economically feasible concept 0

U of G Also Into Waste Heat Research A research project designed to learn if low grade waste heat from industrial processes can be used successully to grow vegetables in southern Ontario was announced last November by the University and Texaco Canada Inc

A Departmen t of H orticultural Science team headed by Professor Herman Tiessen OAC 5 1 will provide scientific and operational supervision of the joint project Texaco Canada will pro vide the funding as well as the site and the heat The site is at Texacos oil refinery at Nanticoke near Dunnville Ontario Th e heat will be low grade waste heat produced during the cooling process involved al the refinery Th e low grade heat could not be utilized for other purposes

The initial phase of the lVO- to threemiddot year project entails the construction ofjust more than a third of an acre (0135 hay of greenhouses consisting otwo commercial scale houses of 8000 sq ft (744m2) each One will be ojJibreglass the other ofglass

The waste heat available at Texaco I

Nanlicoke rejinery would heat about 100 acres (405 hay ofgreenho uses according to Dr Tiessen Utiliza tion of even a F action of the total available waste heat t hroughoul Canada could signijicantly increase vegetable production

Because Texaco I Nanticoke oil refinety is new and high ly efficient it produces less waste heat than do most older refineries Therefore if the experiment proves successful at the Nanticoke refin ery the implications for oil rejneries which produce greater amounts of waste heat would be signijicant 0

Trapping Old Sol at Guelph by Don Jose OAC 49

Solar energy research a t the University of Guelph embraces a number of widely di vergent approaches to harvesting the abundant and pollu tion-free energy of the su n for prod uctive uses

At one end o f the range Professor Ron F awcett D epartment of Chemistry has developed a new and much cheaper method of producing solar cells th at can store the sun s energy as electricity On the o ther hand a gro up of faculty members in the School of Engineering is working on a variety of approaches to ha rnessin g th e sun s energy as heat

ow head ed by Professor La mbert Otten the group has developed for eva luation of effectiveness a number of very small scale models o f various types of farm buildings that could be adapted to install a tion o f so lar heating panels The next step will be the construction of a research structure tha t will consist of five segments each a cross section of a different building design

In a recently completed rela ted project a two-year study involved the use of solar hea t to reduce the cost of drying grain harvested at too high a moisture conte nt to store safely The results in this case have been disappointing In the very good season ex perienced in thc fall of 1978 the energy ge nera ted cost considerably more than an equivalent amount of electrical energy In the fall of 1979 with only two morni ngs of sunshine during the drying period the electrical backups were called on almost constantly

We have no problem capturing sol ar energy says Dr O tten but what we gain in drying during the day is lost during the humid nights T he overall efficiency measured against a control bin dried by conventional methods sho wed no significant benefi ts The superior quality of grain dried by this low tempera ture technique could only justify the Ise of solar energy if the collectors were also used for home bam or swimming pool hea ting

The experimen ts however we re not without some de gree o f success because they provide d ata fo r computer models These mode ls co uld be used to set up a microprocessor which in turn would measure outside termpera tun and humidity to trigger and control he a ters and drying fans In this case the heat source would be incidental Another use of the models wou ld be to investigate the feasibility of solar-assisted lowshytemperature volume drying in any loca ti on where suitable wea the r da ta are avai lable

T he models are co nlp lex and it will take another year to complete them Dr Gauri M ittal a pos t doctoral feJIow has recently joined Professor Otten to work o n the models Solar drying has excellent potential says Dr O tten in the prairie provinces a nd even in O ntarios Essex and Kent counties because they have a n earlier drying season and do not suffer the extreme ranges o f humidity

Meanwhil e we must wait for dramatic environmen tal changes-or re ly on non-solar energy as a drying source

The technique developed by D r Fawcett and his resea rch assistant D r Andrzej Baranski could revolutionize the production o f photo voltaic cells and reduce the cost several times

University of Glelph researchers have shown that effective energy-caJlecting devices can be produced using a film o f cadmium sulphide produced by electrodeposition This process is similar to that used in depositing an intact metal film in processes such as chrome plating

At the present time to produce electrical current from solar energy -scientists use a cell contai ning single crystal silicon or else cadmium sulphide produced by the much more expensive process of vapour deposition The reduced cost of the new process holds promise of not only cheaper but also more widemiddot spread application of solar-generated electrici ty to serve a variety of energy needs 0

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

by Anne Middleton

Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

New Dean of ave

D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

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appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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Almost one mile below the surface of the earth Mike Peters CSS 73 left and his father Dr plants at an underground growing site at Incos Creighton Mine

Cliff South Mine This greenhouse is located 22 9 m from the exhaust air exit Ventilation air is pulled through an insulated steel pipe (508 cm) by a fan powered by a 75 kw motor

Since mine air contains particulates ( I mg mJ) air is forced through a rock filter bed under the floor of the greenhouse In addition to removal of the particulates gabions (091 m x 122 m) filled with riverstone prevent rapid fluctuations in air temperature by serving as a combined heat sinkexchanger

Mine air is also sa turated it has a relative humidity of 9999 per cent If this air was vented directly into the greenhouse condensation and plant disease problems could occur In order to prevent humidity or dust problems mine ventilation air is used to provide a temperature blanket of air around the greenhouse Air is channelled between an outer corrugated fibreglass covering (Lascolite) and an inner film of 8 mil polyethylene Air is vented through an adjustable stack-vent in the roof of the greenhouse

Ellen Heale OA C 76 in a greenhouse heated by mine exhaust ventilation air

Tom Peters OA C 48 with seedling tomato

Winter and summer ven tilation air temperatures at the Copper Cliff South Mine range from 7-12degC and 1O-13degC respectively Supplementary heat as required is provided in the greenhouse by electric baseboard heaters The so uth wall of the greenhouse is sloped to intercept the maximum amount of winter sun and the north wall is well insulated A highshypressure sodium lamp is the supplementary light source

Several varieties of greenhouse tomatoes are growing in the green house at the present time English cucumbers leaf lettuce spinach bedding plants and other greenhouse crops could also be grown in this environment Tests are presently under way to study environmental conditions within the greenhouse determine energy requirements and monitor plant growth and development rates Final assessment of results will take place in the spring of 1980 and if significant conclusions for the development of an economical and energy-conserving unit are established the second phase of the project will be

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implemented Design and construction of a 418 012 test greenhouse will be followed hy experimental studies and assessmen t of plant growth growing procedures and market production

There is a definite potential for using geothermal heat energy to grow greenhouse crops T he undergro und program and the experim ental greenhouse which uses min e ventilation air as a source of heat provide exampl es of methods to conserve and utilize hea t energy Yearshyround production of high quality fresh vegetables in northern co mmunities could be a realistic and economically feasible concept 0

U of G Also Into Waste Heat Research A research project designed to learn if low grade waste heat from industrial processes can be used successully to grow vegetables in southern Ontario was announced last November by the University and Texaco Canada Inc

A Departmen t of H orticultural Science team headed by Professor Herman Tiessen OAC 5 1 will provide scientific and operational supervision of the joint project Texaco Canada will pro vide the funding as well as the site and the heat The site is at Texacos oil refinery at Nanticoke near Dunnville Ontario Th e heat will be low grade waste heat produced during the cooling process involved al the refinery Th e low grade heat could not be utilized for other purposes

The initial phase of the lVO- to threemiddot year project entails the construction ofjust more than a third of an acre (0135 hay of greenhouses consisting otwo commercial scale houses of 8000 sq ft (744m2) each One will be ojJibreglass the other ofglass

The waste heat available at Texaco I

Nanlicoke rejinery would heat about 100 acres (405 hay ofgreenho uses according to Dr Tiessen Utiliza tion of even a F action of the total available waste heat t hroughoul Canada could signijicantly increase vegetable production

Because Texaco I Nanticoke oil refinety is new and high ly efficient it produces less waste heat than do most older refineries Therefore if the experiment proves successful at the Nanticoke refin ery the implications for oil rejneries which produce greater amounts of waste heat would be signijicant 0

Trapping Old Sol at Guelph by Don Jose OAC 49

Solar energy research a t the University of Guelph embraces a number of widely di vergent approaches to harvesting the abundant and pollu tion-free energy of the su n for prod uctive uses

At one end o f the range Professor Ron F awcett D epartment of Chemistry has developed a new and much cheaper method of producing solar cells th at can store the sun s energy as electricity On the o ther hand a gro up of faculty members in the School of Engineering is working on a variety of approaches to ha rnessin g th e sun s energy as heat

ow head ed by Professor La mbert Otten the group has developed for eva luation of effectiveness a number of very small scale models o f various types of farm buildings that could be adapted to install a tion o f so lar heating panels The next step will be the construction of a research structure tha t will consist of five segments each a cross section of a different building design

In a recently completed rela ted project a two-year study involved the use of solar hea t to reduce the cost of drying grain harvested at too high a moisture conte nt to store safely The results in this case have been disappointing In the very good season ex perienced in thc fall of 1978 the energy ge nera ted cost considerably more than an equivalent amount of electrical energy In the fall of 1979 with only two morni ngs of sunshine during the drying period the electrical backups were called on almost constantly

We have no problem capturing sol ar energy says Dr O tten but what we gain in drying during the day is lost during the humid nights T he overall efficiency measured against a control bin dried by conventional methods sho wed no significant benefi ts The superior quality of grain dried by this low tempera ture technique could only justify the Ise of solar energy if the collectors were also used for home bam or swimming pool hea ting

The experimen ts however we re not without some de gree o f success because they provide d ata fo r computer models These mode ls co uld be used to set up a microprocessor which in turn would measure outside termpera tun and humidity to trigger and control he a ters and drying fans In this case the heat source would be incidental Another use of the models wou ld be to investigate the feasibility of solar-assisted lowshytemperature volume drying in any loca ti on where suitable wea the r da ta are avai lable

T he models are co nlp lex and it will take another year to complete them Dr Gauri M ittal a pos t doctoral feJIow has recently joined Professor Otten to work o n the models Solar drying has excellent potential says Dr O tten in the prairie provinces a nd even in O ntarios Essex and Kent counties because they have a n earlier drying season and do not suffer the extreme ranges o f humidity

Meanwhil e we must wait for dramatic environmen tal changes-or re ly on non-solar energy as a drying source

The technique developed by D r Fawcett and his resea rch assistant D r Andrzej Baranski could revolutionize the production o f photo voltaic cells and reduce the cost several times

University of Glelph researchers have shown that effective energy-caJlecting devices can be produced using a film o f cadmium sulphide produced by electrodeposition This process is similar to that used in depositing an intact metal film in processes such as chrome plating

At the present time to produce electrical current from solar energy -scientists use a cell contai ning single crystal silicon or else cadmium sulphide produced by the much more expensive process of vapour deposition The reduced cost of the new process holds promise of not only cheaper but also more widemiddot spread application of solar-generated electrici ty to serve a variety of energy needs 0

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

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Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

New Dean of ave

D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

D uring this time there was a drive

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

NHL

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

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hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

David Murray

activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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Thomas Powers

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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implemented Design and construction of a 418 012 test greenhouse will be followed hy experimental studies and assessmen t of plant growth growing procedures and market production

There is a definite potential for using geothermal heat energy to grow greenhouse crops T he undergro und program and the experim ental greenhouse which uses min e ventilation air as a source of heat provide exampl es of methods to conserve and utilize hea t energy Yearshyround production of high quality fresh vegetables in northern co mmunities could be a realistic and economically feasible concept 0

U of G Also Into Waste Heat Research A research project designed to learn if low grade waste heat from industrial processes can be used successully to grow vegetables in southern Ontario was announced last November by the University and Texaco Canada Inc

A Departmen t of H orticultural Science team headed by Professor Herman Tiessen OAC 5 1 will provide scientific and operational supervision of the joint project Texaco Canada will pro vide the funding as well as the site and the heat The site is at Texacos oil refinery at Nanticoke near Dunnville Ontario Th e heat will be low grade waste heat produced during the cooling process involved al the refinery Th e low grade heat could not be utilized for other purposes

The initial phase of the lVO- to threemiddot year project entails the construction ofjust more than a third of an acre (0135 hay of greenhouses consisting otwo commercial scale houses of 8000 sq ft (744m2) each One will be ojJibreglass the other ofglass

The waste heat available at Texaco I

Nanlicoke rejinery would heat about 100 acres (405 hay ofgreenho uses according to Dr Tiessen Utiliza tion of even a F action of the total available waste heat t hroughoul Canada could signijicantly increase vegetable production

Because Texaco I Nanticoke oil refinety is new and high ly efficient it produces less waste heat than do most older refineries Therefore if the experiment proves successful at the Nanticoke refin ery the implications for oil rejneries which produce greater amounts of waste heat would be signijicant 0

Trapping Old Sol at Guelph by Don Jose OAC 49

Solar energy research a t the University of Guelph embraces a number of widely di vergent approaches to harvesting the abundant and pollu tion-free energy of the su n for prod uctive uses

At one end o f the range Professor Ron F awcett D epartment of Chemistry has developed a new and much cheaper method of producing solar cells th at can store the sun s energy as electricity On the o ther hand a gro up of faculty members in the School of Engineering is working on a variety of approaches to ha rnessin g th e sun s energy as heat

ow head ed by Professor La mbert Otten the group has developed for eva luation of effectiveness a number of very small scale models o f various types of farm buildings that could be adapted to install a tion o f so lar heating panels The next step will be the construction of a research structure tha t will consist of five segments each a cross section of a different building design

In a recently completed rela ted project a two-year study involved the use of solar hea t to reduce the cost of drying grain harvested at too high a moisture conte nt to store safely The results in this case have been disappointing In the very good season ex perienced in thc fall of 1978 the energy ge nera ted cost considerably more than an equivalent amount of electrical energy In the fall of 1979 with only two morni ngs of sunshine during the drying period the electrical backups were called on almost constantly

We have no problem capturing sol ar energy says Dr O tten but what we gain in drying during the day is lost during the humid nights T he overall efficiency measured against a control bin dried by conventional methods sho wed no significant benefi ts The superior quality of grain dried by this low tempera ture technique could only justify the Ise of solar energy if the collectors were also used for home bam or swimming pool hea ting

The experimen ts however we re not without some de gree o f success because they provide d ata fo r computer models These mode ls co uld be used to set up a microprocessor which in turn would measure outside termpera tun and humidity to trigger and control he a ters and drying fans In this case the heat source would be incidental Another use of the models wou ld be to investigate the feasibility of solar-assisted lowshytemperature volume drying in any loca ti on where suitable wea the r da ta are avai lable

T he models are co nlp lex and it will take another year to complete them Dr Gauri M ittal a pos t doctoral feJIow has recently joined Professor Otten to work o n the models Solar drying has excellent potential says Dr O tten in the prairie provinces a nd even in O ntarios Essex and Kent counties because they have a n earlier drying season and do not suffer the extreme ranges o f humidity

Meanwhil e we must wait for dramatic environmen tal changes-or re ly on non-solar energy as a drying source

The technique developed by D r Fawcett and his resea rch assistant D r Andrzej Baranski could revolutionize the production o f photo voltaic cells and reduce the cost several times

University of Glelph researchers have shown that effective energy-caJlecting devices can be produced using a film o f cadmium sulphide produced by electrodeposition This process is similar to that used in depositing an intact metal film in processes such as chrome plating

At the present time to produce electrical current from solar energy -scientists use a cell contai ning single crystal silicon or else cadmium sulphide produced by the much more expensive process of vapour deposition The reduced cost of the new process holds promise of not only cheaper but also more widemiddot spread application of solar-generated electrici ty to serve a variety of energy needs 0

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

by Anne Middleton

Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

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D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

D uring this time there was a drive

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

NHL

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

Snow Coming M ain Street

pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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oves Dean Hands Over Reins Dennis Howell completed two terms as

dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the end of 1979 During that period hc guided the continents oldest veterinary college through a period of intense and rapid expansion marked by a 50 per cent student increase and a $12 million building program

D r Howell came to the OVc from his native England in 1967 to take the position of 1ssociate dean (research) and was appointed dean when Dr T revor Lloyd Jones OVC 34 completed his term of office in 1969 A graduate of the Royal Veterinary College London D r H owell worked with the British Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal D iseases and for G laxo Laboratories Ltd where he was the veterinary director before he came to Canada

His tenure as dean has been marked by an extremely close liaison with alumni of the College evidenced by his desire from the first to meet alu mn i at any time and almost any place Dennis and Elsie Howell have become friends of alumni throughout Canada and the United States Alumni have come to look for the Guelph room set up by the dean at the conferences of the American and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associa tions

It is a tribute to the close links forged with alumni that the America n organization Frie nds of Universi ty of G uelph Inc made the d ea n an honorary life member last year a n honour which he treasures

I am a strong proponent of the interacting role of students alumni a nd faculty to make a sound institutio n of higher education D r Howell to ld readers in a recent edition of the O Vc Alumni Bulletin The O Vc has a fine reputation for staunch interaction between its constituent groups

O n another occasion he pointed out that alumni serve a very important function in terms of advice and support He so ught with great success the help of al umni in equipping new buildings as th ey sprang up on the west side of th e campus during a period of increasingly tighter money And he was always grateful for alumni support of cultural ac tivit ies in donations of works of art and arch ival material H e also sought the advice of alumni on administrati e matters where he considered graduates have a real responsibility and should express their views

by Anne Middleton

Elsie and Dr Dennis Howell righI with honorary life membership presented by Friends of University of Guelph president Dr Grant Misener OA C 35 and 0 VC 38

Dr Howell has always been conshycerned that the O Vc should live up to its reputation as one of the wo rld s leading veterinary schools and research institutions When building on Canadian campuses had practically stopped and the capital freeze of the 1970s loomed large he was able to get funding During his tenure the College grew with the addition of the Pathology Veteri nary M icrobiology and Immunology Buildin g the Labo ra tory Animal Buildin g the Eramosa F ield Station and extensions to Cl inica l Stud ies and the O Vc s main build ing At th e same time freshm an intake grew from 80 to 120 and research programs expanded

Although nego tiations in the political arena were not always smooth Dr Howell was usually able to maintain good will Former dean Trevor Lloyd Jones says that one of Dr Howells important contributions as dean was the success he had in cultivating outside support for the College and University He also showed talent and aggressive zeal in encouraging the best poss ible relatio nships between the College a nd ou tside agencies Dr Jones adds Another colleague commends him for his success in a ppeals He very seldom gets a direct no - the door is usually left open for further negotiation

Jim M illington ove 69 a past president of the O Vc Alumni Association also commented on the former deans abiliti es He has a remarkable talent for dealing with the bureaucratic process D r M illington says He is usually able to circumvent opposition in any appeal

Dr Millington also poin ts to Denn is Howell s co-operation with alumni and with students (Jim Mi llington was in his final undergraduate year when D r Howell became dean ) Dennis is very approachable - he was available for students and alumni who werc often treated to tea and cookies during informal discussion in the deans office T o the OVc Alumni Association Boa rd of Directors he offered his help bu t neve r pushed the G uelph veterinarian points out He considers the dea n was th e right man for the right time

When he came to G uelph Dr Ho well recogni zed the College as one of the six top veterinary institutions in the world While he was here the OVc had both its American and British accredi tations renewed and underwent dra matic gro wth so th a t at the end of his tenure D r H owell was able to report the facilities wc have now can be measured favorably with comparable institutions around thc world In this regard he credited alumni with their financial help which can make all the difference between being good and being outstanding

Percy Smith who was Vice-President Academic during much of the time Dennis Howell was dean comments o n Denniss dedication to thc deve lo pment of the OVc as a great professional co llege with a special significance in the field of health sci ence He worked with enorm ous energy and great goodwill to prom ote the College Dr Smith says But he showed a real concern for th e University as a whoIe exemplified by his active voca l and resourceful mem bership on such bodies as the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Senate

Dr Howells in terest in the total field of health science has led him to take a very ac tive role in th e ongoing debate on the cost o f clinical fa cilities He was at the helm of th e O ntario Council fo r University Health Services when tha t body completed a survey of the cost of clinical instruction in schools of veterinary medicine de nti stry and optometry and made a plea for increased funding for these faculties which do not have publicly supported hospitals at th eir disposa l as do _ the med ica l schools D r Howell continues to represent the Unive rs ities of G uelph Waterloo Toron t and Western O nta rio in these negotiations with the Ontario government

In 1975 he presented a rep ort on the need for a school of veterinary medicine to the M aritime Provinces Higher Education Commission recommending

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

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D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

F Prior Smith OA C 66A

Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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that a veterinary college with places for 200 und ergraduates be built at the University of Prince Edwa rd Island in Charlottetown with the school giving preference to students from the three Ma ritime provinces and Newfoundland Reg Thomson OVC 59 former Chairman of O vCs Department of Pa thology is now in C harlottetown carrying out planning fo r the proposed college

Dr Howcll also played an importan t part in getting Sault Ste Mari es Algom a University College back on its feet after its threatened closure in 1976 At that tim e a Royal Commission reco mmended that the provincial government withdraw financial support from the Ii beral arts college an adjunct of Sudbury Laurentian University

The dean was appointed chairman of an interim Board o f T rustees set up by the Ministry o f Colleges and Universities in 1976 to operate the college for a yea r During that time he spent three to four days of every week in Sault Ste Marie As a result the college was able to resume operations und er its own dean Dr H owell continues as chairman o f th e board a nd is also president of the Algoma College Associatio n

Dean Howells ac tivities were not confined to Canada In addition to frequent travels to the United States for professional gatherings and alumni meetings he has been an intrepid world traveller visiting veterin ary schools universities and research institutiof)s on every continent Last summer he was Com monwealth Foundation lec turer in India Sri Lanka Australia New Zealand and Malaysia where he renewed ties between the O Vc and the Universiti Pertanian- Malaysia D uring Dr Howells tenure as dean the college entered into an agreement with the Canadian I nternational Development Agency to help the newly-established veterinary school in Malaysia a link that continues with exchanges of faculty between the two institutions

One of the grea test tributes Dr Howell has received in the course of his professional career ca me last year when the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeo ns in England made him a Fellow a tri bu te to his contributions to veterinary medicine in Canada and overseas

D r Howell is currently taki ng six months administrative leaVe somewhat of a busman s holid ay while he carries out Canadian and intemational co mmitments in the field of education and veterinary medicine 0

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D r Douglas Maplesden 0 VC 50

D r D ouglas C M aplesden OVC 50 succeeded D r Dennis H owell as

dean of the O ntario Veterinary College on January I 1980 The new dean brings to his post a background that includes both large and small animal practice seve n years as a clinician at his a lma mater and many years of research and administration in the pharmaceutical industry

After private practice with Dr Robe rt B Turnbull OVC 45 at Staforth Ontario and two years as herd veterinarian a t Flat Top Ranch Walnut Springs Texas Dr Mapksden retu rned to the O Vc spending seven years on the fa culty In 1961 he joined the pharmaceutica l firm of Stevenso n ~ urn e r

and Boyce in Guelph as veterinary director later becoming vice-president technical se rvices He then moved to N ew Jersey where he became executive director animal health research a nd general manager of the animal health di visio n for CISA-G EIGY la ter becoming director of animal heal th research at E R Squibb and So ns Inc

The OVc has had th e reputa ti o n of turning out gradua tes who are well trained in the science and art of veterinary medicine says Dr Maplesden He points out th a t both a stron g clinical emphasis and a good scientific background are important and he und erlines his dedication to both

He is quick to add however th a t continuing education courses are Important to make the best professionals including PhDs but that not a ll take them so the college years are very important

This makes it vital he says that faculty be ve ry much up to date They need to take sa bbatica ls at th e ri ght places and they need to keep up to date in their reading

D r Maplesden does no t foresee an over-supply of D VM graduates in the

fu ture T ha t degree provides one of th e best scien tific background s it is possi ble for a gradua te to obtain he says Thus if gradu ates should decide not to practise (and while they wou ld need further grad uate trainin g for another career) they would be more than able to co mpete with other biological science graduates

Looking down the road th e new dean sees the need for m ore research and more grad uate students in pa thology toxicology and equine research te also says that we must ensure th at research funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF) is geared full y to the problems o f food production with anim als in O n tario so that ma xim um benefi t from the dollars can be glea ned

There is also a distinct need according to the Ovc dean for additional funds for rese arch related to pets and companio n animals Such an imals contribute a very significan t psychological factor for ma ny peop le living a lone he points out

Dr Maplesde n acknowledges the excellent rapport that exists between the O c and the Ontario Veterinary Services Branch and between the O Vc and fed era l officials We must ensure that such li a ison is maintained a nd expanded he emphasizes

Then he points to his own background that includes a M asters degree from the O AC and an agriculturally oriented Ph D from Cornell as well as experience in both large and small a nim al practice H e looks forward he says to maintaining and strengthening the co-opera tion th a t now exist between the OVc and both the O AC and the CBS He iooks forward to many more jo int ventures between members of his faculty and those in such departments as Animal and Pou ltry Science and N utrition

D r Maplesden also foresees many more joint appointments between the O Vcs clini cs and Animal and Poultry Science The task force appro ach to research as opposed to a single researcher working more or less alone is also very much in his th inking -Finally Dr Maplesden predicts continued and increase d emph asis at the OVc on continuing educatio n a nd special symposia Were going to s tress that because it s important he says He foresees that such symposia will include sessions for professionals and sess io ns geared to the needs and interests o f interes t groups-livestock breeders producers and hob byis ts D

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

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Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

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Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Hes For The birds For the past two years F Prior Smith

OAC 66A has been talking to Canadian Snowbirds Nothing strange about that because unlike singer Anne Murrays famou s snow-birds Priors kind listen understand and tal k back

Priors conversations begin in November but the stage is set in late September and early October

The leaves and the temperatures are falling Squirrels are gathering nuts for the winter and it is dark around suppertime The snow tire commercials are on the radio again and fuel oil dealers are starting to make their rounds

Its the time of year when hun dreds of thousands of Canadians are thinking about warm sunny days and pleasant cool evenings down south It happens every year Canadians get visions of snow dri fts sub-zero tempera tures and ice storms and they decide there is another place they would rather be for a few weeks or months

That is where Florida comes in There are many exotic places in the sunny south but for anyone of a number of reasons Florida gets most of the Canadian traffic Accurate figures are hard to come by but it is generally estima ted that 15 million Canadians visit the state during the winter season

The annual migration begins in the last week of October and continues through until mid-April Many Canadians have taken up full-time residence in Florida mainly in the south east F lorida Gold Coast region of Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach and in the G ulf Coast region of Tampa Clearwater and St Petersburg In some areas of th ta te Canadian developers can not build homes fast enough to accommodate the influx

One thing all of the Canadian Snowbirds (as they are known in Florida) share is a desire to keep in touch with what is happening back home especially in Southern Onta rio

Two years ago Prior a Toron to news broadcaste r and ten-year veteran wi th CFRB in Toronto assembled a modest five-station radio news network in the major Canadian tourist regions of Florida The news from Canada has been aired six days a week ever since In that initial year the Canadian News Update was aired in the Fort Lauderdale region Daytona

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Beach Tampa-Clearwater-St Peters burg Panama City Beach and My rtle Beach South Carolina Since then the Canadian News Update network has grown to the point where it now covers practically all tourist regions of Florida the Bahamas and Myrtle Beach This winter season the broadcasts are being aired on 14 U S stations

A Toronto native Prior is no stra nger to the news business in Canada or to listeners of Torontos CFRB (his brother Derwyn is News Director of CFTO-TV) His arrival at CFRB in the fall of 1969 was preceded by the customary eam-asshyyou-learn training experience that practically every broadcaster endures There were farm broadcasts and brief stays at CKLY Lindsay CHYR Leamington and CISS Cornwall before his first taste of the big time CIAO in Montreal CFRBs sister station

After one year at CIAO it was back home to Toronto and CFRB and he has been there ever since doing all forms of news work from municipal coverage at Toronto City Hall to traffic reporting In the past ten years he has covered al most

every major news story in Eastern Canada and just last year his work on the Air Canada crash at Toronto In ternational Airport resulted in CFRBs win ning the Radio and TV News Directors Award for spot news coverage

The idea of radio news in F lorida was sparked by his first visit to the Sunshine State in 1974 Dissatisfied with an existing news service based in Fort Lauderda le he decided to test the waters in Florida broadcasti ng circles and quickly found a wide open market

The ba ll got rolling when Fort Lauderdale area radio station WLOD (now WPIP) jumped on the idea and just as quickly fou nd an advc rtiser T he Royal Trust Bank of Florida which sponsors the program to this day The Royal Trust Bank is just one of many businesses in the State with Canadian ownership control or affi liation Other sponsors Canadian and American joined in to reach the big Canadian audience during the win ter months and the Canadian News U pdate broadcasts gradually expanded to one Florida city after another The program became so popular along the F lorida Gold Coast (the region betwee n Miami and West Palm Beach) that it has been aired year-round on WPIP since the fall of 1977

It has been a slow but steady growth for the one-man operation which just recently added the med ia sales exp rlise of former Toronto Argonaut player and General Manager Dick Shatto T he former Argo perennial all-star running back and executive with CFRB and the Toronto Sun moved to Florida earlier this year and handl s most of Priors time sa les work from his base in T arpon Springs j ust north of Clearwater

Priors wife AIlana who spent five years as Toronto City Hall secretary to then Alderman and now Toronto Mayor John Sewell handles the office work and the couples twO children 8-year-old G len and recent arrival Timothy

The Smith home for the past three years a 125-year-old stone house on half an acre near Brampton On tario is also Priors base station where over groundlines and through microwave transmission he talks from his modern shybroadcast studio to 14 radio sta tions exposed to a variety of management egos and deadline pressures that keep him hopping but happy

Ive been to Florida four times he explained but never strictly for pleasure - always on busi ness Maybe one day when I can fin d the timc I ll try being a Snowbird myself 0

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

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Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

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Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

David Murray

activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

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Here Come

The ODAs

by Andrea Mudry Fawcett

Every spring at convocation time a unique group of students arrives on

campus to graduate Most have never seen the University before Some have travelled great distancesmiddot-from the Maritimes western provinces and the United States shyfor the occasion Older than the average student they have come to receive the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture (O DH) which is achieved through correspondence or independent study This spring the group will be joined by the first graduates of the Ontario D iploma in Agriculture (ODA)

More than 300 graduates have received their ODH since the distinctive program was established in 1960 During the same period of time 14000 other adults interested in lea rning but not seeking a diploma have found the courses ideal for brushing up on a su bject or delving into an entirely new area of agriculture or horticulture in spare time at home Currently more than 3000 students are enrolled in the program which is offered through the Independent Study Divsion of the Universitys School of Partshytime studies and Continuing Education

Funded by the Ontario M inistry of Agriculture and Food (OM AF) the program was established at the request of the horticultural industries explains Professor Ted McN inch OAC 49 Chairman of Independent Study Traditionally European immigrants had provided expertise in the trade Howevr by the late 19505 post-war immigration had subsided while horticultural industries had flourished creating a pressing need for a training program

Professor McNinch who joined the OACs D epartment of Horticul ture in 1957 nurtured the program from the concept stage In 1962 Professor Harold Crawford 0( 58 became his assistant Professor Gary Hutchison OAC 58 joined them in 1965 when agricultural courses were added to the program A recent staff addition is student counsellor Wendy Elrick OAC 76 who is completing a Masters degree in Land Resource Science

Combining a full-time job with study as most of the ODA and OD H diploma students must is convenient but exacting The simple fact that they have persevered on their own during evenings and weekshyends for three to five years tells a lot about their self-discipline a nd interests observes James Pook OAC 72 A keen horticulturist with the city of Hamilton

What is attractive Wendy Elrick OA C 76 doing Turn the page for an answer

Mr Pook subsequently completed the ODH in 1976

For their diploma students must successfully com plete assignments in 15 courses write three genera knowledge exams invigilated by a local school teacher and submit a short thesis

Agricultural students can specialize in one of three areas animal prod uction crop production or genera agriculture Horticulturists have eight options park horticulture or management nursery operations landscape contracting landscape design landscape maintenance commercial floriculture turf management and general horticulture

Beca use the courses are designed to provide the scientific principles and practices behind the practical methods used in agriculture and horticulture a

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

but shes bullwise

Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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minimum of one years practica l experience is required before the diploma is granted Before they come to us the majority of our students have had extensive practical experience comments Professor McNinch So it is dem anding to create courses which inform and excite them but rewarding too

Joerg Leiss now production superintendent for Sheridan Nurseries came from a family of horticultural specialists in Germany and had 16 years of experience before em barking on the program He was one of the first ODH graduates in 1963 A prospective member of this years first ODA graduating class William Holden has had extensive experience both on the farm and in industry as a designer and draftsman for Shur-Gain Ltd

Mr Holden who hopes to re tire early and take up full-time farming is impressed with the varie ty of benefits which can be derived from the program Whether I farm or not the courses I took in the three main areas of animal science financial management and horticulture have already been useful in many ways both on the job and at home After researching his thesis on commercial rabbit production Mr Holden decided that raising the animals would only be economically viable as a side line O nce his diploma is granted he expects a raise both in pay and professional status

Diploma graduates have been active in alumni affairs surprisingly so considering that they spent their undergraduate years largely isolated from the campus and each other Bill Earl ODH 63 Parks Supervisor for Toronto Frank Bernt ODH 70 Landscape Supervisor for the Hamilton Parks Department Stu Holland ODH 63 retired Forestry Supervisor for Toronto and Joerg Leiss have all been members of the OAc Alumni Associations board of directors G raduates also strongly support their own ODH G raduates Association which was formed in 1965

Attracted by Independent Studys reputation allied industries organizations and educational institutions have asked to use the Divisions courses in a variety of ways For example the Edmonton park system has enrolled groups of its employees and developed in-service training to augment the ODH program Olds College in Alberta has been allowed to use some of the D ivisions courses and materials for its own students

Like Jim McLarty OAC 72 many

individuals occasionally take courses to develop a personal or professional interest Now a farmer and commercial pilot at Echo Bay Jim chose several courses on cattle and farm financing Horticulture is extremely popular for hobbyists

A multi-media kit recently developed by Professor McNinch and his colleagues as part of their on-going research to improve teaching methods is a major contribution to correspondence education These creative self-learning kits offer three complementary learning processes in the form of filmstrips with a hand-viewer audio cassettes and traditional text books The hand-viewed filmstrips also make it economically feasible to provide students with numerous high quality illustrations Custom designed binders neatly store the contents

Since many of Independent Studys courses are enhanced by presentation in the multi-media format the faculty is currently adapting their past publications to the new approach Weed Control in Turf by Professor Clayton Switzer OAC 5 I dean of the OAc Tree Fruit

Production by Professor Ben Tesky OAC 49 recently retired from Horticultural Science and Nursery Management by Professor Glen Lumis Horticultural Science are among thos already revised Soil Conservation by Professor Len Webber OAC 39 who recently retired from Land Resource Science is in the works

Further possibilities for this multishymedia approach seem endless says Professor McNinch Already the Division has developed mini-kit versions for the hobbyist on indoor plants deciduous trees propagation of tropical plants f10wer arranging and machinery and fieldwork at a reasonable cost The larger kits are also being used in classrooms on campus and at other universities and colleges

For further information about the Diploma courses or the creative selfshylearning kits contact the School of PartshyTime Studies and Continuing Education Independent Study Division Room 154 Johnston H alL University of G uelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2WI or call 824shy4120 Ext 3375 0

Wendy is studying plant propagation by using one of Independent Studys creative self-learning kits

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I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

Shes little

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Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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song bull bull by Martha Leibbrandt

I t is January 1978 in the Canary Islands A group of young people on holiday

including several Canadians has been sharing apartments in Tenerife One of them Richard Scott Ruddock OAC 77 meets a Frenchman who owns a sailboat a 35-foot trimaran named Trigo of Sussex moored in Las Palmas harbour The lease on the Tenerife apartments expires and Richard accepts an invitation to take up lodgings on board

It sounds like the beginning of a movie scenario doesnt it Small boats bobbing at anchor a close community of yachtsmen and friends from around the world glorious weather superb scenery sparkling seas But for Richard who had worked the previous summer paying off his debts following graduation with a BSc(Eng) degree the adventure to follow was to be even better an exciting culmination of his holiday abroad his last fling before settling into the sober routine of earning a living

As Richard relates it the Frenchman Richard Doze wanted to sail across the

With the wheels kick and the winds

south Atlantic to Martinique He invited Richard to join the crew and after some hesitation and investigation both about the seaworthiness of the boat and the ability of the captain Richard agreed

The Frenchman Richard and a Norwegian girl called Sofie became the crew There was also Marvran a year-old Newfoundland dog Their navigational equipment consisted of an accurate watch some fairly basic maps and a sextant Their emergency equipment was an inflatable dinghy and a radio transmitter receiver with a 200-mile operating range on an emergency frequency

Their beds were narrow wooden benches covered with foam mattresses their food canned goods lentils pasta rice fruit flour and cheese Their source of power over the Atlantic was the trade winds which they hoped would fill their sails by the time they reached the Cape Verde Islands 800 nautical miles south of the Canaries and blow them westward to Martinique

bull Richard had learned to saiJ aboard The Pathfinder a sail training vessel out of Toronto but he admits he had never before sai led the open sea Sofie knew less about sailing but had a strong constitution an d did not succumb to seasickness even when the captain the most experienced sailor was so ill a t one point that he had to direct operations from his bunk

Richard agrees that there was an element of risk in the whole undertaking and admits that if he had to do it again he would prefer to be not quite so close to nature Speaking of their minimal emergency equipment he puts it this way If you have problems and you capsize with or without a radio it doesnt make much difference The worst thing that would happen in a trimaran is capsIZIng once you capsize you can never right it again But he goes on when one opts for this kind of experience one has to come around to a different way of looking at things Besides he says 180 sailboats some much smalle r than theirs followed the same path to the Caribbean that year In fact a Swiss taxi driver who owned the boat moored beside theirs in Las Palmas met them later at Cape Verde sailing the same route singlehandedly

Yet the first leg of the journey from the time they left Las Palmas on February 26 un til they reached Puerto Grande on Cape Verde eight days later was hard Richard admits They had to get used to a fairly monotonous routine four hours for each of them on watch and the rest of the time spent catching some sleep checking the setting of the sails doing repairs taking sightings with the sextant twice daily and charting their course There was a good deal to keep them busy

Though he continually marvelled at the grandeur of sky stars and sea and of wave systems that were never the same two days running Richard found dur ing the late watch alone at night that he had a lousy feeling inside a pervading anxiety of falling overboard When the seas got rough with 25-foot waves at one point he was afraid because he didnt know the boats limitations or its

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

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Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

NHL

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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strengths what to worry about and what not

But all went well T hey reached Puerto G rande rested and took on fresh water and supplies But then on the out journey as they were sailing south west between the two main islands high winds funnelIing between the land masses suddenly whipped the seas into a fury With too much sail exposed and the sea running in the opposite direction their rudder broke Entirely dependent now on the manipulation of the sails to steer their course they managed to make it back to port

By comparison the rest of their journey across the Atlantic was tranquil They left San Pedro Bay with a rebuilt rudder on March 18 The weather was consistently good hot days but always tempered by the cooling trade winds the nights cool but never chilling thanks to warm sheepskins and woollen army blankets

Although they had no refrigeration an area near the hull was cool enough to keep cabbages eggs cheese green peppers and oranges for a period of time and they had homemade bread every day -rather dense but very good-baked in a French pressure cooker atop their butane two-burner stove and spread with butter out of a can Ilying fish attracted by the running lights regularly spiralled out of the waves on to the deck providing them with a dish not unlike bass or perch

At mid-Atlantic a huge Russian ship like an army transport suddenly appeared over the horizon and passed close by sea terns flew about their boat but generally refused a moments rest on board even though they were so far from land

One hundred and fifty nautical miles from Martinique the winds died For three days they waited so enticingly close to civilization and yet so far Then the wind filled their sails once more and they reached Martinique on April 9 It had taken them 2 I days to cover about 2000 nautical miles between Cape Verde and Martinique

The quite beautiful sunrises and the halo of light in the darkness indicating approaching land were the most memorable episodes of the whole experience for Richard Ironically he feels that it is only in retrospect that he really appreciates them At the time I was never totally relaxed always counting the days Still he has some wonderful memories Thank goodness for retrospection I 0

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Lenah (Field) Fisher Mac 22shes a terror for her size by Linda Manning Arts 75

I n the 1922 Ontario Agricultural College yearbook there appears a short but apt

verse Shes little but shes wise Shes a terror for her size

The lines refer to Lenah Field Mac 22 who over the past five decades has pursued a variety of careers including dietitian teacher restaurant owner and politician A petite lady of barely five feet Lenah (Field) Fisher has about her an air of gracious femininity laced with an ample dose of determination

Back in 19 I 9 when Lenah Field was attending Macdonald Institute it was announced that the Prince of Wales would visit the Ontario Agricultural College Miss Field decided that somehow she would find an opportunity to speak to him Some 60 years later that moment is still preserved in a photograph taken on the day of his visit Included by him years later in his memoirs it shows the dapper young prince on the steps of the College and front stage centre laughing and looking up at His Highness is Lenah Field She smiles as she recalls the incident A group of us walked across the campus afterwards she says and I chatted with the prince He said he didnt know whether he could stay for the dance that evening There is a pause He remembered me though she continues because later that day I received a box of cigarettes stamped with the gold insignia of the Prince of Wales

There is an in teresting footnote to this

story Several years later the princes visit to Africa was made in to a movie and sent to Canada for distribution I had just arrived in Montreal Lenah recalls and my host offered to take me to the theatre to see the film As we entered the foyer I could see a life-sized promotion picture of the prince in the background There were several exclamations upon my arrival and I was immediately mobbed by strangers asking me end less questions about the prince The puzzle was solved when someone pointed out to me that I must be a close friend of the prince as there I was with him in the photograph It was a shock to realize that the G uelph photo had been used to promote the films Canadian tour

After graduating from Macdonald Institute as a dietitian Lenah Field interned at Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto and then went on to postshygraduate studies at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland Ohio While there she designed a series of special diets for diabetic children

She returned to Canada several years later to become the head dietitian of the -Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal During that time she developed a special course for interns in her dietetics department instructing them in the expertise of buying for large institutions My courses were very popular Lenah says and I always found positions for my graduating students

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

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Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

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for funds for the nurses residence a t the Queen Elizabeth A produce company with whom Lenah dealt regularly had donated a cheque for only $50 The hospital director was annoyed and Lenah suggested that she might be ab le to get the amount inereascd He (the director) didn t think I could do it Lenah remembers but he gave me the cheque and told me to try For the next two days I politely refu sed to order when the salesman phoned The third day the owner was at the hospi tal asking me whether I was suddenly findin g fault with his produce I whipped out the cheq ue Lenah continues told him he had unmitigated gall giving us a cheque for $50 and to re it up in front of him He hesi ta ted then wrote out a second one for $500 When he handed it to me I asked fo r ano ther zero and handed it back There were a few tense m Ol11en ts th en she reca ll ~ but he took it back a nd added the third ze ro

Lenah tells about a city-wi de survey tha t was undertaken in Mo ntrea l to de termin e the prices paid by large in stitutio ns fo r food Results revea led th a t Lenah was the best buyer in the en tire city outmatchin g a ll other in stitutions including hotels I was offe red positio ns a t several major hote ls after that including th e Mount Royal Lenah says but I had o th er plans These includ ed marriage to rubber company executive Donald Fisher and temporary retirem ent from the outside career world

The Dep ression had begun and Lenah volunteered her services to the city of Montreal Food vouchers were being given to needy families and Lena hs job was to find out whether each family was buying wisely An interesting job Le nah commen ts though not always pleasant

Wi th experie nces in Toronto Cleveland and Montreal behind her it seems in re trospect inevitable that Len ah would return to Cobourg where she was born and raised During visits home in the 1930s she discovered that her fami ly home was regularly hese iged hy American tourists from the daily Rochester ferry The charming seven-room dwellin g had been given as a wedding present to her father by her gra ndfa ther Prio r to giving it to his so n Mr F ie ld had rented it to th e Koerber family whose daughter had become the sile nt film sta r Marie D ressler

Lenah persuadcd her parents to convert their home into a restaurant retaining its period furniture silver a nd dishes Called The Marie D ressler House it attracted C anadian and American tourists who enjoyed its distinctive French

Lenah Field laughing and looking up at the Prince of Wales on the steps of Macdonald Institute during his visit in 1919

cuisine and attentive wa itresses It was a preferred place for summer employment and many high school girls including thi s writer (back in the 50s) donned the sedate black uniform and stock in gs and spent the summer ushering wide-eyed tourists past the tinkling music box to the Button Room for dining

Lenahs restaura nt thrived partly because of Maurice its French chef but mostly because of this ladys incredible knack for public relations T he restaura nt gained an international reputation and was frequented by visi to rs and celebrities from all over the world In 1974 Lenah sold the establishment to a res ta ura nte ur who promised to re tain its distin ct ive quality and fare

In 1956 after the death of her husband Lenah began to take an active interest in politics It was rumoured she says that they were going to tear down (Cobourgs) Victoria Hall I couldn t bear tha t Why my grandfa ther attended its opening in 1860 by the Prince of Wa les (later to be Edward VII ) and was on the town council during Confede ra tion year had to do somethin gl

Lena h was elected to Cobourgs tow n council in 1959 but in stead of being elected Chai rm an or Public Bu ildings as she had hoped she was relegated to the garbage committee Undaunted she took more tha n the usual councillor S in te rest in the citys re fu se and was often see n riding on the municipa l truck s overseein g operati ons She eve n put on coveralls and rubber boots and washed down eity streets during cleanup week

ex t year when she topped th e polls

she became Chairman of Public Buildings and bega n a 15-yea r struggle to have th e town hall restored She had it named a provincia l landm ark and later by cashing in a few politi cal IOUs in Otta wa a Nationa l H istoric Si te Lenah hopes that her beloved Old Lady of King Street now in its fin a l phase o f restoration will soon be re turn ed to its 1860 splendour

In 196 1 Lenah was elected Deputy Reeve of the co uncil and remained in this position until her political retirement in 1975

She was awa rded the Order of Canada tha t year- a great hono ur for any Canadian ci tizen a nd much dese rved by this energet ic and accomplished lady Subsequen tly Audrey McN augh ton a well-kn own Canadian artis t painted a lifeshysized portrait of Lena h in recognition of her service to the life and culture of the community This portrai t ha ngs in the Art Gallery in Victoria Hall

Currently Lenah is a G overnor of Sir Sandford Fleming College in Petershyborough and is ac tive with a num ber o f

bodies includ ing the Co bourg C hamber of Commerce G reat Pine Ridge To urist Council th e Co bo urg Libra ry Board and the Heritage Association

If you visit Lenah at home these days you will be gree ted a t the doo r by her latest undertaking - a beautiful lanky Weimaraner p up py christened C hancellor von Cobourg Hes as strong as I a m already Lenah says and smarter tool

As I bid her goodbye I think it would be quite an accomplishment to be smarter than Lenah (Fie ld) Fisher the invinci ble Mac girl of 1922 0

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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Prologue The writer Harold B Disbro we OAC 23 right with Turkish farmer friend in 1925

Dear Mr Wing

At a time when young university graduates are experiencing difficulty in obtaining suitable employment memory takes me back to the time of my own graduation when a similar condition prevailed

In the months prior to graduating from the OA C in 1923 1 sent out dozens ofjob applications and went for numerous interviews-all to no avail My lack of success was due partially to my youthful appearance-I was 21 years old and looked about 17 A more telling factor was that there were just too many of us including a large number of older men who had returned from the First World War

In the end 1 had to sell Ie jor casual labouring jobs a few months as an apiarist in the jar north a horrible winter job working out-oj-doors at a paper mill and a temporary job as an apiary inspector in my native county Norfolk in Western Ontario

As no one in Canada seemed much impressed by what 1 had to offer 1 slarted to send enquiries jurther afield One was addressed to the HQ of the International Y M CA in New York City Surprisingly if

yielded a quick response they had an enquiry for someone with my qualifications to teach in of all places Turkey The president of the instilUtion was a Canadian would 1 be available for an interview

The upshot was that 1 met the president oj International College 1 zmir Turkey between trains on a station platform When he departed 1 had a

contract to teach at International for three years at the munificent salmy of $600 per year plus living and travelling expenses

As you can appreciate it was a unique experience one that extended my horizons to an unbelievable extent Its practical result and this should interest young grads who are at loose ends led to a lifetime career in education when 1 relUrned to Canada three years as a junior in the former Apiculture Department at OA C thereafter as a secondary school teacher and jor 20 years prior 10 my retirement in 1965 as principal of Elmira District Secondary School

AI my age one often Ihinks of the past and 1 have recenlly PUI down on paper some recolleCiions of my experiences subsequenl 10 my appointment at 1 nlernalional up 0

the lime 1 actually starled 0 leach

May 1 say as an Old Boy Ihal the articles 1 find mosl enterlaining in the G uelph Alumnus are Ihe ones thai deal with people and their experiences It is with Ihis in mind Ihal 1 summoned the courage to submit the enclosed article 1 hope you will find il interesting but if il does not meet your standards you may be assured there will be no hard jeelings as 1 understand what an edilors dUlies are

Trusling to hear jrom you 1 remain

Yours sincerely

Harold B Disbrowe OA C 23

Prelude to a teachin career by Harold R Disbrowe OAC 23

I n August 1924 I left my farm home in Western On tario and em barked on

what for me a young man of monumental inexperience was an incredible journey Through a remarkable chain of circumstances I had obtained a teaching appointment in the Near East and had a pocketful of travellers cheques and transportation vouchers that would take me over the Atlan tic and across Europe to Izmir in Turkey

It was my first trip abroad In fact apart from a recent excursion into Northern Ontario it was my first opportunity to leave the confines of my native Western Ontario Needless to say 1 was pretty excited and looked forward eagerly to the experience

The journey to Quebec City my point of departure was uneventful but I was glad I had allowed an extra day for sigh tseeing in the old French ca pi tal for I was captivated by its O ld World charm as I have been on many subsequent visits At the end of my brief stay r boarded the old Canadian Pacific liner The Empress of -France and we sailed in late afternoon moving down the great St Lawrence Ri ver past lonely little towns whose tin-clad church steeples reflected the rays of the setting sun

On the crossing I experienced all the characteristic aspects of life on a transatlantic liner a mode of transportation that was then at the apex of

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

The McLaughlin Library

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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its popularity I met interesting people joined in the deck games explored the cavernous depths of the ship and participated in the daily pool on the distance travelled

The passengers quickly became an intimate if briefly consti tuted community Being separated from their customary responsibilities and with unaccus tomed leisure they speedily formed new uninhibited friendships Some of the young people engaged in traditional shipboard romances and there were some astonishing goings-on amo ng some middle-aged midwest Americans But in the final hou rs before landing it was interesti ng to observe how the old guarded formali ties reasserted themselves

On the last evening a t sea there was a benefit concert in the first class saloon I remember being impressed by the presence of Senator Raoul D andurda nd a dignified white-bearded gentleman who was Canada s representative at the League of Na tions

T he next day we docked at Southampton and a few hours later I was in London established in a small hotel near Waterloo Bridge From my window I could look out over acres of chimney pots

The British Empire was at its zenith this was the imperia l capital It seemed strangely familiar O thers have told me of sharing this sensation which derives I suppose from having read and he ard so much about the historic m etropo lis

It wa the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly and London was filled with visitors from all parts of the world The streets were bright with colour and alive with people in assorted national garb turbann ed sikhs sari-clad women with caste marks on their foreheads burnoose-shrouded Arabs and Africans and many others from those exotic parts of the Empire east of Suez

I visited all the historic shrin es Westminster Abbey S 1 Paul s T he Houses of Parliament The Towe r and all the others It was wonde rful to be there at 23 Each day was filled with interest

T here were othe r sigh ts as well changing the guard at Buckingham Palace the Horse Guards a t Whiteha ll the sidewalk artists of Trafalgar Square th e buskers who en tertained the the atre queues and double-decked buses and square-rigged taxi cabs Less agreeable were the indications of growing nati onal distress groups of unemployed veterans marching through the streets carryi ng bitterly-worded signs numerous stree t

hawkers and everywhere the sight of idle men

I went up to Boston for a couple of days to meet my aunt and some other English rela tives The trai n with its gleaming engine and immaculate coaches travelled at high speed ove r the green countryside As we passed through picturesque qu aint villages its whistle shrill ed at the crossi ngs where gatekeepers held back the farm carts and an occasional motor car Soon we were in fen country and shortly thereafter in Boston

M y aunt a maiden lady o f Edwardian elegance welcomed me to her home where she lived attended by an ancient maidservant While I was with he r she took me to Benington village where my father had spent his boy hood and where his father was the parish vicar for more than 40 yea rs I saw the old rectory and the 13th century ch urch wh ere grandfather had preached Then we walked to the Roman Bank at the edge of the Wash and came back across the fields stopping midway at a cottage for tea

The administration building at i nternational College izmir Turkey

On the last day of Augu st having returned to London I resumed my journey by going down to Dover and tak ing the channel boat to Ca lais The Channel Lived up to its rep uta tion- it was a rough crossing a nd I was horribly seasick When I went shakily ashore the customs office rs in their kepis and the shollting ges ticulating blue-smocked porters were visible evidence that I was in France

Shortly thereafter I was aboard the Paris Express and speedi ng toward s the capital We arrived in due co urse but there was no time fo r sightseein g I just had time to stretch my legs and dine a t a co nvenient sidewalk cafe before boardin g the train for the southeast and Italy

NI through the night we travelled a t high speed across France a nd by daylight we were in the Alps A t noon we entered the famou s M t Cenis tunnel an d when we emerged on th e o ther si de of the Npine peaks we were in Ita ly Then came the lo ng desce nt to the Piedmon t Plain and Turin where we arrived in the late a ftern oon

As at Paris I had only a brief time a t my disposal before resuming my journey I employed it by din ing and then exploring in the vicinity of the station I recall littl e of what I saw but remember very well the shock I received on entering the sta tion lavatory to find it presided over by two elderly harrid ans who cha ttered lik e magpies as they wen t a bout their work

W hen I boarded the train for the

sou th I en tered a compartment tha t already had an occupant a tall fai r-h aired youn g man in a faded green tweed jacket and grey fl annel trousers It turned out that he was also a Canadi an and like me bound for In ternational College

My new travelling companion was Kenneth Kirkwood o f rampton Ontario a veteran of the Royal N aval Air Service and graduate of the Un iversity of T oro nto

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

NHL

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

de Studen ts in the general program

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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A few years after our meeting he was amo ng the first appointees to the infant Canadian Diplomatic Service where he had a distinguished career and rose to ambassadorial rank

Kirkwood had originally contracted to go out to International College in Septem ber 1922 He was in Eu rope en route to Izmir when he received an urgent message to return to England and await further instructions The reason for the interruption of his journey was the Greek debacle in Asia Minor in which Izmir was almost totally dcstroyed He waited in England employing hi s time in study for a whole year before taking up his duties at the college when it reopened in 1923 Now he was returning after vacationing in Europe to fulfill the final year of his con tract

It was pleasant to have as a travell ing companion one wh o was familiar with the area through which we were travelling for during the late s ta ges of the First World War Kirkwood had been stationed at Bar from where he had flown pa trols over the Adriatic He entertained me with stories of his squadron s efforts to keep track of the Austro-Hungarian navy whose units seldom put to sea It had apparently been a good place to be such perils as he experienced were not of th e enem y bu t of the ramshackle wood and canvas seashypla nes that they flew

It was a slow journey down the east coast but there was much of interest and we enjoyed it in spi te of the excessive heat Those were the early days of Musso linis dictatorship a fact of which we were reminded by the presence o f some officious black-shirted militiamen on the train It took us three days to trave] from Turin to Brindisi On arrivi ng there we learned that ou r ship the Puglia which was to carry us to Greece would not make port for two more days

Brindisi was hot and dull and we soon exhausted its sightseeing resources We did have one small adventure however that landed us briefly in jail We were taking snapshots of the harbo ur o ne afternoon when we were arrested by a militiaman and marched a t bayonet point to the local hoosegow After a couple of hours in the cooler our films were confiscated and we were released We were warned to stay away from the harbour where it seems there were some naval install ations

We were standing on the quay when the Puglia steamed in from the no rth waving to us from her deck was Professor

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Seylaz of International College who had recognized Kirkwood He was returning to Izmir aner vacationing in hi s native Switzerland with him was Max Vaucher a young Swiss wh o like me was going out to International on a three-year assignment

The Pugli a was a small coastal steamer of Italian regis try whose milieu was the Adria tic and the waters of the Greek Pclopennesos She carried only a few passengers but served them well the small cabins were comfortable and the meals superb She took us across to the Greek coast and then crui sed leisurely around the peninsula stopping at a number of islands including Corfu and storied I thake

Our passage through the unbelievably blue waters of the Aegean was like a pleasant dream The sunlit days and velvety nights sped swiftly and all too soon we were at Piraeus the port of Athens We passed through customs and took the ten-minute ride to the capital where we were soo n installed in a comfortable hotel

In Athens I was introduced to the Mediterranean custom of the siesta From noon until 400 pm the streets were deserted while the population stept In the evening the town came alive again and the coffee houses and sidewalk cafes were filled with happy chattering crowds unti well past midnight Professor Seylaz an old hand in these parts saw to it that we observed the local custom our sightseeing was accomplished during late afternoon and eveni ng hours

We had three days in Ath ens while awaiting the ship that would take us across to IzmirOn the first day we chose to explore some of the citys fine shops and then hired a carriage and Wlflt~ drawn to the Acropolis on the heights overlooking the city Here we picked our way over several acres of marble chips and fragments to view that ancient architectural wonder the Parthenon

The view from the heigh ts was equally inspiring we could see the redshytiled roofs of the city stretching ou t in all directions and in the distance the olive groves and parched hills of Attica We remained until darkness ove rtook us As we drove down the stee p incline from the heigh ts we could see the pattern of the citys streets outlined by thousands o f twinkling lights

On another afte rnoon we went to Phaleron to swim and afterwards dined at an open-air restaurant on the beach We

saw the yacht of Admiral Lord Beatty the hero of Jutland in the bay and close hy its honour guard a G reek gunboat As We drove into the city that evening we passed the Royal Palace un occupied of course f(l G reece was temporarily a republi c and saw the mustachioed wool-skirted E vzone guards at their posts

On the last evening we settled our accounts at the hotel and drove down to Piraeus where we boarded the K hed ivial Line steamer I- amaka for Izmir T he next morning when we came on deck we were cruising within sight of the island of Chios near the Anatolian coast We continued and at midday entered the G ul of Izmir

As we moved down the gulf toward our destination we could see the gentle mountain slopes on both sides P rofessor Seylaz pointed out two peaks o n our righl which he said were The T wo Bro thers At the narrowest part of the gulf we could see the earthworks of the Turkish harbo ur defences atop which a few khaki-clad figures were moving Soon after the old city of Izmir glistening likc a jewel at the end of the gulf came in to sigh t

As we drew closer we could see the quay ide and the marhle-fro nted building that faced it Behind 011 th e slopes to the right were acres of rcd-tiled roofs their uniform expanse was relieved by wh ite domes and minare ts and clusters of cypress trees As we came closer we observed that lhe marble build ings of the waterfront and acres more behind them were hu t em pty shells This was the fonner G reek Q uarter which was burned out and to tally d estroyed when Izmir fell to the Turks in 1922

The anchor had no sooner splashed down than the ship was surrounded by caiques manned by boatmen in baggy pantaloons and black-tasseled red fezzes they shouted and gesticulated to a ttract the passengers and gain their patro nage As we watched another caique approached and its passengers two younf men ran up the ladder and warmly greeted Seylaz and Kirkwood Vaucher and I were introduced to Hairredin Bey the college bursar and Mehme t A li Bey shyone of the teachers With their help we quickly completed the formalities and were rowed ashore

On the quay a Chevrolet touring car was waiting its driver was Professor Caldwell a South Carolinian and member of the college faculty since 1899 As it was impossible to accommodate everyone in the car it was de cided that Vaucher an d I

being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

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hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

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being newcomers would be given the preference The others haikd a carriage and were driven off to the railway station to take the train to Kizilcullu where International College was located

On the esplanade smar t victorias pulled by teams of wiry Ana tolian ponies were travelling briskly over the paving stones Their passengers were fez-topped Turkish Beys accompanied by veiled ladies who looked mysterious and attrac tive behind their semi-transparent yashmaks We left the tranquility of this scene and plunged into the maze of narrow streets that led to the city outskirts and the college

In the bazaar area we were engulfed in a sea of pedestrians countrymen in red-sashed baggy trousers veiled women street hawkers hammals walking in a stooped position under their great burdens and thousands of ordinary folk in fez or kolpak At the open stalls the merchants and their customers shouted and gesticulated as they haggled To my unaccustomed eyes all was confusion But our driver was unperturbed and calmly guided the car at a snails pace through the enveloping throng

As the cars horn was not working

Caldwell used a referee s whistle to clear a way through the crowd With shrill blasts he piloted us Ihrough the congested narrow streets T he crowds parted reluctantly to let us pass and then filled in again behind us

At a narrow intersection we were confronted by a camel train a dozen huge beasts with bulging panniers clinging to their sides blocked our way The fierce looking driver dismounted from a diminutive donkey at the head of the procession and came striding to the side of the car He and Caldwell argued with much hand waving until the latter with a shrug of resignation gave way With shrill

whistle blasts he backed the car into an intersection and there we waited while the camels wheezed and grunted past under their burdens

Soon after this we left the crowded streets of the city and sped up the valley road to our destina tion At Kizilcullu we turned into an avenue of mulberry trees passed through a set of iron gates and drew up in front of Kenarden Lodge the home of Dr Alexander MacLachlan Internationals president

We were made welcome by D r and

Mrs MacLachlan who gave us tea and then escorted us across the campus to MacLachlan Hall where we were to reside Here we were introduced to two of the tutors Archie Macfarlane of Philadelphia and Charlie VanZanten of Holland Michigan By the time we had settied in bells were sounding in the hall It was dinner time

Escorted by our newly- met colleagues we descended to the dining hall on the ground 1100r Here there was another round of introductions as we made the acquaintance of various faculty mem bers both Turkish and American who had assembled for the evening meal There

were no students as the new term had not started We all sat down together at one long table

Late that evening before retiring I stood at my window looking out across the vineyards towards the dark shadows of the mountains I could hear the clank of wellshybuckets and the creaking of a turnstile as some peasant in an adjoining field watered his vines Occasionally a donkey let forth his hee-haw and from the distant hills there came the obscene cry of a jackal They were sounds that would become very familiar in the years ahead 0

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Subjreshmen group at International College Turkey in 1924 Harold Disbrowe is fourth from right in the front row

They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

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appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

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Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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They Shall Be Gathere by Bob Logan A little over one hundred years ago a

llmember of the teaching staff of the fledgling Ontario School of Agriculture moved in to his new quarters One of his first tasks was to un pack his few books and place them on a nearby shelf Little did he know that with this simple act he was establishing the base for the University of G uelph library

Over the years individual collections built and developed in helter-skelter fashion in widely separated parts of the three founding colleges Then came the first really organized effort to bring all the collections under one roof W ith the financial assistance of one of O n tarios best known families the Masseys a centrally loca ted library was conceived and constructed

Until the late 1960s the Massey Library served a growing student population which threatened to overflow onto the roads and lawns and into the nearby pool But it was not only the student body which grew at an alarming rate The collection of books and periodicals which was already of notable quantity was increasing more quickly than space could be found to house it Eventually the library spread into Z avitz Hall and once again the collection was spli t

D uring later years the Colleges became the Federated Colleges and in This may well have been justified by than a dream for both library staff and 1964 the University of Guelph With the fact that librarians were traditionally library patrons The classical conditions these developments came the vital need to members of the academic community and for revolutionary change were in place dramatically increase the librarys therefore legitimate claima nts to a role or rapid growth new discoveries frustration

holdings The provincial government the University may have been and pressure It was within this context

established the O ntario ew Universities demonstrating the liberal view for which it that the library building committee begar

Library Project (ON ULP) and from a was destined to become known Whatever its delibera tions

base at the University of Toronto a the reason librarians were appointed and T he committee concluded that the selection of materials was made and became active and responsible members of University needed a centralized collection shipped to an already overcrowded library the committee both in terms of location and system at Guelph Many of us remember our college administration Based on this decision it

Concerned that an indispensable days when borrowing Ii brary ma terials was chose the geographic centre of campus fo service was becoming an ungovernable a frustrating activity Libraries were the new building a nd decreed that only situation the University began viewed simply as sto rage places for books one library would exist Collections consideration of an expanded facility A as they still are in many places T he act of previously distributed within various new library building was needed and a borrowing required patience good departments would gravitate to the librar decision was made in 1965 to strike a penmanship and forms in triplicate If an upon its completion committee But this would be a committee item was not on the shelf when you The Library building committee also with a radical difference In a break with needed it another form was required-in concluded that the new library would be traditions which a re honoured even today triplicate Libraries seemed to be the primary study space on campus T his in many academic communities the supporting the printing industry when meant that more space in the residences University of G uelph declared that thi s they werent printing books they were could be allocated to living quarters In committee would involve more than printing forms-in triplica te And a ll those addition it recommended that the library professorial and university administrative forms had to be filed one by title and one be open-stack T hat is (0 say the users personnel This library building committee by due date One way or another fast should have direct access to the books on would a lso include library personnel efficient library service was little more the shelves This would free library staff

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

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together from the task of chasing book~ and make it possible to offer other services

One further major recommendation

1 stipulated that there be no permanent interior walls except where they were needed for structural support There were several pertinen t reasons for the acceptane of this concept Walls divide spaces artificially more often than not creating such waste areas as lo ng unusable corridors Walls also tend to lock people into one system one irreversible direction Open areas on the othcr hand permit easy movement of materials and people They permit a system to change in response to changing needs a space to fill a variety of purposes

Another reason for pressing for the open concept was rapidly changing technology Science had just proven that large air-conditioned and moistureshycontrolled spaces were no longer necessary in order to enjoy the advantages of electronic automation equipment was becoming smaller less susceptible to environmental change more portable and less expensive If maximum advantage was to be taken of these factors then a building of maximum flexibility was essential

But why shouid electronic automation enter into the equation

What were the kinds of tasks which were costing the Library most in terms of staff time Checking manu al check-out forms separating them and filing them checking hold forms separating them and filing them No matter where you wen t you ran into those three activities checking separating and filing And werent they the kind of routine activi ties that could be more effectively ha ndled by computers If these and other library routines could be handl ed more effectively more efficiently and with less effort if we could save time money and effort and offer increased serv ices by taking advantage of technological advances had we in good conscience any choice The answer was a clear and resounding no

I And so the decisions were made The new University library was to he a centralized study space with books on open stacks in a building offering maximum flexibility and the opportunity to take advantage of whatever resulted from rapid technological growth

In August of 1968 Massey Library

and Zavitz Hall were vacated departmental collections began to filter into the centralized collection the new building was opened to the public and an even more exciting period of growth and development began

The University library was designed to handle 620000 volumes and 8000 students Since at opening our numbers were far below these figures it was felt that some excess space could be shared Until 1975 University administrative offices occupied almost half of the second and third floors and from 1975 until 1976 tha t space on the second floor was used by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Ex tension Education

During this period of occupation many of the limits on campus growth had been revised in an upward direction By Decem bel 1972 enrolmen t had reached 8300 9300 one year later 10100 by December 1974 The library designed to hold 620000 volumes had already surpassed this projected figure by several thousands In fact by 1974 th e library shelves held some 750000 volum es

Amo ng faculty there were those who applied strong pressure to have the library reduce the n urn ber of desks a nd carrels vaila ble to students thus increasing the floor space for book stacks Since the com mitment to study space had already been made and was in fact part of the philosophy of the building this pressu re was resisted other means were at hand

One of the easiest solutions to the space problem was redistribution Some areas had been set aside as lounges and for permanent display of works of art from the Universitys collection These preserves were expensive and difficult to justify under conditions of provincial

Margaret Beckman Chief Librarian and Bob Logan Public Relations with a library computer terminal

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financial restraints and they became early victims Moving desks and carrels to these reclaimed territories freed other spaces for book stacks The careful study of other areas permitted the red istribution of activities in such fashion th a t both capacity and se rvices were improved

The twin plagues of any libra ry short of space are the increasing rate o f publication and the physical size of printed material However the technological advances for which the library had prepared itself began to prove the value of that earlier decision

A child that had been nurtured in wartime proved a valued ally in the librarys war of space its name was microfilm A tool of darin g spy thrille rs of Five Fingers and OO fame micro fi lm established itself in many ways as a librarians best frien d It occupied a fract ion of the area required by its paper copy it was less likely to deteriorate as quickly as paper and it was more easily replaced If microfilm ha s a disadvantage it is partly rooted in traditi on and partly in its need for viewing equipment In traditional settings library administra tors have ignored the na ture of the information on the film and have lumpedall microforms (microfilm microcard and microfiche) into one collection isolated from their paper print counterparts They have further com pounded the students problems by hiding the microfilm readers in a distant dark cubbyhole

At the University of Guelph it was reasoned that those using microfilm were less concerned with its form than with the information it conta ined On this basis where the libra ry holds both paper and microform copy o f the same ma terial they a re shelved side by side on open shelves In this way a reader may conveniently read recent issues of a journal in their original paper form and earlier issues on microfilm

By the same reasoning microform readers and reader-p rinters have been placed centrally on each subject floor The area required for this kind of eq uipment is more than justified by the space-sa vings earned by the compact nature of microforms

Because of the kinds of contacts the public has had with many public libraries librarians have been caricatured as shush ing fu ss pots interested only in keeping their books neatly dusted and arrange d on the shelves discouraging every reaso na ble effort to take a book out of the Library This reputation is undeserved a nd has resulted from a

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

But she had not studied o rt h

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

~Lee CSS74

Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

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T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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misinterpretation of the charge-out routines and from sometimes overenthusiastic attempts to protect collections for future generations

The intent at Guelph however was to encourage usage As soon as the new open-stack study-space library was opened an automated check-out system went into operation requiring fewer than five seconds to borrow a book The introduction of this new system made it possible to serve greater numbers of borrowers with fewer library staff It also increased the kinds of services the library could offer and the accuracy of its records The major disadvantage lay in the face that the automated equipment had no direct connection with the computer The system was in the jargon of computer people off-line and therefore its printed records were at least 12 hours out of date Nine years were to pass before the library would be able to offer its community the advantages of an on-line circulation system

In the meantime statistics showed that the average borrower in North American universities and colleges used 67 books per year Figures at Guelph showed 142 items per semester Since this University operates on a tri-semester basis this figure translates into 426 books per borrower per year almost seven times the North American average

The years after the library building was opened the staff took stock of its collection and faced potential disaster Over that period the loss factor averaged about 26 per cent-a total of 73 per cent of library materials had disappeared in three short years Again technology supplied an answer At about this time several companies were devising means of

detecting hidden materials Weve all encountered some of this equipment at airports and clothing stores Early in 1972 a book-detect system was installed the second of its kind in Canada A survey of the collection in 1973 showed th at losses had been reduced by 85 per cent

The latest step in automation was the in troduction in September of 1977 of an on-line circulation and enq uiry system

What did the book-detect and the automated circulation systems mean to the average student It meant that there was a better chance of finding a wanted book and when found there would be no checkshyout hassle The circulation system offers the library user several other features It is now possible to check the availability of a book to search it by call number author or title to place a hold on a needed book which is not immediately available Borrowers can check their own records to determine that their names and addresses are correct to remind themselves of those items they have charged-out to verify any fines assessed to them or to see whether or not the books they placed on hold are available for them

So much for automation in the present scene But what about the vaunted flexibility of the library building and its systems

When the present build ing was occupied in 1968 the collection was so distributed that the science materials were located on the fourth and fifth floors and the H umanities occupied the second floor Over the course of the next few years the library suffered more elevator service disruption than had been anticipated A careful study highlighted the fact that this is a science-oriented U niversity therefore more science traffic is to be expected

Heavier traffic presupposes more mechanical problems The logical solution was to reduce elevator usage and the logical means was the movement of science materials to the second floor and their replacement on the fourth and fifth floors by the Arts and Humanities Incidentally this kind of change is made using only library staff and usuaIly without the need to take a single book off the shelves

In like manner the areas now occupied by those selecting buying and cataloguing books and doing the other administrative tasks necessary to the efficient operation of a library can be vacated and altered to public space with a minimum of effort In view of the fact that the proportion of persons occupying such space has been reduced from 60 per cent of the library staff to 40 per cent it is not impossible that such alteratioN could be considered as one of the steps in the future

What else does the future hold Computerized catalogues Access to the library catalogues and enq uiry systems from office or home computer terminals Computerized interlibrary loans Immediate access to any academic library in North America I really dont know my crystal ball has gone dim But whatever the direction the intent will remainshyincreased availabil ity of materials faster and more efficient service fewer barriers between patrons and their information needs a high level of flexibility in order that full advantage can be taken of improved technology or management techniques and more personal contact between the library user and knowledgeable competent and considerate staff 0

The libraryS open concept No walls except lor structural support

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

Pooi-Leng Wong and

PL CBS 79

by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

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Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Library and AluOlni

A recent gift to the University The Fa mily Herald and Weekly Star collection is lOW on microfilm L to R are John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and De velopment Jean Hill Head S erials Division John Moldenhauer Collections Librarian and David Mc Rae Binding Supervisor

by John Moldenhauer A rts 68 Everyone loves to receive gifts and we a t the University of G uelph Library are no exception In recent years the fl ow of materia l donated to the library has increased tremendously Our gifts come from many sou rces alumni students faculty staff and from members of the ge neral public

Alumni have been particularly generous Donated books and journals arrive regularly and much useful material find s its way to the librarys shelves from this source Sometimes gifts come to us because a house is silllply too full and someone has decided that the time has fi nally come to do some housecleaning When people rclocate they often decide to di spose of unwanted books and the library may receive a call A move from a house to an apa rtmen t often results in a truckload of hooks and journals coming our way

Some alumni donations are the result of deliberate purchases by don ors a nd pr sen ted to commemorate an event or an indi vidua l In such cases the it ems have an appropriate gift plate mounted in them recording th e donors name and pertinent information Often such donations are made afte r consulting with library staff who can suggest useful titles which are needed Whether se lected by the donor or the library the chose n book becomes a useful and valued part of the librarys holdings

Some of the most welcome gifts in recent years are those of an archival nature O ur archival collections sectio n is a fairly new development and there are many gaps to be filled before it approaches completion O ve r th e years many publications originating on campus

were not preserved Where have all the old dance cards programs and special menus gone

Some of our sen ior alumni are savers who have kept many mementos and souvenirs which they acquired and used as students Anything however ephemeral which rel ates to the University as its founding colleges is needed A donation received last year was a com plete set of the first student newsp aper on campus the OA CIS Prio r to this generous gift the library had o nly a few scattered issues but Dr W Harold Minshall OAC 33 one of th e student staff of the paper had kept the se ries

Student scrap books or photo albums are equally desirable and several of these have been donated Each piece of archival material we acqui re improves our understanding of campus life in yea rs gone by

The Alma Mater F und is another important source of gift material for the library Each yea r the library is allotted an amount from the Alma M ater Fund for purchase of materials needed for the collection These funds are used to acquire special titles which will be of permanent use Expensive sets or limited edition reprints are often purchased with Alma Mater Fund financing Scarce books or subject collections are other likely candidates

Fortunately the a mou nt of mo ney available to the lib ra ry from the Alma Mater Fund has increased substantially over the last few years It is hoped that this trend wiH continue as it allows all alumni to share in the growth of the University Library s coliections 0

Acid Rain Soil and plant scientists at the University of Guelph have fo und no evidence th a t crops in southern Ontario are becoming damaged by acid rain In controlled experiments at the Ontario M inist ry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) horticultural station at Simcoe plants were sprayed with acid solutions of varying strengths It was necessary to use a solution ten times more acid ic than the most acid rain sample monitored by Environment Canada to produce a ny pl ant damage according to Pro fessor Doug Ormrod H orticultu ra l Science Acid rain is even less likely to detrimentally affect the agricultural so ils of so uthern Ontario most of which range from pH 62 to pH 76 (neutral reading is 70) It m ay do so in 500 to 600 years according to Professors Eric Beauchamp and Bob Sheard MSA OAC 54 Land Reso urce Sc ience but because of the enormous buffering capacity of these soils the effect of acid ra in now is ha rdly noticeable

Southern On tario soils are generally well endowed with such alkaline elements as magnesium potassium and calcium a ll of which tcnd to counteract so il ac idifi ca tion

In the areas where soil acidity is a prob lem (the Canadian Sh ield for example) limestone can be app li ed easily to cultivated la nds One reason that acid rain prese nts mo re of a problem to forested a reas is that it is difficult to incorporate limestone into the forested land to adjust the soil pH

The acid spots occurring in some soils in Ontarios Essex Kent and Middlesex Counties are probably due to nit rogen fertilizer rather than acid rain say the soils specialists However acid rain would fu rther aggravate the occurrence of these spots I

Although no d a mage to crops o n Ontario farmland from acid rain has been found nor is it expected Professor Ormrod would like to see a research projec t set up to study this phenomenon in depth

The pollutants (sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) at the levels a t which they presently occur in the atmosphere bull produce an acid rain actually beneficial to plants in southern Onta rio according to Professors Sheard an d Beauchamp

Nevertheless it would be better if such chemica ls were applied as fertilizer to land requiring them for food production the professors believe T his would protect the forests and fresh-water anim a l life from the acid rain menace 0

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

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Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

The C hinese we re th e educa ted segment of society in the early 1970s and

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

Forest reserve headquarters in Semongok

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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PL bird watching in Snra wak Broadbills were nelled for observatioll

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 The Long Road Between

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by Jane Selley Arts 70

Pooi-Leng Wo ng CBS 79 (better known on cam pus as PL) graduated

from Gue lphs Wildli fl Biology program an d currently ho lds a techn ical posi ti o n wi th Professor Roy C Anderson C hairman De partm en t of Zoology College of Biologica l Science Shor tly after gradua tion he visited he r native Ma lays ia and was reunited with her pa rents after a separati on of eight yea rs

PLs Cather had th e foresigh t in the ea rly 1970s to recognize tha t th ere was a dim future for his ethnic C hinese daughter if she stayed in Malaysi a T his is a co untry whe re by law 30 per cent of the busin ess community must be Ma lays

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while the inten t of th e in tegra tion an d education progra m was an admi rable goal the esca la tion o f the progra m proved too sudden Al tho ugh the itu atio n was simi lar to the plight of the Vietn a mese e thn ic C hinese curren tly bei ng expe lled from the ir co unt ry uch extreme and inhu mane measlires were no t take n in Ma laysia

W hen she was 16 PL s father sent her to anada to live with a n allnt cmd to attend high school Lea in g home for her was not a real ity until she arrived in Toronto She had spen t three ex hilara ting da journeying to Ca na da a trip th at ~he did no t rea lize would result in hlr permanen t reside nce he re

No thin g had prepared her for the cultu re shock tha t gripped her upo n landing T he vas tness of C anada a nd the complex ities of daily liv ing were beyond h r comp rehen sion She lived in

ni onville O ntario with he r a lln t and uncle and the ir seven ch ildren peop le whom she had neve r prev iously m t working in her spare ti me in the ir grocery store to pay her room a nd boa rd

PL is no slouch T his i a girl wh o as a young r hil d in Mal aysia had secre ted away her ~p nding mon ey so th at she migh t a ttend a p riva te girls school to learn Engl ih

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

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G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

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Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

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general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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American history or culture and the United States was a name with no connections Canada had been nonshyexistent until the plans unrolled for her education here

Her parents had no compunction about their sacrifices for their daughters well-being and she has an untold amount of love and admiration for them both one uneducated and the other with grade 3 education but very able to make such a difficult and farseeing decision for her

Launched into a Canadian high school PL found herself unable to relate to Canadian teenagers She became a loner and lunched by herself for three months She was known as an unconventional person with others finding much difficulty relating to her ways She was unable to identify with the North American need for a social life material possessions outward appearance and money Uncomfortable in large gatherings she still finds five persons a crowd

However when she met Lise Nicholls (currently a biology student at Guelph) in her latter years at high school PL was introduced to some of the pleasures of the Canadian wilderness-hiking canoeing and the beauty of the national parks Always keen on the world of science she found the similarity between her native

Bako a typical fishing village in Sarawak

Malaysian wilderness and that of Canada enough to make her finally feel at home For the last four years she has attended the University of Guelph and two years ago became a Canadian citizen

This past summer she and Guelph undergraduate C harles Francis son of the Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia journeyed together to visit their parents PL visited her family in Ipoh where she says the change in the standard of living in eight years is remarkable

When she left only the very rich owned cars or motorbikes Today almost every young man has a motorbike and every other household owns a car In keeping with the increased traffic roads are now paved New homes are being built and these are brick rather than the wooden shacks she remembers By law each new home must include indoor Dushing plumbing

Not forgetting their biological interests for a minute PL and Charles took the opportunity to visit Sarawak for a month Much of this area is forest reserves and natural parks and there they netted identified and took standard measurements of birds a job they did for their own enjoyment However a copy of their results was given to the government wildlife department PL also collected

parasites from crows a bird on which no work has been done in Malaysia She then travelled to Hong Kong where she stayed for three days and visited an ornithologist and then journeyed to the New Territories a large conservation development that contains many parks and farms

Pooi-Leng Wong may consider returning to Malaysia for a brief time for she enjoys the tropical life and especially the food but now she really considers Canada her home Her plans for the future are not settled but with her enthusiastic attitude and many interests she has a broad spectrum from which to choose We wish her well 0

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by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

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G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

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Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

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Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Gary Green

by Jennifer Butt Arts 80 Professor George Bedell and Mrs Bedell with Professor Janet Wardla w Dean College of Fami0 and Consumer Studies centre at a farewell lun cheon for George

HAF A Director Retires

Reprinted from the Ontarion

G ary Lee Green CSS 74 has travelled to the top ranks of hockey to become

the youngest NHL coach in its history - an astounding achievement in just five ye ars

Garys career is a fairy-tale succcss story both in the world of hockey and ill the growing field of sports psychology Born and raised in Tillsonburg Ontario he com bined his passion for hockey wi th an innate talent to achieve in any field of interest (]

Gary was as amazing as a student as he now is as a hockey coach Majoring in psychology he completed his general BA ]in just two years taking six straight semesters He played left-wing fa r the Hockey G ryphans for both seasons (G ary jokes mostly left-bench) At the same time Gary co-wrote two books on the psychology of hockey The Goaltender and Goaltending and The Canadian Hockey Library Perhaps his most spectacular feat however occurred in his final summer semester when Gary attended the or

GUniversity full- time and at the same time Aran the Tillsonburg HOCkey School with

Jack Valiquette m GAt 500 am Jack would honk his thhorn to make sure I was awake when he ordrovc past my place G ary explained

Wed start teaching at 600 am and go until noon Then Id drive to G uelph for cc

alafternoon classes and come back to Tillsonburg to teach from 600 p m until In

RII 00 pm We did that six days a week for Geight weeks and on Sundays we went from th80U am until 200 pm - all for $150 a thweek MAfter he graduated G reen was drafted

by the Vancouver Blazers of th e WHA w(and was then sent to their farm team in prNorth Carolina He did however have isenough foresIght to realize he would never 10make it as a professional hockey player

and quit in November 1974 He came to

back to Ontario newly married to his high sch ool sweetheart and unemployed egt

a1The T(J Dl OShanter hockey

Following his recent retirement as the first director of the School of Hotel

and Food Administration since the enrolment of th e charter class back in 1969 Professor G eorge Bedell can look back at tcn remarkable years This was a decade in which the School grew from a dream into a unique entity with a national reputati on and with alumni throughout Canada s hospitality industry

It took vision confidence and experience to start from scra tcn in building this School which offers Canadas only four-year university degree program in hotel and food administration Professor Bedell arrived on campus in June 1969 the first 26 student entered in September

Together they sweated through four years of insecurity wondering whether industry would hire the graduates and whether their management background would be adequate for the realities of the working world The first three graduating classe~ entertained such worries but the success of each successive class was more than reassuring The majority of recent graduates could choose from several job offers

Out of that modest beginning developed a school with eight faculty members and 400 students Indicative of the School s success more than 700 applicants vied for the 125 available posi tions th is year

Following the graduates upward progress through the hospitality industry has provided George Bedell with a constant source of satisfaction Future development of Canadas hotel and restaurant industry will be determined largely by HAFA graduates They are

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already in decision-making positions in the upper echelons of management and have successfully branched into fields beyond hotels and restaurants HAFA alumni have even return ed to campus to hire current graduates

The graduates have established the Schools image within the industry but the management-oriented program owes much of its design to George Bedell H is previous experience with the National Restaurant Association in Chicago and on the faculty a t Michigan State Uni versity was invaluable in tailoring a program that would prepare graduates for tough management decisions in the working world

Generously supported by industry the School enjoyed a good rela tionship with industry from the start These ties have been further strengthened through industry-supported research faculty consul ting with hospitality firms and continuing education courses and seminars contracted by industry and conducted by some of the G uelph faculty The industry has also been extremely coshyoperative in hiring in-course students for summer jobs

A busmans holiday would aptly describe Professor Bedells current sabbatical He is travelling in Europe the United States and Canada combining relaxation with observations of faciliti es and management practices He says he enjoyed tremendously the ten years at the helm of the School but looks forward to the change of pace next fall when he returns to a full schedule of teaching

Colleagues and friends from across campus honoured Professor Bedell and his wife Louise at a luncheon at the University Centre 0

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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create a business program stressing anshy( alytical and quantitative ski lls ft differs

from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

y thrust of business with the more analytshyical orientation of economics a nd emshyIf

phasis is placed on computing matheshyW

matics and stati stics V

W Students may study Ma na gemen t cl Economics in either the honours or

general programs taking courses in the tf Sl

interrelated areas of business and eco shy

gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

The thrust towards analytical andltIf

quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

pI accoun ting production finance and

hi marketing as well as in economics and

C( quantitative methods

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Youngest Coach in the History of the

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organization was seeking a president and Gary simply applied for and got the job A year later he bought the company merged it with the Can Am Hockey Group and became a senior partner of the G uelph-based world-wide organiza tion

It was at that point that Garys coaching career began Although he had already organized a coaching symposium in Belleville which was attended by former Russian National coach Boris Kulagin Greens real experience originated with the Peterborough Petes when he took on the job of assistant to Coach and G eneral Manager Roger Neilson

Gary recalls It was a losing seasonshywe finished last in our division but I probably learned more as a result Roger is not the type to be satisfied when hes losing and he worked day in and day out to turn the team around

Perhaps Gary will find that experience more valuable than he anticipated as he tries to lift his last place

Gary Lee Green CSS 74

Washington Capitals to a playoff berth And if his ensuing record with the Petes is any indication of this mans ability the Caps will find themselves with a Stanley C up before too long

One year after his salary-free apprenticeship with Roger Neilson G ary took over the position of Coach and General M anager of the Peterborough Petes At just 24 years of age he was the youngest Junior A coach ever He guided a team which was not expected to make the playoffs to the national championships They suffered a heartshybreaking loss in the final game of the Memorial Cup round robin series bu t came back the next year to win defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 in overtime at Verdun Quebec

The 25-year old Green had coached the Petes to their very first Memorial C up Championship something former Peterborough Petes coaches Roger Neilson and Scotty Bowman were una ble to achieve Garys appointment as the OH A

coach of the year put the icing on the cake

This year Gary is pouring his hard work and dedication into the Washington Capitals just as he did with the Peterborough Petes And it has been a tough battle He took over his coaching duties at mid-season after starting ou t with the Caps farm team the Hershey Bears On top of this upheaval eight key players were missing from his lineup But Gary was not about to give up

On December 26 1979 his coaching debut at Maple Leaf G ardens brought his Capitals an 8-2 victory fo llowed two days later by a 6-2 routing of Chicago at home In Toronto G reen had only three players sitting out with injuries one of them Washington favorite Dennis Maruk Gary smiles We can live with that But you give me any team in the NHL that is missing eight or ten key players and see if they can win hockey games

Green is determined to win He says his team is going to make the playoffs even though they have to play 600 hockey to do it C ritics smile and say

reen was fine in the Juniors bu t he is too young and inexperienced to coach in the

H L He and his players say otherwise Gary sees his youthfulness as an advantage both because he has a young team (the average age is 23) and because it is a source of inexhaustable energy and constant innovation

G reen never uses the same tactics twice and player motivation is certainly a major facet of coaching

Once G ary stayed up most of the night preparing a short video tape of clips from the Petes O HA victory game in the previous season He set this dramatic action footage to the theme from the motion picture Rocky Gary ran the ta pe for his team moments before they skated on for their crucial game against the Niagara Falls Flyers The Petes needless to say came out victorious

Since his abrupt appointment as coach of the Caps G ary has made some significant changes The most obvious one appears in his teams goaltender Wayne Stephenson as the regular starter Gary has worked hard to improve his teams conditioning enforce a disciplined system of hockey and improve the teams diet

The players seem unanimously pleased with their coach and his improvements They are a young team but they have a great deal of potential And if any man can transform the Washington Capitals into a winning hockey club G ary Lee G reen is that man 0

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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News From Guelph

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

President Donald F Forster

New Programs Two new in terdisciplinary programs reshyc~ived assent a t a late 1979 University of Guelph Senate meeting a nd changes to the existing Canadian Studies proshygram were also approved Begin ning in the fall of 1980 it will be possible for BA students to enrol in general or honours programs in Managemen t Ecoshynomics or to take a minor in Matheshymatical Science

( Man age ment Economics draws on existing strengths of the University to

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from traditional university studies in this area by combining the practical

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gl nomics in roughly equal proportions 0 The double majo r in the general pro shy

gram requires s ucc~ssfu l completion o f 20 courses whil~ the combined honshyde ours requires completion of 28 coursesm with a 70 per cent ave rage th

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quantitative skills does not mean tradishypc tional business courses will be ign ored Core requirements include courses in

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can choose their optional courses from a range which includes the economics of regulation consumer behaviour pershysonnel management business ethics and industrial sociology H onours stushydents choose one of four clusters of subjects to complete their program These are business sys tems analysis quantitative methods business and ecoshynomic policy and general business ecoshynomics

T he new courses of study do not repl ace business administration which is available as a minor in the honours BA program It is expected that gradshyuates of both honours progra ms may enter the second year of a Master of Business Administration program a t some universities although to do this course work must be planned carefully

Graduates of the new program will be well prepared for business and pubshylic service careers or for further study in business economics and law

Senate also approved the introducshytion of a new option for BA studentsshya minor in Mathematical Science in the honours BA program This combinashytion of mathematics statistics and comshyputing and information science is deshysigned to meet the needs of students in the arts and social sciences where there is an increasing interest in quantitative approaches

Students pursuing this minor will be required to take two calculus courses and eight o th er courses chosen from mathematics statistics and comshyputing and informatio n science at least one from each discipline and at least two a t the 300 level

The Canadian Studies progra m will he expanded as a result of changes approved a t Senate The former minor honours program will be repl aced by a new course of stud ies that allows stushydents to take a general majo r honours major or minor in Canadian literature and hIstOry French and English litera shyture in Canada Canadian history and politics or Canadian puhlic policy and administ ra tion 0

Margaret Childs 36 Years Later A career spanning more th an 36 years on the Guelph campus ended with the retirement las t Octo ber of Margaret Childs

Miss Childs who has been secreshytary to three successive presidents of the University began her employment

M argaret Childs at her retirement luncheon special

on a temporary basis in the soils d ivishysion Department of Chemistry OAc It was August 9 1943 the late D r Gl C hristie O AC 02 was president of the O Ac then and the soils division was housed in the old horticultural building which was situated where the library stands now

I was war time N umber 14 Wireshyless School was part of the campus scene It was also a common sight in those days to see D r Christie looking

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

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Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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rather like Sir Winston Churchill with his homburg and cigar making his way down what is now Wi negard Walk As he passed by he would invariably tip his hat and say Good morning Miss Childs recalls

By November 1945 Miss Childs was transferred to full-time and by Janshyuary I 1946 she had become part of the permanent staff working for the late Professors H enry G Bell OAe 05 and G erald N R uhnke O Ae 23 in the Department of Soils for by this time the division had achievcd departshymental status Miss C hilds and one other secretary had their hands full atshytending to the business of this departshyment which now boasted app roxishymatelya dozen faculty members

In addition during the slack times between C hristmas and New Years and again in June farmers would arshyrive on campus for Short Course Wl6ek and the F arm and H o me Week Miss Childs as part of her duties in extenshysion would be responsible for getting reports on th e proceedings to the media At 400 pm every afternoon she would hurry over to her office to type up the news then run up the stairs to the third f100r of the old chemistry building to crank out copies on a handshyoperated mimeograph After that she

Gap Filled In Universitys Collection of Canadian Art

The University recently acquired two important watercolours by prominent Canadian painter David Milne (1882shy1953) through money provided by the Alma Mater F und and matched by Wintario

The earlier watercolour painted in 1920 while he was living near Boston Corners in the Adirondack Mountains is an unusual landscape view which inshycludes a portrait of the artists wife Milnes characteristic early style in which he used sketchy lines in a limited range of colours and left areas of white paper to create an overall rhymthic

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would set to work to address and stuff 100 envelopes one by one and get them in the mail

After a series of strokes forced Professor R uhnke to relinquish the chairmanship of the department and assume new duties the department came under the jurisdlction in Decemshyber 1948 of the late Clifford D G rashyham OAC 29 in the Departmen t of Agriculture in Toronto A short time later Professor Ruhnke as director of R esearch in the new Office of G radushyate Studies and Research and M iss Childs as his secretary moved into new quarters in Johnston Hall She was to work therc for approximately ten years

The O ffi ce of G raduate Studies and R esearch enrolled students in the Master of Science in Agriculture proshygram for the University of Toronto Miss Childs had been involved in this work from the beginning and even after she had moved back to the OAe in August 1958 to work in the presidents office she continued to keep the records on campus research up to da te as well as to enrol M S A students for the Universi ty of Toronto

In January 1962 Miss Childs was asked to become secretary to OAC president Dr J D MacLachlan and when he became president of the new

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pattern was developed during the Bosshyton Corners period This work is being repatriated from a private collection in the United States

The second is an example of his later more lyrical watercolour style in which he worked on very wet paper to create freely-flowing colour washes with muted details This view from his studio window in Uxbridge Ontario dates from 1941

One of the drypoint etchings Painting Place Milnes only print produced in a large edition was also recently purchased since his early styk

niversity of G uelph some two years later Miss Childs became secretary to the U niversitys first president She reshycalls the time leading up to this moshyment with a good deal of satisfaction Ever since his appointment as president of the O AC in 1950 she said Dr MacLachlan had worked hard towards the establishment of the University

Miss Childs remem bers those years as very challenging too but she adshymits she enjoyed the challenge and felt privileged to be one of the few who knew they were ultimately going to be part of a university

After D r MacLachlans retireshyment Miss Childs continued her role as secretary to Presiden t William C Wineshygard and President Donald F Forster President Forster gave a party in her honour at his home and on the day of her retirement staff members on level 4 of the U niversity Centre gave her a luncheon special of their own

After such a busy life it would seem unlikc1y that Miss C hilds would sink easily into leisure despite her proshyfessed intention to do so at least for a while She is however looking forward to enjoying her house and garden inshydulging her zest for fJshing and planshyning a first trip to England some time this year 0

was deeply inf1uenced by the drypoint technique

Judith asby C urator of Art said a serious gap in the U niversitys Canashydian art holdings has been filled wi th the purchase of these very significant Milne watercolours

Other welcome additions to the Universitys collection of Canadian art include four works donated by Professhysor Alexander 1 Ross who recently reshytired from the Department of English Language and Literature

An art collector for many years and a former member of the University Art Acquisition Committee Professor Ross presented an oil by Henri Masshyson a colour linocut by Mary W rinch an 1860 chromolithograph of Halifax Harbour by William Hickman and a woodcu t of Professor George Munro Grant Principal of Queens University by Andre Bieler

Professor RoiS and his wiCe Joan have moved from G uelph to their new home in Portlalld O ntario 0

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Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

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activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

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for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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Elected To Board Of Governors

Solette Gelberg Dick Hilliard OA C 40 Michael McMillan

Board Chairman Alan R M archment has announced the appointment to the Universitys Board of G overnors of Mrs Solette N Gelberg T Richard (Dick) Hilliard O AC 40 D Michael McMillan and David R Murray All have been appointed for a three-year term

Solette Gelberg of G uelph was

appointed by the Lieutenant-Governorshyin-Council and replaces M rs M arguershyite F anner who has completed two three-year te rms on the Board

Mrs G elberg brings to her new position an active background in comshymunity activities as well as considerable business experience in the areas of marketing and advertising M ost reshycently she was a member of the Welshylington D istrict H ealth C ouncil serving on its executive committee

O ther community activities of the new Board mem ber have included parshyticipation in the Comm unity Service Council the G u elph and D istrict Assoshyciation for the M entally Retarded the Guelph Arts Council the Edward Johnson Foundation the Guelph Pubshylic Library Board and others

In the areas of consumer and adshyvertising research Mrs Gelberg served successively with Proctor and Gamble Co of Canada Ltd M acLaren Advershytising Co Ltd and G ulf OiL

M rs G eJberg was born in SI Catharines She and her husband Lawshyrence have two da ughters

Dick Hilliard also appointed by the Lieutenan t- G overnor-in -C ouncil reshyplaces D r Ken Pretty OAC 5 I o f Burlington who has recently completed two th ree-year terms

While attending the a c he served on the executive of the C ollege Royal Association and beca me the per-

David Murray

activities including membership in the Guelph Professional Mens Hocke) Club

Mr McMillan was raised and edumiddot cated in Guelph and graduated from the Uni versity of Wes tern Ontario He is married and the father of four chilshydren

History professor David R Murray has been named one of the three members of Senate to sit on the Board of G overshynors of the University Professor M urmiddot ray j oined the history department in 1967 Before coming to Guelph he was a tutor in history at Churchill College Cambridge England

Born in Saskatchewan David Murray received his BA from Bishops University in 1962 his M A from the University of Edinburgh in 1964 and his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1968

His unde rgraduate and graduate years were distinguished While at Bishops he was the recipient of the presidents prize in ~ngli sh the lieu tenshyant-governors bronze medal in history and the chancellors prize as well as other honours and awards The history professors graduate work at Edinburgh was taken under a Commonwealth schola rship and in 1963 he received the Daniel Stewart Prize in political economy from that university

Dr M urray a lso received Ca nada Council pre-doctoral fellowships in 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 and JODE War Memorial scholarships from 1966shy1967 to pursue his docto ral work it

Cam bridge University In addition to his respon sibilities

a t G uelph Profe ssor Murray served from 1971 to 1972 as residen t historian in the Department of Externa l Affairs Ottawa and as fellow-co mmoner a t Churchill College Cambridge from 1977 to 1978 0

manent president of his graduating class

Except for three years (1942-1945) in the military service with the Canashydian N avy M r H illiard spent the next 20 years working in various capacities with the Ontario Departmen t o f Agrishyculture He was D ep uty Minister of Enshyergy Resources from 1962 to 1966 and Deputy Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1972 In Februa ry 1972 he reshyturned to the On tario Ministry of Agrishyculture and Food as D eputy M inister He retired in 1976 Tn 1979 he came out of retiremen t and accepted a partshytime position at the U niversity as coshyordinator of the Applied Agriculture Program in the University School of Part-Time Studies a nd Continuing Edshyucation

Me Hilliard was awarded a Canashydian Centennial Medal in 1967 and an OAc Centennial M edal in 1974 He has been an honorary life mem ber of the C anadian Society of R ural Extenshysion since 1974 and continues as a member of the executive co mmittee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Since 1978 he has been a mem ber of the OAc Alumni Association board of directors

Mr Hilliard and his wife Audrey reside in Guelph Their children both of whom gradua ted from the Univershysity of G uelph are Timothy CBS 76 and Marcia F ACS 78

D Michael McMillan is president of Biltmore I ndustries Ltd of Guelph and a former director of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce

Mr McM illan says th a t his favourshyite spare time activity at present is helping with the fund raising for the Macd onald Stewart Art Centre which has just been esta blished in Guelph He finds relaxation in a number of athletic

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Favourite Fantasies Became Reasonable Realities Contrary to what you might think a really good dream cannot bc put toshygether overnight About 25 members of the International Association of Stushydents in Economics and Commerce (AIESEC) know it takes months to bring it to perfection

This is the second year that the Guelph branch of A1ESEC has mounted an auction of favorite fantashysies to raise money for special projects

Under the leadership of Theresa Kane prospective F ACS 8 1 vice-presshyident special projects and co-ordinator of the dream auction students worked

Thai dream sir is yours

for three months preparing for the event which took place in mid-Februshyary in the University Centre courtyard

What would you fancy A dinner for two at Churchills in Guelph folshytowed by an evening with Oscar Petershyson and transportation to and fro by chauffeur-driven limousine O r would you rather have had a splash in the Athletics Centre pool with a group of your closest and dearest You could have invited 100 gllfstS but the auction package provided 50 invitations to get you started

If hockey is your passion then perhaps you may have wanted to bid on an evening with Dick Beddoes at Maple Leaf Gardens The package inshycluded a seat beside Beddoes at the Wednesday night game a hockey stick autographed by players who were Maple Leafs at the time of auction an opportunity to accompany Beddoes to the television studio for his post game show and transportation to and from the game in a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba

But if you long for more su bstanshytial discourse then luncheon with Presshyident Donald Forster the acting dean of the College of Family and Conshysumer Studies Professor Richard Barshyham Physical Sciences Dean Earl Mac aughton OVc ean Doug Maplesden OVC 50 Social Sciences Dean lack Skinner and O AC Dean Clay Switzer O AC 51 may have been the best dream of all

T he AIESEC students tried to inshyclude a dream for everyone whether it was to Oy with a stunt pilot explore the University of Guelph tunnel system or hobnob with Harry Worton MPP at Q ueens Park

hey also tried wherever possible to gather their dream components from G uelphs downtown merchants since promoting the downtown area is conshysidered one of the AIESEC groups priorities Their first call last fall was to Peter Mercer of G uelphs Downtown Board of Management and with his coshyoperation they approached the other businessmen for goods and ser ices

Every year AIESEC conducts stushydent work exchanges among the Assoshyciations member countries These stushydents generally pay their own way but some of the auction money will be used to take foreign students arriving in

Guelph this summer to places of intershyest such as N iagara Falls Some of it will also go towards transportation costs of those who attended AIESfCs National Congress which recently met in Montreal

The congress was an even t the G uelph members would not have wanted to miss In the presence of some 250 people representing some 26 universities across the country the twoshyyear-old branch from Guelph won the award for the best local committee in Canada for their work in fulfilling AlESECs objectives and programs AIESEC national committee president loan Wilson travelled from Montreal to attend the dream auction 0

Bob Forshaw Night

Friends and associates are planning to honour Professor Robert Forshaw who is retirshying and returning to British Columbia this spring Bob has contributed to the welfare of many and the evening will be an opportunity to say thank you and to wish him well

The Bob Forshaw recogshynition njght committee would greatly appreciate bearing of any recollections anecdotes or reminiscences of your associashytion with Bob over the years These will be bound and preshysented to Bob on the occasion Please send to Guelph Campus Co-Operative at address below

The event will take place in Peter Clark Hall University Centre University of Guelph on April 19 1980 with a SGshy

cial hour at 630 pm and din shyner at 730 pm

Tickets at $1200 per pershyson are available (rom Guelph Campus Co-Operative Box 1150 Guelph Ontario NIH 6N5 or at Room 451 Univershysity Centre University of Guelph Please make cheques payable to Bob Forshaw Reshytirement Dinner

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

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Thomas Powers

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A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Appointments

The Department of Zoology welcomed a new chainnan December I 1979 Professor Roy C Anderson who has been with the Department since 1965 has played an active role in creating the College of Biological Science and was its first acting dean

A long-time member of University Senate he served on the Committee on Academic Priorities and was its chairshyman from 1975 to 1977 Professor Anshyderson has served on many other Unishyversity committees and boards and was the Presidents Academic Colleague on the Council of Ontario Universities For three years he was a mem ber of the Advisory Committee for Academic Planning

Born in Camrose Alberta his burning ambition as a high school stushydent was to become a professor He regards his undergraduate education at the University of Alberta as the outshystanding experience of his life and today is known as an excellent undershygraduate teacher He has supervised 12 PhD and 11 MSc students

Roy Anderson received his BSc from the University of Alberta in 1950 and his MA from the University of Toronto in 1952 He obtained his PhD in 1956 The zoologist subsequently reshyceived National Research Council postshydoctoral fellowships and studied nemashytodes at the Rothamsted Experimental Station the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Faculte de Medicine Paris

Samuel R Luker has been appointed Chairman of the Part-Time and Genshyeral Studies Division of the Universitys School of Part-Time Studies and Conshytinuing Education Professor Luker reshytains his academic appointment with the Department of Fa mily Studies

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario he has an Honours BA and an MA in psychology He is also certified as a registered clinical psychologist

During his career Professor Luker has lectured at a number of O ntario universities and for the Ministry of Edshyucation He has also had a private practice specializing in child and family therapy

Since coming to the University in 1965 he has lectured in several departshy

ments including Psychology Sociology and Anthropology and Family Studies He became involved in adult education and the needs of mature students prishymarily through his workshops for the former Office of Continuing Education

Professor Ted McNinCh OAC 49 has been appointed Chairman of the Indeshypendent Study Division of the Univershysitys School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Education He retains his position as associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Science Professor McNinch headed independshyent study when it was part of the Office of Continuing Education that office was discontinued when the new School was established in September 1979

Roy Anderson Sam Luker

Thomas Powers

Mark Waldron

A native of Grimsby he joined the horticultural faculty of the OAe in 1957 In 1959 he became responsible for developing and directing the indeshypendent study program leading to the Ontario Diploma In Horticulture (ODH) Agricultural courses were added in 1965 and in 1978 an Ontario Diploma in Agriculture (ODA) was esshy

tablished Currently some 3000 stushydents are enrolled in the two programs which offer 22 courses in agriculture and 45 in horticulture

Developing techniques to improve teaching methods for remote learners has been one of the professors primary concerns

Thomas F Powers has been appointed Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Food Administration sucshyceeding Professor George D Bedell

Professor Powers comes to Guelph from The Pennsylvania State Univershysity where he was professor-in-charge of the degree program in food service and housing administration Previously he was a member of faculty at Michishygan State University and Morris Brown College and was employed in manageshyment capacities with hotel restaurant and consultant organizations

A graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard G raduate School of Business Administration D r Powers obtained his PhD degree at Georgia State University He has been engaged in several research projects and is the author of several textbooks and numershyous published articles He currently holds the positions of editor for the Journal of Hospitality Education and executive vice-president of the Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education

Mark W Waldron has been appointed Director of the UniversityS School of Part-Time Studies and Continuing Edshyucation The School was officially esshytablished September I 1979 primarily to meet the needs of students in partshytime and full-time general studies The new School includes the responsibilities of the former Office of Con tin uing Edshyucation of which Professor Waldron was Director

A native of Quebecs eastern townshyships Mark Waldron graduated from McGill University in 1959 and ~rom

the University of Wisconsin in 1968 Before coming to the University of

Guelph in 1971 he was Director of Exshytension at Macdonald College and Asshysociate Director of Continuing Educashytion at McGill University in Montreal He has also been a commentator and supervisor for the Canadian Broadcastshying Corporation in Toronto and Windshysor 0

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

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A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

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Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Off As Dean Janel Wardlaw

Visiting Professor Dr Janet Wardlaw D ean of the Colshylege of Family and Consumer Studies has set aside her administrative hat for several months in 1980 to become a visiting professor in the Department of Health Behavior and H ealth Education at the University of Michigans School

ICS Gets VAX A Virtual Address Extension (V AX) minicomputer the product of Digital Equipment Corporation (D EC) Mayshynard Massachusetts arrived on campus last December and is now installed in Room 114 of the Institute of C omputer Science (I CS) building Professor Kats Okashimo Department of Computing and Informa tion Science (CIS) was in charge of installation and the initial se t-up

Gift For ove On Jan uary 7 1978 Mrs Betty Ray Goldhart lost a long battle to cancer Her intense feline interest lives on at the OVc th ough thanks to a gift she gave during her lifetime and a legacy following her dea th

M rs Goldhart a lifelong resident of the Toronto area was born in 1918 Following secondary education and marriage to industrialist Irwin Goldshyhart she obtained her first Burmese cat named Treclaire This initial asshysociation developed into a strong intershyest in the breeding and exhibition of purebred species

of Public Health She is especially inshyterested in their approach to the behavi oural and public health aspects of nutrition

The six-mo nth leave will end in July when she will return to start a furshyther three-year term as dean Professor Wardlaw had planned to take a ye ars leave in 1980 at the end of her term but when the se lection committee inshyvited her to consider taking another term she decided to continue Being dean during the form ation and evolushytion of the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies has been both exciting and rewarding she comments Since 1969 we have experienced many changes and innovations within the College and at the same time it has grown considerably

Developed to complement the other disciplines on the Guelph ca mshypus the College of Family and Co nshysumer Studies encompasses a unique

CIS chairman Professo r Jim Linshyders proposed the purchase of the stand-alone minicompu ter for teaching computer language to C IS students last spring The Computer Services Council agreed to the idea and the proposal was recom mended to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark Me mbers of both CIS and ICS travelled to Iowa State University a user of the V AX system and to D ECs head office to assess the minicomputers abilities Obshyviously pleased G uelph signed the conshytract for the VAX in September

Although the unit can support 64 terminals only 30 will be connected

For the next ten years Mrs Goldshyhart worked to develop a line of Burshymese cats in four colours sable chamshypagne blue and platinum These were registered under N azca her cattery name She also was instrumental in Ca nada in orga nizing day-long se mishynars to inform cat breeders o n healthshyrelated topics

Thro ugh practical experience she gained an understanding of the genetics of colour inheritance and birth defects and began to see the need for further research in this area Providing continshyued financial support to the Departshyment of Biomedical Sciences a t the O Vc she specified this assistance should be used in the study of congenishytal defects in purebred cats

range of disciplines Wi thout any existshying models to follow th e COllege has evolved in to a dynamic associat ion of faculty with diverse academic backshygrounds but with a common interest in applying the ir basic disciplines to peoshyple-oriented issues

In the past five years o bserves Professor Wardlaw the faculty have established effective cross-disciplinary lines of communication and thro ugh this effort have developed some unique approaches in both teaching and reshysearch In the past year research output has increased dramatically and th e moshymentum co ntinues

Dr Wa rdlaw feels it is useful for administrators to take a few months away to gain a new perspective After returning from my las t leave I had a renewed appreciation for the U niversity as a whole and a better insight into our particular concerns within this Co lshylege 0

during the initial period Complete with overhead projector and screen these terminals will form part of the first computer Janguage Jab to be estabshylished on campus

As the computer la nguage lab is vital to the teaching efforts of C IS th e depart men ts needs will ha ve first priority H owever such areas as the Department of Animal and Po ultry Scishyence and the Schools of Agricultural Eco nomics Extension Education and En gi neering will be using the lab for undergraduate demonstrat io ns and inshystruction in using this technol ogy in their own disciplines 0

In 1977 she gave $5000 to estabshylish the Betty Ray Goldhart Awa rds Iand Fellowship U ndergradu a te stushydents with first and second highest marks in Medical Gene tics who ha ve completed the si xth semester of the D VM program rece ive awards of $100 and $75 resp ectively A graduate student of hi gh academic standi ng preshyferably pursuing studies in health-reshylated genetics received a fellowship of $250

After Mrs G oldharts death the University was bequeathed a final gift of $5000 This has been ad ded to her original contribution a nd the Betty Ray Goldhar t Fellowship for graduate stushydents has been increased to $750 anshynually O

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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July

Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

prim il

A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

shy

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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ALUMNI NEWS Named Alumnus Of Honour 79

Dr McDonald ave 45 received his UGAA citation from Dr Bob Buck ave 46 President a v c Alumni Association

Dr R J (Rusty) McDonald 0 C 45 of Woodstock an international1y recogshynized veterinarian was named Alumshynus of Honour by the University of Guelph Alumni Association at Ho meshycoming Weekend 79 Rusty is general manager of Western Ontario Breeders

Inc a position he has held since WOB I was formed ten years ago

The Alumnus of Honour Award recognizes significant contributions to the University andor other areas of activity including a national cause for Canada service to community the world of science or education or leadershyship in business industry or alumni afshyfairs

Dr McDonald has served dairy farmers in Oxford Coun ty and surshyrounding areas as manager of artificial insemination services since 1946 and is wel1 known across Canada and beyond as a pioneer and innovator in the field of artificial insemination In 1952 he helped organize the Ontario Associashytion of Artificial Breeders and served as its first president He was a lso a memshyber of the Agricultural Research Insti shytu te o f Ontario and a member of the Council of the Ontario Veterinary Asshysociation

An alumni volunteer for years he worked up to campaign chairman of

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Terry Laidlaw winner of the Samshyuel Carr Scholarship has returned to the family dairy and fruit farm near Brampton wh ere he is developing a fishynancial stake in the farm operation He has been active in 4-H and Junior Farmer activities in Peel County and in the N orval United C hurch H e was president of O AC 79 in his graduatshying year and was active in College Royal activities and in various athletic endeavours

George Sikma who has received the William Park Carr Scholarship has rented a 116-acre farm near his home

po Carr farm at Newcastle and has long-term The winners must have demonshy plans to own his own dairy farm He

pro strated willingness to accept responsishy was an acti ve member of 4-H clubs in has bili ty and leadership both on the Unishy Durham County and of the Durha m con versity campus and in their home comshy Holstein Club George was treasurer of dev munities as well as to maintain a go od OAC 79A in both his first and secshyrest academic standing ond years 0 lar~

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the Universitys Alma Mater F und in 1977 Currently he is chairman o f the newly-created Commemorative G ifts Division of the Fund Rusty has a lso participated in a wide variety of co mshymunity ac tivities He was the orga nizer and first president of th e Woodstock Minor Hockey Association and longshytime chairman of the Arena Board He is a founding member of the Wood shystock Curling Club a past director o f the Oxford Golf and Country C lub and an active member of the Woodshystock Ski Club

A member of the Chalmers U nited Church he has served as chairm a n of its board of stewards He is a past director and president of the Woodshystock YM C A and the Woodstock Agshyricultural Society and past direc to r o f the local United Appeal

Despite all this activity R usty a lshyways has had time for his fa mily He and Helen are parents of Jean Re illy of Wa terloo Catherine Jones of Lawto n Oklahoma and John of Windsor 0

Carr Scholarships Terry Laidlaw OAC 79 of Norval Ontario and George Sikma OAC 79A of Newcastle On tario each reshyceived $2500 graduation scholarships at a special ceremony during the 0 Ac Agricultural Conference held a t the University in early January

The Samuel Carr Scholarship and the William Park Carr Scholarship are awarded an nual1y from the estate of the late Samuel Leister Carr to studen ts who return to full-time farming The presentations were made by M rs W H

Commemorative gifts

honour individuals or their memories A commemora tive gift to the University of Guelph can take many fo rm s but is always thoughtful and appropriate Alumni often honour former classmates and friends through such gifts

For more information send for the brochure entitled Commemorative G iving One or more can be obtained by writing to the Ch airman Commemorative Gifts Divishysion University Centre Room 40 1 University of G uelph G uelph Ontario N IG 2W I

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

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Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

prim il

A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

shy

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

Page 33: Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1980

Your Nominations Are Invited The Honours and Awards Commiuee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement These awards will be presented at Homecoming 80

The OVc Alumni Association Honours and Awards Committee inshyvites nominations for the OVc Disshytinguished Alumnus Award

The Alumn us of Honour recogshynizes annually an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and alumni through signifshyicant contribution of leadership and service to one or more of a ca use for

Canada community science or educashytion business industry or alumni afshyfairs

The Alumni Medal of Achieveshyment is awarded annually to a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Any graduate of the OVc is elishygible for the OVc D is tinguished Alumnus Award The award recognizes the sa me contributions as outlined for the Alumnus of Honour

Each nomination should contain the nominees full name address busishy

ness afliliation and title year of gradushyation family details of con tri bu tions which entitle the nominee to the award and any other information which may assist the selection committee including names of persons who have first-hand knowledge of the nominees accomshyplishments The nominee should not be advised of the nomination

Please forward your nomination by April 30 to Honours and Awards Committee Chairman University of Guelph Alumni Association or the OVc Alumni Association Departshyment of Alumni Affairs and Developshyment University of G uelph G uelph Ontario NIG 2WI 0

Hall Of Fame For Dr Ken Wells ove 38 Two men whose names are well known on campus Dr Kenneth F Wells OVC 38 and the late Sir William C Macshydonald were honoured recently at the Canadian Agricultural H all of Fame

The Canadian Agricultural HaJJ of Fame Association recognizes distinshyguished service to Canadian agriculture with the hanging each year of portraits of those honoured The portraits may be seen near the entrance to the Colishyseum at Exhibition Place in Toronto The Coliseum provides the site for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Dr Kenneth Wells spent all his working life as a public servant He reshyceived international recognition for his contributions to animal health proshygrams both in Canada and abroad Risshying through the ranks in Agriculture Canada he became chief veterinary ofshy I ficer in 1955 and later veterinary director general a position he held until his recent retirement

Dr Wells became well known for his role in organizing the national conshy

agement in the production and use of donald Hall and Macdonald Institutetrol program for pullorum disease of

better seeds for farm crops In G uelph which through his financial generositypoultry and in controlling outbreaks of

he is known for providing the Macdonshy were built on the campushog cholera and foot and mouth disshy

ald Consolidated School (at the corner The Macdonald Stewart Foundashyease Dr Wells also played a key role

of College Avenue and Gordon Street tion has more recently given support toin the founding of the Western College

and currently being renovated and conshy build Macdonald Stewart Hall the new of Veterinary Medicine at the U nivershy

verted into the Macdonald Stewart Art Hotel and Food Administration extenshysity of Saskatchewan

Centre) the first consolidated rural sion to Macdonald Institute and a Sir William Macdonald is rememshy school in Ontario and one of six grant to assist in the renovation of the

bered for his con~ributions to Canadas funded across Canada Macdonald Consolidated School for educational system and for his encour- His name is also preserved in M ac- the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre 0

Dr Ken Wells 0 VC 38 right at Hall oj Fame ceremony with his son Craig and daughter Kathy

33

the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

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tl a p

p h Ci

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Corning Events

April

May

June

July

Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

2 34

Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

prim il

A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

shy

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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the Hamilton-Burlington-Dundas area cil o f the O ntario Institute o f AgroloshyHigh Honour and created by provincial statute in gist

Dr Leslie Laking OA C 39

Dr Leslie Laking OAC 39 Directo r of the Royal Botanical G ardens (RBG) Hamilton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 17 1979 and will be invited to an investishyture at Governmen t House in the spnng

The Board of the RBG centred in

1941 appointed D r Laking assistant director and h orticulturist in 1946 and in 1954 director

His career a t the Royal Botanical G ardens has combined that of adminisshytrator educa tor lecturer writer and broadcaster He has seen the professhysional and support staff grow from four in 1946 to the present 28 and the grounds staff increase flOm a skeleton staff borrowed from he H a mil ton Parks to some 60 at full summer strength Throughout this same period he has served o n the staff of the Biolshyogy Department McM aster University with responsibilities in plant taxonomy

Paralleling his in teres t in developshying horticultural plant collections at the RBG Dr Laking has assis ted in the founding of severa l specialist organizashytions including the Canada Iris Society the Ontario Regional Lily Society the Rhododendron Society of Canada and the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario In shystitute of Agrologists He has served as both president and as an executive member of most of these as well as a double term as a member of the C oun-

As pres ident of the Am erican As shysocia tion of Bo tanical G ard ens and Arshyboreta in 1966-67 and with continuing involvement since then he has been a st rong supporter of that organiza tio n linking in a professional manner the botanica l gardens and arboreta in the United States Canada and Mexico

In 1971 after completing a quarter century of service a t the RBG Dr Lakshying was honoured by both McMaster Universi ty and the U niversity of G uelph with the degree Doctor of Laws h onoris causa In 1978 he was elected a Fellow of the Agricultural Inshystitute of Canada by his associates in the n a tional p rofessional body embracshying pursu its in agriculture and horticulshyture

D uring his term as director of the RBG he has pro mo ted the concept that the pl ace of a botanical garden in the cultural and scientific life of a nashytion must be of the same order and stature as th a t attained by our grea1t museums at th e same time never losing sigh t of the fac t that both exist to serve mankind 0

12 Maple Syrup and Pancake Festival 1100 am to 400 pm Arboretum- J C Taylor Nature Centre

15 OAC Alumni Association Seminar - Chemistry of the Food We Eat 930 am to 400 pm

19-26 AAHA Annual Meeting Los Angeles California 3 Mac-F ACS Alumni Association Seminar- Money

Sense for the SOs 9 Continuing Education Conference- Human Sexuality

20-22 Alumni Weekend 21 Annual Meetings at Guelph Friends of U of G Inc

Mac-FACS OAC OVc and U of G Alumni Associations 6-1S Summer Campus

10-13 CVMA Conference Moncton NB 19 Centennial Banquet Associate Diploma in Agriculture

21-24 AVMA Convention Washington DC

d n

tl a p

p h Ci

d n la

Corning Events

April

May

June

July

Associates Plan to Attend lOOth Year Celebration The year 1880 was a significant year in the history of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture Tha t year marked the first o ffici a l graduating class of Diplo ma in Agriculture students at the Ontario Agshyricultural College and Experimental

Farm in Guelph One hundred years o f Associates in Agriculture will be cele shybrated this summer on July 18 a nd 19 with a weekend of class reunions a Universi ty open house and a reunion banquet on the evening of July 19 If

your class hasn t a lready pla nned a reshyunion get in touch with yo ur executive and lets make this ce ntennial celebrashytion one well all remem ber F urther details will be forthcoming 0

2 34

Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

prim il

A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

shy

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

Page 35: Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1980

Dear Derek I am lileased lu reporllhallhe seventh Universily ufCuelph Choir Tour (our f ourth overseas lOur) was an unqualified success The choir presenled 13 concerls plus several shari appearances and on all occasions represemed Ihe Universily very well indeed The standard achieved by Ihis choir of5 I voices lV as 01 leaSI equal 10 Ihe slandard of Ihe 1977 choir which loured Germany

Included inlhe choir were 3 I undergraduales len graduales and len slaff orlacullY members

Thefnancial side of Ihe lour came oul renwrkably 111 despile Ihe increase ofrelail sales lax in Brilainrom 7-12 per cenll o 15 per cenl The 1$10000 gram from Ihe Alma Maler FUlld a grant of $4000(rom Ihe Onlario MinislryofCullureand Recrealion Ihe IWo cheese drives and direci financial comribUlions by al members of Ihe choir iusl he(ore leaving Canada enabled us 10

hreak even wilhin $100 or so In lerms ofedu cat ional valuefor all

members especially for the sludenls Ihe imparlan ce of lhe lour can hardly be overslressed The chance 10 sing in excellenl cOllcert halls (as in AberYSlwylh and Edinburgh) in lovely old parish churches (as in Loughhorough and Perl h) and in greal calhedrals (such as York Min sl er and SI Giles) is in ilself a greal reward BUI in (lddilion I he members visiled hisloric coslles stayed in Welsh homes and made conlacl wilh Ihe music-lovers who allended our concerls Among Ihe people who came 10 hear us were of co urse Guelph alumni who live in Ihe Uniled Kingdom as well as many Canadians on holiday overseas

Finally I should men lion I hal we received encouraging lellers and phone callsIrom Ihe cull ural division of Canada House in London andfrom On Iorio H ouse also They wereully aware of our lour and helped 10

advertise our concerls Th e lasl IW o concerl s Ihosein Edinburgh

were cerlainly our besl performances We were Ihefirsl Canadian group 10 p erform in The Queens Hall in Edin burgh

On behallof Ihe choir [ wish 10 Ihank all alumni Ihe directors oflhe Alma Mat er Fund Ihe Deparlm ent of Music Concert Managemem of Ihe Departm ent of Musi c and olher hranches of Ihe Universily for Ih e encouragemenl and supporl which we received

Yours sincerely

Dr Murdo AgtfacKinnon Tour Manager

Letters To The Editor

Dear Derek So you are il1leresled in Leflers 10 Ihe Edil or Well perhaps Ihis is more ofa personal one in Ihal I sincerely wish 10

express my pleasure in pursuing Ihe Guelph Alumnus and Ihanks 10 Donna Webb I believe silling 01 your lable 01 Ihe Homecoming 79 alumni receplion and dinner-dance

I have one small complaint though (Oh I was very pleased 10 receive Ihe Guelph AI umnus Dalelines 1980 even look il 10

work with me 10 peek 01 once in a while an d I have made reservalions al Ihe Billm ore MOlel in Guelphfor March June and OCober in order 10 allend on-campus alumni evenls) fll beforced 10 remove said Dalelines issueFomlhe wall every lime I wish 10 look al Ih e lovely young lady onlhe cover What aline looking yo ung person

Wilh all good wishes and hoping 10 see you 01 Alumni Weekend in Jun e

S incerely

John Buckley OAC 35 Cryslal Beach Onlario

Dear Derek fl has nOH been six years since Ilasl roamed Ih e Guelph campus as a studem Yel religio usly Ihe Universily has mainlained its correspondence wilh me through Ihe words in Ihe Guelph Alumnus [feel much Ihe same as aFiend who has been remiss in his replies 10 lellers

However Ihe Universily is an inl egral pari or link in a chain ofevel1ls I hal are Iorming m y future And I hope Ihe chain conlinues 10 grow as il has sin ce gradual ion Allhough j have been unable 10 sellle into a specific career each evenl or encoul1ler has been like a golden charm On e day I shall be able 10 sil back and ponder il s beauty

During my undergradualeyears I began 10

wrile poelry as a means of bringing myself out of I he various depressions a young man goes Ihrough Bv turning Ihese negalive feelings inlo a posilive (crealive)orm I found myself em ergingfrom Ihese moods ral her quickly and relalively unseal hed

When I had amassed a ralher small colleelion opoelry I vemured 10 submil il 10 a periodical Ihal was carried on campus 01

lhallim e I remember how Ih ey chose Ihe one poem which was Ihe Shortesl andfar from being m y favourile As an arlisle nouveau I was shallered and seldom wrote poetry again Llnlil recent years However I no w wrilefor Ihe sheer love ofil

I am saddened Ihough Ihat songs have become so popular as 10 relegate poelry 10 a back seal I would nOI have you Ihink Ihall do nOllike music I only wish I could wril e a song Ho wever IIee a poem to be nearesl surrealism in 011 where il may be apprecialed 01 various levels II is nOI m erely lislened 10 bw read andsludied Songs make il very easy for aliI minds 10 be lazy as we ali 100 ofI en forego Ihe Iyricslor Ihe m elody Bw ralher Ihan minimize Ihe value ofmy treasure by Irying 10 con vince people 10

share iI I would like 10 leave Ihis subJecl In apprecialion for Ihe Universilys efforts

in rep orling affairs and evenlS 10 Ihis ungracious alumnus and in aeeble allempl 10 make amends(or my silence I would lik e 10 co nlribule a p oem 10 Ihis magazine I would be privileged ifyou choose 10

prim il

A seed I hal flies Thr ough wind and lime In search of erlile soil 10 bind Grows weary wilhers up A nd dies if roo IS arenl set Wilhin a lim e Twas Hopes sweel so ng Ihalfilled Ihe air Wh en soify breezes sell led on YoungJertile soil Rich wilh a coal oJlo lden wheal shyAnd bold blue sk ies were beckoning To share a single grain olsan d Bw lime and wind had only paused And life wasJusI Ihe sands he crossed

Yours Iruly

Michel M ousseau CSS 73

Dear Derek -iflhere is a liny pace in any publicalion could yo u please say Thanks Canadaor helping our hOSlages

Also Ihank you agafn(or Ihe very useful calendar in Ihe Guel ph Alumnu s

Virginia H Reed ODH 66 Willowick Ohio USA

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again ti me to ca ll fo r nomina tio ns to fill alumni sea ts on the Senate o f the Universit y of Guel ph

Eae h yea r the th ree-yea r te rms of office of th ree of th e nine al um ni sena to rs expire Ret iring Augu st 31 1980 a re F ran k Archibald OAC 39 W J ohn Bowles CSS 72 and D r V C Rowa n Wa lker O VC 47 The terms o f office of G ordo n B Henry OAC34 Mrs Mary ( Ro bert o n) McG ill iv ray Mac 36 a nd J o hn R F lcgg A rts 68 will ex pire A ugust 3 J 198 1 Cha rles (Ch uck) Broadwell OAC 54 Bill To lton O AC 36 and Dr Robert ( Herb) Wri ght OVC38 will si t on Senate unt il A ugust 31 1982

The above incuments with the exceptio n of W John Bowles CSS 72 are not eli gible to be renomina ted Elected in 1979 to co m plete the une xpired term of Miss Gretchen MacM ill a n CSS 70 who res igned her seat in 1979 J oh n Bowles is el igible for renomin at io n A ll al um ni w ho have graduated fro m the Universi ty of G uelph or its fo unding colleges are eligi ble to nom inate membe rs to Se na te Since the Senate mee ts at leas t o nce a month from Se ptember to Ju ne t he position of alumni senator i a wo rking posit io n not an ho norary one Acco rdingly only ca ndi dat es who will be in a pos ition to a ttend meeti ngs sho uld be nomi na ted Mo reove r nominees m ust no t be registered fo r a degree or di ploma a t t his Unive rs it y nor be a mem ber of the teaching o r ad m ini st ra tive sta ff o f t his Unive rsity as those g roups are o th erwise represented

T he form below mu t be signed by tVO grad ua tes a s no minators a nd ma y be used to nom ina te up to three ca ndidat es Nomination s will be acce pted if received a t t he Al um ni Office by A pr il 14 1980

We nominate the following graduate(s) o rdina rily res ident in On ta ri o fo r elec t ion to Senate fo r the three-yea r term com menci ng Septcm ber I 1980

NAME OF NOMINEE(S) CO LLEGE OMINEES SI GNAT READDR ESS (Please print) amp YEAR ACCEPT G NOMINATIO

NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE OMINATORS ADDRESS

(Please print) amp YEAR SIGNAT RES

I) I)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secreta ry Uni versit y of G uel ph A lumn i Associat ion A lu m ni Office University Centre U IVERSITY OF GUELPH G uel ph O nta rio I G 2W I

ADDAESS COARECTION REQUESTEDGUELPH I ALUMNUS

Wlntu 1980 lithe ad dressee Volume 13 Number I ~ or a son Or a

1+ Canada Pastes Post Canada PostvPltl1(l Bulk Ennombre third troisieme class classe 1067 Guelph On t

daughter who is an alumnus has moved please notify the Al umni OHlce Unrversry of Guelph NlG 2Wl s o that thiS maga2lne may be forwa rded to the proper address