Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1978

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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GUELPH

ALUMNUS

fall 1978 Volume II , Number 4 UNIVERSITY Of GUELPH AL M ASSOCIATIO

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HONO RA RY PR ESIDENT: Profe ssor Do nald F. Forsler PRESIDENT: W . Ken Bell , CBS '73 PAST PRESIDENT : Olive (Thompson) Thompson, Mac ' 35 SEN IOR VICE- PRESIDENT : Janice (Robertson) Pa rtlo w, Art ' '70 VICE-PRESIDE NTS: Mary Budd, Arts '72 ; Dr. Th omas DeGeer, OVC ' 54 ; Pelt r McMullen, CPS '76; Judie (Earle ) Meredilh, Mac ' 6 1; Richa rd Mocc ia, CBS ' 76; Jack Palmer, O AC ' 38; AI Wi se, CSS '74 SECRETARY: Robert Esch, CPS '70 DI RECTORS: Ewart . rbe rry, O AC ' 44; Dr. Norman Ha wki ns , OVC '57; Pal (Honey) Lonergan, CSS ' 68 ; And y McCa mmon , Art s '72 ; Elaine Mc Cann , CSS '77; Debbie Mc Lellan, CPS ' 76; Ambrose Sa mul ski , CB S '73 ; Tom Sawyer, OAe '59 A & ' 64; Dr. Geoffre y Sumner- Smith , M.Sc . , O VC '69; Jane (Vo llick) We bsler, FACS ' 75; Jac kie (Wemyss) Wrighl , CBS '74 X路OFFICIO DIRECTORS: John K. Babcock , OAC '54, Director of Alumni AITairs and Development; Richard Beko lay , CBS '77, Presidenl , Graduale Students' Association; Dr. Harve y Grenn, 0 C '58, President, OVC Alumni Association; Brad Hicks, CBS ' 73, PresIdent, College of Biological Selene. Alumni Association; Michael James , CSS '72, President, College of Social Seienee Alumni As._lationi Carol McAu lay, President, University of Guelph Cenlral Students' Association (UGCS J; Palricia (Shier) Mighton , OA '64, President , OAC AlumnI Association; Elizabeth (Mac Naugh ton) Sa ndals , C PS ' 69 , President, CoUeg. of Physical Seienee Alumni Association; Michael treib, Am '69 , President, College of Arts Alumni Association ; Ruth (Woods) Wil so n , Mac '62, President, Mac-FACS Alumn i Association, TR EASURER: Jim J . Elmslie AS SOCIATE SECRET AR Y: Rosemary Clark , l ac '59 The Guelpb Alumnus is publ ished by Ihe Department of Alumni Affairs and De velopment in co-operalion wit h the Depa rtment of lnfonnation, Uni versi lY of Guelph .

The Edilorlal Commillee is compri sed of Edil or路 Derek J . Wing, Publications Officer; rt Direclor-Erich H . Barth ; John K . B abcoc~ , OAC '54, Direclor of Alu mn i Affairs and Developme nt ; Rosemary Clark, Mac ' 59, Assislant Direclor for Alumni Programs; Palricia G . Orr, Deve lopme nt Offi cer; Douglas Wa terston , Direc tor of Infonn ation; Don ald W . Jose , OAC '49 , Assistanl Direc lor of Information.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the Univers il Y of Guelph Alumni Associati on is comprised of W. Ken Bell, CBS ' 73, hairman; Dr. Allan Auslin; Dr. Dona ld A. Barnum, OVC ' 41 ; John Bowles , CSS ' 72 ; Robe rt Me rcer, OAC '59 ; Glenn B. Powe ll , OAC '62; James Ru sk, OAC ' 65 ; Sandra WebSle r.

Arts '75.

Ex-Officio: John K. Babcoc k, OAC ' 54 ; Oli ve Thompson, Mac ' 35 .

Undeli vered copies shoul d be returned 10 Ihe Depart me nt o f Alumni Affairs and Deve lopmenl , UniversilY of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I .

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AnatolllY of a

Freshlllan '78 style

by Ann Middleton Meet the c lass of '82 . T here are Joanne and and 2 ,548 B ruce, Jose and Natalie others. T hey make up a group of freshmen wi th a wide variety of acade mic interests and ext rac urricular involvements.

Short of do ing 2 ,552 int rv iew (and prod uc ing a SOO-page G uelph Alumnus), it' s impossible to introduce yo u to them all .

Some fi g ures and a few gen ralizations will, however, give a litt le of the flavour of the grou p th at started classes Septe mber 8.

Depa rtment of Informati on writer, Martha Le ibbrandt , talked to Joan ne , Bruce, Jose and Natal ie and many other stude nts during regis tration. S he was impressed by their maturity, and the dcpth of tho ught that went into their decision s to come to the Uni versit y of G ue lph. They po red o ver uni vers ity cale nd ars, studied programs and qui zze d teache rs, frie nds and people in the profess ions befo re dec iding on G uelph.

M any of them vi sited the campus and were attracted by the small-town atmosphere of Gue lph. " I won't feel lost he re ," was one comment. ''I' m from Toronto, and I li ke the small , close ly-knit campus. " " Gue lph has the bes t cou rse for me, " was a comment made by students in bee-kee pi ng, child studies and landscape arch itecture . " I re searched all the angles and G ue lph came out on top," from a young man interested in busi ness and economics.

Joanne and Bruce, Jose and Natalie are members of a class that is more than half female, a ratio mirrored in the overall stud nt body at G uelph . Fifteen per cent of the freshman cl a~ s arc O ntario scholars.

Grade 13 students whose average marks were 80 per cent or better.

There are J 28 mature students in the fres hman class and th e University's unique programs co nti nue to attract studen ts from

aro und the world. This year' s c las s includes 112 C anadi a ns from other prov inces and an eq ua l number of fore ign students, 15 of them Americans .

International student advisor, Don Am ichan d, says th e make-up of the fo re ign st ude nt body is chang ing since differen ti al fees we re introduced in Ontario last year.

H igher fees make for a g ro up of freshmen who are sc holarship holde rs or the so ns and dau ghters of prosperous families.

As in othe r years, the majority of our fresh men came from southern O ntario, with a stron g contingent from Wellington County. T his ye a r, we ll ove r 100 stude nts from the G uelph area are e nrolled in Semester I. Members of the class of ' 82 (or ' 81

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should they opt for a three-year program - a de cisio n th at doesn't hav e to be made in Semester I) are divided among nine degree programs, th e largest number o f them in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts programs. Semester 1 enrolme nt s in these pro gra ms at Guelph reflect a nati onal trend away from the Arts. Thi s year 553 fre shmen are enrolled in Arts with 679 in Science, a rev ersa l of last fall's stude nt priorities.

The 397 Bachelor of Scien ce in Agriculture student s make up the ne xt largest group, followed by the 249 Bache lor of Appl ied Sc ience student s. The remai ning fre shme n are in five programs: 109 in Bac hel or of Commerce, 78 in H uman Kinetics, 56 in Engineering and 34 in La ndsca pe Architecture. The two-year Associate Diploma in Agriculture prog ram has 179 fre shmen . The 120 first year veterinary medicine students and about 100 unclass ified freshmen make up the total of 2,552.

The di versity of interests th at led Joa nne and Bruce, Jose and Natalie into a variety of academic endeavo urs carries over to th e ac tiviti es of their ou t-of-class hours.

The y may spend their spare time in mad momentum or in quiet contemplation. The opport unities for either activity are numero us with a wide choice of clubs and many athletic possibilities. Orga ni zed athleti cs on campus boggle the mind as well as the body.

The freshman has a choice of fi ve co-ed intramural leag ues. Last year there were 110 co-ed volleyball teams alone . Bruce and Jose also have a choice of le ague sports like softball an d curling while Joanne and Natalie can become involved in leagues th at include soccer and ice hockey, to name just two.

Intramu rals , howe ver , are only a drop in the buc ket. The fre shman has a choice of fitne ss courses that include everything from aq uati cs to weight lifting, dance classes, canoe ing, scuba divi ng, karate, arc hery and

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water polo ins truction. In fact the at hletics facilitie s are so busy that hockey games are sched uled for the middle of the night and s wimming lessons take place as late as midnight.

Stude nts see kin g a wide va rie ty of extracurricular ac tivities ensure continued s upport of volunteer socia l se rvic e act ivi ties in th e community , C urtain Cal I, profession al clubs and numerous other student organizations.

When Joanne and Bru ce , Jose and Natalie are not in class, library or lab, swimming pool or club meeting , yo u may find th em in Centre Six, the ground floor of the University Ce ntre, with coffee cu p in hand and conversation fl ouri shin g. Or you may find them in a resid ence room involved in the campus hi-jinks th at have been a part of Guelph life since the fir st cow was cajoled up the steps of Mac Hall .

The great majority of fre shmen choose residence life ; 1800 of them are housed in double , trip le and quadruple roo ms across the campus . Wi th the excepti on of a few small rooms in the so uth residence, sing le rooms are re served for senior students.

The remaining freshmen live off-campus, generally on thei r ow n unle ss the y've made up a group from a home town or rur al area . But som eti mes freshmen, along with other stu de nts, have company when the y arri ve at the Uni ve rsi ty. Barb ara Hodsdon, of Off-C amp us Ho using, has placed several dogs, cats , the odd horse and one foal in accom modation. She also found a home thi s fa ll for a student and her piano - but only with great difficulty . On the list of desirable tenant s, pianos rank somewhere be low cats, but a level above horses with foal.

So there yo u ha e them, the class of ' 82 - music lovers, water polo players, Aggies and Artsies, actors an d animal lo ve rs. You're bo und to bump into so me of them the next time yo u're on campus. Be sure to stop and say " hello ." 0

Riel or Bogus? (regardless - it may be worth $1,000)

by Ann Middleton A piece of reddish brown paper the size of the current 14-cent C anadian stamp is tucked aw ay in McLaughlin Libr ary's vault providin g an enigm a for stamp co llectors.

The Riel Essay, as it is called, may ha ve

been commi ssioned by Meti s le ader Louis Riel fo r the M eti s republic he hoped to found in western C anada.

Riel, of co urse, was de feated and the Meti s republic never came into bein g

Howe ver, the essay (stamp co llectors' term fo r a trial de sign) feature s the bilin g ual in scription Re publique Canadienne ­ C a nadian Republic , en c ircling the head of Libert y .

B io medi c al sc iences pro fesso r , Peter Mann, a keen philatelist , le arned about the e xis tence of the stamp, whi c h has been in the Un ivers it y 'S collecti o n s ince the mid - sixti es, about three years ago. He did some re se arch on th e essay befo re it was di s pla yed in the 1975 Guelph Stamp C lub 's annual e x hibiti o n The searc h fo r information was ne ither s imple nor very re w arding. What Professor Mann di scovered led him to the co nclusion that the e ssay is probably phon y. He wrote a n article o n the subj ec t entitled "Riel or Bogu s?" for an int e rnal libra ry publicati o n at th e time, expl aining that two prominent Canadian phil ateli sts described it as bog us, hav in g no conn ection with either Ri e l or the Riel Rebelli o n. They do ubted it w as even a pos tage sta mp essay.

Certainl y, the pi c ture is crudely drawn and the printing o f poor qu a l ity. The de sign s were printed on a sheet of paper and cut ap art , accountin g for the unperforated edge s . Profe sso r Mann sa id he doubted th at they could h a ve been produced by any of the Ne w Y ork printers wh o were turning out good qu alit y stamp s by the latter part of the last century.

T o ronto phil atelic auc ti o neer J. N .

Sisso ns ha s serio us doubt s about the authenticit y of what he de scribe s as the "so-called Riel Ess ay " in his catalog ues, but he has so ld at le ast two of the five or s ix believed to e xis t . He estimates the current value at up to $1 ,000.

Authentic o r not, the essa y is an interesting foo tn o te on the hi story of western C a nada, and o ne of two connection s the University of Guelph library ha s with Riel.

A summo ns for a ju ro r to appe a r at the tri a l of The Que en vs . Louis Riel o n July 20, 1885, is hou sed in the rare bo o k room . Tried for h ig h treaso n , Riel wa s se ntenced to de ath , and fin a l.ly han ged o n N ovember 16, 188 5, si x months after hi s force s were defeated at the Battle o f Batoch e , Saskatc he wan. 0

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One of th e three faxes at the station, "Reddy" wasn ' t at all camera shy.

At th e mink ranch , lead hand Hugh Belcher uses leather gauntlets to handle one of his charges.

ove's Eramosa

" PelUnia" the skunk and lead hand Hugh Belcher are old friends

Agricultural assistant Jim Conroy clocked "George " in at a hefty 340 pounds.

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by Don W. Jose. OAC '49 Many alumni will rem em ber well the O nta rio Veterinary College fi eld station on the Gale farm on Edinbur gh Road at th e back of the dairy bush . Unfortunatel y , the inevitable growth of the city eventually made that location un s uitable for hou sing animals, and the deci sion was made to relocate the O V C facilities well beyo nd urban sprawl.

As a res ult , a 200-ac re farm was purchased in E ra mosa Tow nship and mode rn animal housing faciliti es constructed . T he se have now been in use for two yea rs. In a di stinct change of role, the former Gale farm now pro vide s the sit e for a large, ultra-modern shopping centre meeti ng the needs of the people of G uelph and district.

The new location, a dozen or so miles from the campus, is not as convenient for faculty members, but the site ensures a good many years of use free from the encumbrance of encroaching residential development. In addition, the ne w 200-acre site, with animal facilities located well inside the perimeter, will ensure adequate

border barrie rs.

The Era mosa field stat io n pe rforms two basic function s. It provide ho ldin g faciliti es for anim als until the y ma y be req uired in o n-c a mpu s la bora torie s for research, and it affords a locati o n where many no n­ infectious ex perimental projects may be carried o ut.

The s ta ti o n co ns is ts of th ree separate sect ions. The main building provides 20,000 squa re fe e t of space for many kind s of anima ls ran ging from mice to cattle, and including sheep, swi ne an d pon ies . A long ce ntra l corridor has a number of wings running off it, some used for research and some for holding animals fo r use el se whe re.

T he fu r-b ea ring animals are hous d in a seco nd sec ti o n well removed from the m ai n building. The fe ed preparation roo m has adjacent freeze r stor ag e for fre sh feed . The cage areas house mink , skunk s, and s maller numbers of other s pec ies.

The third section, the dog-ho lding building. provide s tw o wings of hygienic runs together with facil ities fo r care a nd

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Eram osa Field Station superviso r Lyle Maltby, CelJl ra l Labo ratory Animal F aeilit)' coordinator Professor Jim Schroder, OVC '42, and facility clerk Pal Parkinson.

Mother and daughter - and a wide , contented smile.

Field Station

grooming of the animals . All dogs purchased by the Unive rs ity are received here and held in quarantine fo r he alth check-ups and vaccinations before being taken to the main campus for rese arc h or teaching.

Concern for the animals in its care has always been paramount at OvC, and recent Ontario legislation has established provincial standards in k e ping with th o ~e followed at ove . As a m atter of fact, Dr. Jim Schroder, OvC ' 42, Coordinator, Centra l Laboratory An imal Facility, comments that, under current law, animals are better protected than some children.

Flexibility is th key word in planning a fa c ility such as that at Eramo sa, says Professor Sc hroder. Relatively simple building plans, such as were emphasized at Eramosa, prove much more flexible in the lon g run to meet changing ne eds, whereas more complex plans to me t very specific conditions would prove less adaptable.

Professor Sc hroder gives high praise to the Universi ty'S planning group in Physical

Reso urce s for the creative way in which they worked with th e architect, faculty and staff in planning the E ramo sa facilities. They made sure of ple nty of input at the initial stage s f rom all the people concerned, and thu e nsured a ve ry efficient facility.

Forem an of the eight-man crew th at looks after the ani ma ls at the Eramo sa field station , Ly le M a ltb y has spe nt se ven years car ing for rese arch animals on cam pus . Mo st of the crew have long rec ords of serv ice 足 lead han d Hugh Be lcher , soon to ret ire, has spent nearly 25 years cari ng fo r ove s fur-bearing animals. Mrs. Pal Parkin son looks after the one-person office for the field station. She and her hu sband, G eorge, operate a IOO-acre mink farm in E ramo sa township.

Professor Schroder pays high tri bute to the late Dr. Don Ingram , OVC ' 52 , for his le adership and to the slat ion staff, whose care of the animal s play s such a key ro le in the smooth and efficient functioning of the Eramosa field station . 0

Dr . Bruce Wilso n , OVC '65 , and a pulm onary lava ge wi th technicians Beverly Be uckert an d Judy Sheppard, OAC '75.

Animal al/endant R obert M unden grooms a patient pony .

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Human Kinetics Alumni Association meeting.

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Touchdown at the Homecoming football game. Final score -

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Guelph 29, MacMaster 22.

The alumni field hockey team that challenged the U of G Varsity learn ,

"Yea Gryphons!"

Alumni Dinner Dance.

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OAC '68A reunion.

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Jeann ie an d Ben Va nden berg , both OAC '77, and hubb le-bubble pipe.

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There could ha ve bee n 10 ex tra ac res of swee t co rn tass el wav ing gen tl y in the summe r breezes of Pu linc h to wn ship in 1977 - but there wa sn' t.

A pho ne call in M ay did it in - a phone call to Bert Vande nberg, OAC ' 77, who had grad uated fro m the 8 .Sc . ( Ag L ) prog ra m in C rop Sc ience in April.

T he call w as fro m Pro fesso r Jac k Tan ner , OAC ' 57 , Ch airma n , De pa rtm e nt of C rop Scie nce . " And the wo rld turn ed upside do wn," recalled Be rt's wife, Jea nni e (McLeod), OAC ' 77. "The re we were, p la nn ing to be married later in th e yea r: bot h e nroll ed with C SO and wai ti ng fo r a jo b overseas; re ady with fert ili zer an d seed co rn for pla nting o n my pa rents ' fa rm - a nd Jac k Ta nn e r phoned to advi se Bert of a j o b open ing in Sa udi Ara bia . " Be rt applied ; was accepted o n a two-yea r contrac t as an agric ul tur ist by Mac L aren Inte rna tio nal Lim ited , agricu ltural reso urce deve lop ment cons ultan ts; was m arried to Jeannie I 0 d ays afte r the ma g ic pho ne call, and the n fle w to Sa udi A ra bia ­ al o ne. Jea nnie co mp leted the eight h se mes ter of the B.Sc . ( Ag r .) prog ra m in Pl ant Protec tion durin g th e sprin g se meste r a nd joined Bert in Sa ud i Arab ia in July.

For J an n ie a nd Be rt, wh o had bo th com pleted the M ino r in Inte rnati o na l Agr ic ulture, the cha nce to beco me ac ti vely in vo lved in inte rnati onal ag ri c ulture was a

Jeannie and Bert lunching in experimental alfalfa field wirh Katherine, wife of Mike Masca ll , OAC '77 .

Jo int dream co m e true . Fo r it to happe n so soo n fo ll o wing grad uation wa s the ici ng o n the ca ke .

To th ei r credit , Un iversity of G uelph alumni have bee n in vol ved in the Vande n berg success sto ry fro m its begin ning . Jeannie was the reci pient o f an O .A.C . Alumn i Fo und ati on Ent ran ce Sc ho la rs hip a nd , later , s he and Bert s hared a $ 1,000 N . R . R ic hards Sc ho lars hip. T he sc ho la rship is offered by the O .A .C . A lumni Fo und a ti o n to th ird -year stu den ts in the B .Sc . (Ag. r .) degree p rog ra m who plan to stud y for o ne ye ar in a Fre nch- speaki ng facult y o f ag ri c ult ure, or, as in th is case, to stu de nt s who have de mo ns trate d an inte re t in wo rk ing in de ve lo ping cou ntries .

A fter nine mo nth s in Sa udi A rab ia., Jea nn ie fle w home ea rli e r thi s ye ar to pr se nt de ta il ed re ports and s ur ve y anal yses - and was bubb lin g with e nthusiasm . " T he expe n c nce has reall y he lped us to g ro w u p very q uic kly," said a radi ant Jean nie, .. I th ink we ' ve bee n incredibly fo rt una te to have bee n gi ven thi s e no rmous respo nsibilit y a nd th e c hanc e to un de rtake ju st the kind of work we we re despe rate ly trying to get into - visit ing co mmu ni ties , o bse rvin g the ir pro blems objective ly, sy nthesi zing co llec ted d ata and ma king recomm e nd a tio ns rega rdin g solut ions to the proble ms ."

Bert ' s func tio n covers ag r ic ultura l re sources and prac ti ces, th e curre nt s tate o f an imal a nd c rop produ c ti o n , graz in g ra nge pro blem s , li ves toc k ma nage ment and marke ti ng . . ' T he wo rk prese nt s re al c hall e nges, lots and lots of frus trati o n and exc it e ment and a lot of goo d times, " ent hu sed Jea nnie. " Just being w ith the bedou in s a nd th e se ttled farmers , heari ng the m laugh, listening to thei r sto ri es, bein g ex posed to their eccentric iti es and watc hing them c has ing aro und afte r shee p a nd came ls ma kes me fee I goo d ."

Fo r one week in fo ur, Bert and Jea nni e a nd abo ut 35 ot he rs enjoy the co m fo rt a nd co nve nie nces o f a t railer co mpo und , co mp le te w ith a ir co nd iti o nin g a nd heat, located in the mo unt ains in T aif. Fo r the rest of the t im e they ' re no mads who occasio nally use a small fi eJd trai le L "We tra vel by su burba n tru c k (with gas a t 12¢ a gallon) and many of o ur nights are spe nt slee ping in the desert un der th e star s, " e){p lained Je annie. " [t 's a mos t won derful experie nce - all that no thing ness a nd the in desc ribab le pe ace and se re nity. " S um mer d ayti me temperature s are a round 95 degrees F in the s hade and th e humidity is ve ry low . Bugs, sco rpi o ns and sna kes a re to be conte nded w ith . " Hospitalit y is the uppermos t tho ugh t

in the mind s of the fa rmer and herders.

They ' re neve r too busy to talk to us ove r the inevitable coffee and da tes and it usually takes quite a w hil e before the busine ss of ani mals and crop. e nter the con versatio n ­ bu t we get the re in th end."

It sho uld be no ted that while Englis h is Sa udi Arab ia ' s second lang uage, know ledge of that lang uage is com ma nded largely by th ose w ho ' ve rece ived a higher ed ucat ion.

An ex tre mely ve rsati le co uple, Jea nni e and Bert, in th e s ho rt ti me they ' ve bee n in Saud i , ha ve mastered the rudi ments of Arabi c and can , and must , conduct thei r fact-fi ndin g inte rv ie ws w ith the bedouins a nd seltled farm e rs in tha t language .

Field tri ps ta ke th e co upl e more tha n 250 mi les from the com pound and the y ' ve ex perien ced th e standard desert tre at men t ­ sa nd ·torms a nd mirages . " We ' v bee n thro ug h so me in red ib le blo ws , " recalled Je an ni e, "somet imes they' ll las t an ho ur, othe r ti mes a ll day or all night. We ju st cove r up t ill it 's all over." ealis ti c mirages have prese nte d pleasant vistas of trees and water .• ,So metimes we dri ve into the m ­ we' re not foo led, we just wa tch , fascinated, as the y fade away . " Asked if she tho ug ht the ir studi es a t G uelph had fully prepa red the m for the ir di ve intu inte rnati o nal agricultu re, Jean nie was e mph atic. "Yes, w were ve ry we ll prepared . T he vario us ex pos ures to professors w ho 've beco me great friends , and expos ure to in ternational affa irs a nd progra ms, I thin k was very good . " Howeve r , th re 's one aspe ct in wh ich Jea nni e fee ls she's lacking . '" wo uld li ke to have had a mo r prac tica l educati o n . A degree co urse has to be large ly theoret ical - but I' d love to kno w how to fi x a trac to r for inst ance. T here are a lo t o f practical ' things I' d li ke to know. he U niv ersity 's As oc iat e Dip loma in Agr icultu re prog ra m re ally k no w s wh r it's at b ca use it deals with mainten ance and prac tical crop production. I' d ce rtain ly li ke to have comple ted the Assoc iate Diploma Co urse ­ just fo r prac tical o rientatio n . " W ha t fo ll ows the two-year con tract ') Well, Je an ni e feel s th at th ey' e defi nitel y created a proble m for th em se l ve ~. .. If I co uld put myself in th e sa me situatio n agai n I'd be ve ry happy -- but I' m s ure th at, the way thi s world is run , these two ye ars wi ll be viewed as a ve ry exc itin g responsibility and th at e ' ll have to co me back and go throu gh the treadm ill of gettin g more de grees if we ever wan t to get back into a simila r situa tion. We wa nt to be ou r own ma ste rs - and I th ink we' re at a ve ry decision-making point in o ur li ves . " I think we' re going to try to get o ur mast er's degrees . We bot h have Na tion al

A camel ca ravan, a common sigh!.

Rese arch Co un ci l g ra nt s hich we ' ve defe rred an d which we ca n take up next ye ar. " Back to G uel ph? " 0, I do n' t think so.

We ' d like so me ex pos ure som where e lse . If we ca n arra nge o ur sc ho larshi ps we' d like to work in a n int mational institutio n like CIMMYT <Cen tro Internacio nal de Majora mieto de Maiz y rigo) and affiliate ourselves with a un iversity maybe in Mex ico, In dia , E ng land or Ca lifo rnia­ right no w we're re ally looki ng."

For Jeannie , th uture is uncertain, unkno wn - but xcit in g' "We' ll probably hit ha rd tim : - I m an like g ree ting socie ty again I guess , I get more c ult ure shoc k eery day I' m here in Canada." 0

TORelher wilh D r . Ja ck Tanner , olh er Un iversiry facul I)' providing co nsul rin/i experlise fo r M acLaren Il1lernalionui's Saudi Arabian projeCl are.· Professors D ick PrOlZ, Departmel1l of La nd Resou rce Science; John BUrlon, OAC '62, Deparrmel1l of Animal and Poullry Science; H ugh Ayers, Sch ool of Engin eering, and Jack C lark, OAC '50, S chool of AgricullUral Ec onomics and EXlension Educarion .

Orh er Universiry of G uelph graduares and posr'graduures employed 011 rhe projecr and in Saudi Arabia are: Mike Mascall , OAC '77, D r. Jo e Tarzi, Ph .D. '77; Jan Van De H ulst, M .Sc. ' 77; D ave Willis, OAC '74, and J ohn D uff, OAC ' 73 . 0

A Saudi Arabian deser r.

Home-base, a com(o rlable wesrern-sryle compo und.

campus highlights First Soden Fellowships awarded Domenico Bag nara , Ernest M. Bn rbe r, and G le nn W. S tratton, OAC '77 , bec ame the first rec ipients of Sode n Fe llow ships at the recen t O nta ri o Ag ricult ural Co ll ege a wards prese ntation. T he three new I -e stabli shed fe llowshi ps of $ 12, 000 e ach w ilJ be awa rde d annu ally to o utstanding studen ts en terin g a

Ph .D . p rogram in a d e partment o r sc hool of O .A .C. Mr. B agnara , who ho ld s pri or degrees from th n ivers it y of Perugia in his native It a ly, is ,t ud ying reaso ns for differing tol e rances to unfa vo ra ble g rowing cond iti o ns among co rn variet ies . A gradu ate of the University of Alb ert a , M r. Barber is in vo lve d wi th environmen tal and energy con servation s tudi es as th ey relate to a nim a l ho us ing . Mr. Stratton , having re ce ived bac helo r' s an d master' s d egrees fro m G ue lph , is co nce rn ed wi th environmenta l biology ; spec ificall y , the effects of in sec ti ides o n a lg e.

T he three pre stigious awards were made possi ble throu g h the ge neros it y of Mrs . Edythe Pri sc ill a So den , a rural O nta rio wo ma n wh o di ed last ye ar at age 92. Active at a pace tha t be li ed her yea rs , she took ove r operat ion of the 360-acre fa rm at Greenwood, D urha m County after her hu sba nd 's de ath in 1945 a nd con tinu ed its manage me nt until 1974.

W ith no c lose livin g re la tive s , Mrs. Sode n chose to le ave the bulk o f her esta te to the 'nive rs it y of Guelph , earmarked fo r s uppo rt of the pri mary conce rn i n her life , ag riculture.

T he inte res t from her bequ es t of more th a n a half million dollars, third lar est in the U ni ve rs ity's hi story, will e na ble three

EdYThe Priscilla Soden

The fir st rec ipients of (h e Soden F elloll'ships received (heir awards from Professor H erber( Arms(rong , D ea n of G radua(e Studies, second from leji. Studen( s are 1(01', Glenn S(rallOn, OAC '77, D omen ico Bagnara , and Erne:;( Barber.

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students a yea r to pursu e Ph . D. 's at a time when P h.D . gradu a te s are desperate ly needed to fill gove rnment and agricu ltura l resea rch posit io ns in C anada. Because this s itu ati o n is not expec ted to imp rove in the ne x t few years, M rs. Soden's far- sig hted a nd val uab le su pport is as timel y to the needs of th e co untry as it is to th e Univers it y. 0

New Director of Athletics

Gilbert W. Chapman ha s bee n appo inted D irector o f A th le tic s. He succeeds Professor W. F . (B ill) M itchell , OAC' 38, who retir d th is fa ll.

M r. Chapm an brings to th e Uni versity a n exte ns ive background in uni versi ty athletics . Most rece ntly, he has he ld the position of Dea n of the Sch oo l of Rec re ation and Ph ys ical Ed uc ati on a nd D ire ctor of At hletics at Acadia U niv ersi ty in W olfville, Nova Sco tia.

"G ib " received hi s B .S. and M. S . in Phys ic a l Ed ucatio n from th e niver sit yof M aine a nd co mp le ted a Phys ica l E ducation Direc torate at the U n iversit y of Indiana in 1971.

Hi s te ac hin g resp o ns ibil itie s a t Acadi a have included ph ysica l education co urses in the area of sports adminis trati on a nd c urriculum deve lo pment . He has also been in vo lved in a numhcr of coac hi ng clinics thro ug hout C anada as a n organizer and a guest cli ni c ian .

Mr. C hapm a n is re cog ni ze d nationally throug h his in vo l vement with th e C anadi an Int r- Un ivers ity Athlet ic n ion (C IA ) , as a me mber of the board of direc tors , c ha irm a n of the CI A U el igibili ty co mmitt ee, and preside nt of the tla ntic niv ers ities At hl etic As soci a tio n .

He posse s e s an impress i ve record as both a basketball and socce r coach and was a n ass istant coac h a nd sco ut of th e Ca nadian ati ona l M e n ' s Baske tba ll Te am from 1973 until 1976 . 0

alumni news Alumni donations provide art

1978 Alumnus of Honour Gordon L. Nixon , OAC '37, has bee n named the 1978 Alumnus of Honour for the o ut standin g contribution he has made to hi s Alma Mater and to his comm unit y.

Gordon was born on Fe bruary 2,1916 in Re g ina, Saskatchewan. In 1933 , he entered th e O nta rio Agricu ltural Coll ege to major in Animal Hus bandry.

After graduation , Gordon found a place in the bus iness world at Clark Lock Advertising Agenc y in Toron to, later movin g on to Massey- Harris , National Cash Re giste r Compan y, and A . E . McKenzie Compa ny . For the past 3 1 years he has worked fo r Lightning Fastener Company, now called Talon D ivision, Text ron Can ada Ltd ., in St. Catharines where he is Manager, Re tail Sales Div ision .

In hi s quiet but effecti ve manner , Gordo n has been a private goodw ill ambassado r for the niv ersit y. His es tablished c ustom of keepin g in to uch with grad uates across the country has se rved to stre ngthen alumni ties with Gue lph.

As an ac tive exec uti ve member of OAC Year '37, he has pla yed a leadi ng role in maintaining the sp irit an d support of thi s enthusiastic cla ss which commissioned for its Alma Mater the "Campus Com posite ' 37" oil by th e late Evan Macdo nald, LL D ., '70.

Gordon's impressive reco rd of service to hi s Alma Mater is doc umented by listin g ju st a few of his offices: life member an d

past pre sident of the O .A .C. Al umni Association , direc to r an d cha irma n of the O. A .C. Al umni Foundat ion , former member of the Uni ver ity Se nate, and Lincoln County al umni di vision co-c hai rman fo r the Un iversity 'S Developme nt Fund in 1966-68 .

Pe rhap s the most chall nging pos itio n Gordon has held was that of chairm an of the Joi nt Alum ni Commi ttee in 1964-65 .

Thro ugh d iplo mac y and leaders hip he was able to obtain th e support o f ex i ti ng ca ll ge alum ni association in the c ta blishme nt of the Universit y of Guelph Al umn i Assoc iat ion. As its first pre sident, he he lped lay a firm foundation whic h has grow n stron ge r th rough the years .

Go rdo n 's in valu ab le a~s i s t a nc e to the Alma Ma ter Fun d is shown by the positions he has held o ve r th e years . For his effo rt s as cha irman of the O.A.C. Ce nten nial Project Div ision, he was recogn ized wit h an O .A.C .

Ce nte nnial Meda l in 1974. He is a fo undi ng mem ber and pas t chairm an of the Ce ntu ry C lu b, and thi s year took on th e challenge of serving as Alma Mater Fund C ampaign C hai rma n.

Gordon ' s connec ti on w ith th e Uni ve rsity is apparent e ve n in hi s famil y .

He is mar ried to the for me r C . Joan Tripp , Mac' 36; their two dau ght ers are Nancy Krause, Arts ' 70 an d Cath erine McCallum , Arts '73. A poten tia l member of Guelph c1.ass of '99 is Ke ith Ros s McCall um , born Octobe r I , 1978, to Cathy and husband, Don, OAC '72 . 0

Wilh Gordon Nixon, OAC '37, the 1978 Alumnus of H onour , are 110 r, P residenl Donald Forster; Gordon' s wife , C. J oan (Tripp ), M ac '36; his parents Jan e and Norma n ; his daughter Catherin e McCallum , A rts' 73 , and Don McCa llum, OAC '72.

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" C rape hyacinth" M ary Pmtl, 1976

Universit y of Guel ph alu mn i don at io ns of $9,900, pro vided through the Alma Maler Fu nd fo r art purchases, have been supple me nted by a W intario gran t o f $9,850 to give a total of $ t 9.750. This grant was appli ed for in 1977 by the O ntario Veterinat¡y College Alumni Assoc iat ion o n beha lf of all alumn i. and is the seco nd art purc hase grant o n be half o f the Univers it Art Co llecti on to be awarded by Wi nt ario.

The C urato r of Art , Mrs . Judit h Nasby, is prese ntly se lecting works to be funded by do n at i on~ and a th ird ~uc h matchi ng gran t which was ap plied fo r by the A ~ so c iation in the curre l1l year.

T he Univers ity ' s Art Acqu isit ion Co mmittee ~ e l cc t e d works of a contemporary nat ure rangi ng fro m the early 1950 ' s to 1977 . The works . two o f which are ill us trated , were aC4u ired from th e fol low ing a rti~t s (date of ind ividu al ite m is show n in brackets): Ro lp h Scar lett (1 950' s), Joe Plasket t ( 1950 's) , W ill ia m Tho mso n (1 956) , Max Bates (1 957) , Herb Ariss (1 959) , Pat Martin Bates (1 960 's) , Alex Janvier ( 1963) , Jo hn Snow (1 965 ) , Elton Ye rex (1 967 ), Andrea ' Dre nt ers (1 967.

1968, 1974 , 1975 ), Norva l Morriseau (1975 ), Mary Pratt (1 976), Jack Bush ( 1976), Ju dith Coxe (1 977) , and Pau l Slogeu (1 977 ). 0 " N ight R ider." Norva[ Morrisea/{ , 1975

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Alumni on the go I

So me o f the 322 who bo arded the good ship "Trillium " for the Al umn i auti cal N igh t cru ise of Toronto Harbo ur would have rename d the affair Nost alg ia Ni ght.

Overhea rd on the dock, on-deck, 'tween decks and in the engi ne room were comme nt: like - "My dad used to take us acro,' s LO the island . ." and " I re mem ber th e firs t time I sa il d o n he r back in Restored to mi nt condition after a life of 68 years, the "Trillium" , the last of the steam-po we red side- paddlew hee lers o n the G reat La kes, was alive wit h lau ghter and danc ing d uring th e fi ve-hour mo onlight cruise . No cries o f " man (o r wOlll an) o ve rboard " were heard but requests li ke " play it again . Sam" we re stead il y direc ted at D ic k S mith and hi s band , Syncona. who de li ve red great mus ic from stee l ba nd throu gh blues Lo 5t te ly wa ltzes and deck-bo uncing po lkas .

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Alumni NaUTica l N ight A lum ni Apple and AUTumn Colour Tour

In an entirely di ffe rent atmosphere. so me 75 landlu bbers boa rde d buses in Guelph an d T oronto , headed for M ilton and the tali timber in the Caledon Hi ll s area on the Alumni Apple and Aut umn Co lou r Tour.

At C hudl e igh F arm" near M ilton , the group was we lco med by Ca rol and Tom Chudleigh, OAC ' 63, who g a ve a brief run down on their ap ple-gro wing ope ration The gang the n enjoyed wago n to urs thro ugh the orchards (one weary wagon wh eel fell off amid the Mc\ nto s he s - b ut no harm wa s done).

Appointment The y picked tree-fresh app les, and then re fres hed them selves with hot c ider and ap ple strudel. Adde d exci tement oecurred when the bu ses atte mpted to round the hairpin bend at the fam o us Forks of the C redi t and unfortunately, in tum, ran aground . (T hank heave ns it wasn' t th e' 'Trillium " .J Lunc h at the resto red 1 18-year-old G lobe Res taurant (a one-time sta ecoac h ~t op) in Ro se mo nt, prep ared by co-managers A rth ur Needles, OAC '72, his wi fe Laura, and Bill Bru ce, HAFA ' 75, was si m ply deliciou s. The afternoon was browse d away a mid the antiqu e and craft shops of C ookstown. 0

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James D. H unter

James D. Hunter, OAC '49, has bee n appoin ted an Exec uti ve Vice- Pre j de nt of C anad a Pac kers Limi ted , Mr. Hun te r has b en a D irector of Can ada Packers si nce 1975. and was appoin te d a Vice- Pres ide nt of

the Co mpan y in 1977 .

He star ted wi th the S hu r-Gain D ivision o f Ca nad a Packer in 1941, se rved w ith the Roya l Canadi an A ir Fo rce fro m 1943 to 1945, register d at the On tario Agric ult ural College in 1946 and grad uate d w ith a B.S .A . degree wit h a spec ia liz ation in chemistry.

He re turned to Canada Packe rs.

Shu r-Ga in D iv i~ion, in 1949, prog ressed thr ugh a n um ber of pos itions wi th in the Division, a nd was appo inted Gene ral M ana ger i n 1971.

Me. Hu nte r is a foun din g member of the U ni ve rsity's Centu ry Cl ub. 0

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Your UGAA Executive for 1979

Assembled in the University Centre followin g a November 7 meeting, here are most of UGAA Board of D irectors. For clarification of their executive po sitions see listing on page 2. Front row, left to right, are: Bra d Hicks, CBS ' 73; Jackie (Wemyss ) Wright, CBS ' 74; Jani ce (R obertsoll ) Partlow, Arts' 70; W. Ken Bell , CBS ' 73 ; Olive (Thompson ) Th ompson , Mac '35; Jane (Vollick) Webster, FACS ' 75, and Ewart Carberry, OAC ' 44. Centre ro w, Ito r ; Tom Sawyer , OAC ' 5 9A and ' 64; Ruth (Woods) Wilson, Mac '62 , Pa t (Ho ney) Lonergan , CSS ' 68 ; Elaine McCa nn, CSS '77; D ebbie McLe llan, CPS ' 76 , Elizabeth (MacNaughton) Sandals . CPS '69 ; Judi e (Earle) Mere dith. Mac ' 6 / ; and A l Wise, CSS . 74. Back row, I to r; John Babcock, OAC . 54 ; Dr . Tom DeGeer, OVC .54 ; Mike Ja mes , CSS ' 72; Ambrose Samulski, CBS ' 73 ; Dr . Geoffrey Sumner-S mith, OVC ' 69 ; Jim Elmslie. Dr . Norman Hawkin s, OVC '5 7, and Rosemary Clark, Mac' 59.

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coming events March

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3-4 OAC Agricultural Conference at lJ of G. Feb. 2 HAFA Week 12·15 Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Annual Meeting.

23·25 Alumni Winter Carnival. Skj weekend at Huntsville.

2·11 College Royal 10 College Royal Open House 30·31 OAC Alumni Association Annual Curling Bonspiel.

Selecting a cover su bject th at is bot h seaso nal and rel ated dire tly to a vi sua l aspect of the Un iversity , or to a feature wit hi n the issue, usuall y ca uses considerable head-scratc hing .

T his issue ' s cover was no problem at all.

Brown , red and ye llow leaves , and thos wi th a host f ot he r hues, hung on campus trees , skittered helter-skelter in games of tag with cool fa ll breeze s, or just rested quietly in soft piles after a su m mer of prov idi ng shade and waving to passe rs-by .

Som r sted an d recl ined in splendour in ind iv id ual poses on the red brick surface of Wineg ard Walk, a visu al aspect that is sure ly un iq ue in the fie ld of university sidewa lk ', Some po sed lon g eno ug h to be captured on fi lm before going to the ir just reward . 0

letters to

the editor

Sir.

We 're curious . also , and the rea sons for

rhis letter are twofold .

Firsrly, as an employee of Canada Post. / am concerned with the res ults of your last Gue lph A lumnu ~ mail survey.

Secondly , as an alumnus it is my desire to comply with yo ur requ est. To that end. please find enclosed my cut- out return fo rm.

As the address re -direction is tempor ary / would ask that you not amend your record pre elltly. / will inform you in th e usu al manner should the mo ve be of a permanent natu re .

My prime concern, however . is th e delivery standa rd. / would appreciate a copy of the result s of this survey of G uelph Alumnus delivery dates and for anv of the other publications in the past or in the futu re.

We shall endeavour to rectify any unreasonab le delay or any service standard f or that mailer. / shall look forward to yo ur reply.

Help us to help you.

Yours very truly, J . Mike Bonner, OA C .70A

Marketing Specia list Southwestern District , Canada Post

Dea r Derek : Your welcome G uelph Alu m nus came in yesterday's mail and / am enclosing the return card that you requested for this survey you ' re making. / enjoyed very much reading it throu gh and being brought up to date on Guelph developm ents. I enjoyed especially the experience related by Professo r Keith Ronald on his year of leave - doesn't lo ok like he lO ok any lim e off jar vaca tion, but it wa s a great experience. All for now.

Sincerely yours.

J. Alex Munro, OA C '22 , 304 Saxon Drive , Springfield, Ill. 62704 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is agai n time to call for nominations to fi ll alumn i seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph .

Eac h year, the three-year terms of offic o f three of the ni ne al umni senators expire . Retiring August 31, 1979 are Miss Mary Ho fstetter, Arts ' 68, Wi lliam D. Laidlaw, Arts '74, and Dr. Robert (He rb) Wright, OVC '38 . The terms o f offi ce of Frank Archibald , OAC '39, Miss Gretchen MacMillan, CSS ' 70, and Dr. V . C. Rowan Walker , OVC '47, will expire August 31, 1980 . Gordon B. Henry, OAC ' 34, Mrs. Mary (Ro bertso n) McGi ll ivray , Mac ' 36, and Miss Helen McKercher, Mac '3 1, will sit on Senate until August 31 , 1981.

The abo e incumbe nts, w ith the e xception o f Dr. Rob rt (Herb) Wright ,OVC ' 38, are not eligible to be renom inated . E lected in 1978 to complete the unex pired term o f Ron Taylor, HAFA ' 73, who reo igned h is seat in 1978, Dr. Wright is eligible fo r renominat ion . All alum ni who have graduated from the Uni versity of Gue lph or its founding colleges are eligible to no m inate members to Senate . Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June, the posi ti on of alu mn i senato r is a work ing position, not an ho norary one. Accordingly, only candidates who will be in a positi on to atte nd meeti ngs sho uld be nominated . Moreover, no minees must not be registered for a degree or diplo ma at th is Univers ity , nor be a member of the teaching or adm inistrati ve staff of this Unive rsit y , as those groups are otherwi e rep resented.

The form be low must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to th ree cand idates . Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by Jan uary 2, 1979.

We nom inate the fo llowing graduate(s), ordinarily resi dent in On tario, for election to Senate for the three-year term comme ncing September I, 1979: NAME OF NOMl EE(S) (Please prin t)

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M ail to: The Se relary, Universi ty of Gue lph Alumni Associat ion, Alu mn i Office, University Centre , Unive rs ity of GueJph , GUELPH, Ontario N IG 2Wl