Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Spring 1981

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH

AWMNUS

Spring 1981 Vol. 14, No. 2

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUM NI

ASSOClAnON

HONORARY PRESI DEN T:

Professor Donald F. Forster.

PRESIDENT: Dr. Tom DeGeer, OVC '54.

PAST PRESIDENT: Janice (Robertson) Partlow, Arts

'70.

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT : Jacki e (Wemyss)

Wright, CBS '74.

VICE-PRESIDENTS : Dr. Clifford Barker, OVC '4 1;

Ewart Carberry, OAC '44; Peter Mc M ullen, CPS ' 76;

Richard Moccia, CBS '76; Anne Vaughan, Arts '77;

Jane (Vollick) Webster, FACS '75.

SECRETARY : Ba rry Stahlbaum , CPS '74.

DIRECTORS: Brian Allen, CPS '72; Peter Anderson,

Well . '68; Les Du nn, CBS '76; Lynn ( Morrow)

Featherston, Ma c '68; Elizabeth Heeney, Ma c '71;

Alvin Jory, CSS '7 4; Pat (S bier) Mighton, OAC '64;

Edith LeLacheur, Arts '72; Debbie (Nash) Chambers,

Arts '77; Dr. Mel Po la nd , OVC '44; Ambrose Samulski,

CBS '7); Glenn Powell , OAC '62; Dr. Stan Ward, OVC

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EX -OFFICIO DIRECTORS: Frances Adams ,

President, Uniyersity of Guelpb Central Student

Association; Joh n Babcock, OAC '54, Director of

Alumni Affairs and Deyelopment: Dr. C. Robert Buck,

OVC '46, President, O.V.c. Alumni Association; Jud it h

Carson, Arts '7 5, President, Arts Alumni Association:

Barbara Hinds, CSS '7 4, President, C.S.S, Alumni

Association: Dan Schnurr, CBS '79, President, Graduate

Students Association; Karen (S nyder ) McDougall ,

FA CS '7). President, Mac-FACS Alumni Association ;

Dr. Clare Rennie. OAC "4 7. President, O.A.C. Alumni

Association; William Sanford. C PS '73. President,

c. P.S. Alumni Association; Jim Gallivan . C BS '7).

President, C.B.S . Alumni Association.

TREASURER : James Elmslie.

ASSOCIATE SECRETAR Y: Rosemary Clark, Mac ' 59.

The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depa rtment of Alumni Affa irs a nd Development in co-operati on with the Depa rt me nt of In for mation. University of Guelph.

The Editorial Commi ttee is comprised of Editor, Derek Wing, Pub licat ions Officer. Department of Alumni Affairs and Development ; John Babcock, OAC ' 54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development ; Eric h Barth , Art Director, Department of Information; Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, Assistant Director for Alumni Programs; Douglas Waterston, Director of Information ; Donald Jose, OAC '49, Assistant Director of Information; Robin Baird Lewis, Arts '73, Development/Communications Officer, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the Uni versity of Guelph Alumni Association is com prised of Ewa rt Carberry, OAC '44, Chairman; Dr. Allan Austin ; Dr. Donald Barnum , OVC '4 1; W . John Bowles, CSS '72; Jud it h Carson , Arts '75; Peter Hohenadel, OAC '75; Olive (Thompson) Thompson , Mac ')5; Sandra Webster, CSS '75 . Ex-Officio: John Babcoc k, OAC '54; Jan ice ( Robertson ) Pa rtlow. Art s '70: Dr. Tom DeGce r.

OV C '54.

Undelivered copies should be returned to the

D'epartment of Alumni Affairs and Developm ent,

University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario N I G 2W I.

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The 1980 Alma Mater Fund Campaign

A Brief Moment for

Pause and Reflection

By John He arn or several hundred energetic and resourceful alumni and University personnel involved with the 1980 Alma Mater Fund (A.M.F.) campaign, this is a moment for pause and reflection - a brief moment, to be sure, because the time which can be allowed for mutual congratulation is limited by the organizational demands of the 1981 campaign. But right now, the 1980 A.M.F. has been weighed and counted in all its glory and with a record breaking $296,567 safely in the coffers, a certain measure of satisfactior:) is in order.

Despite the economy, the bank rate, the price of fuel and food, the weather, the C onstitution, the hostages, Mount Sl. Helen's and the shooting of J.R., nearly 6,000 al'umni rose to a challenge presented by 14 major projects and innumerable class commemorative and memoria ,l prOjects

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which stand to be nefit from the 1980 campaign-and met every target.

One of the factors which makes the whole program go is the quality of leadership. The 1980 campaign chairman, Ross Hay, OAC '45, who served the Fund in both the class agent and Century Club division s and as deputy chairman prior to his appointment, is a true example of the calibre of alumni leadership. He and the Management Commillee, working in co-operation with fund director John Babcock, OAC ' 54 and hi s s taff, developed the overall campaign strategy.

The logis tics of a n opera tion embracing some 27 ,000 alumni is formidable, reports assis tant A.M.F. director James J. Elm slie. "You just can't pepper that number of people with a kind of 'buckshot publicity' in the vague hope

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that enough of them will respond to make it work. Nor is it a mailer of trying to make everyone feel 'important and wanted' just because experts proclaim this to be a tried and true technique. The truth is that we are not very much interested in techniques as such. These people ARE important and they ARE wanted.

"This is not some anonymous faceless alumni army which can be shaken every year like a money tree," Jim explained, "it is a wide assortment of very real people, every one of whom spent some of the most important years of their lives on this campus. It 's true that the University of Guelph helped to shape them, but it's even more true that they themselves shaped , and are still shaping, the University. It is they who give it its unique flavour which is a source of pleasure and pride to everyone who was ever a ssociated with it. Today's students tread path s worn smooth by these alumni. We never think of alumni as our 'market'-they are friends and associates in an enterprise into which we have all breathed life."

"Above all ," continued Jim, "they are not all alike. They have different interests and they certainly have different incomes.

Numerically it is the most recent graduates who make up the majority. These are young men and women s tanding at the threshold of their careers, a time when expenses are highest and incomes merely beginning.

What, to me, is so gratifying is the fact that an important number of younger alumni are willing to contribute, unembarrassed by the 'widow's mitt.:' which may be all they can manage at this stage."

"You may be certain that every canvasser and member of the campaign organization is deeply aware of the value of such sacrifices and, to be honest about it, we are not uninterested in the arithmetic which would be posed by a $10 contribution from each of those who have not yet felt able to give to the Fund . We appreciate, and need, significant donations and we are proud of the fact that a participation rate of over 21 per cen t pu ts us a mong the top five of Canadian universities-but we will continue to reach out to that important number of young a lumni whose 'sense of belonging' could be enhanced by a modest contribution."

By "significant donations" it is not to be supposed that Jim Elmslie is referring to gifts which arrive in Brinks Express trucks; on the contrary, he is talking about the loyal and dedicated donors who are members of the Century Club of which all those who donate $100 or more automatically become members . This again does not sound like very much money , but COn/d.

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increase o f 1.4 per cent uver 197 9.

A month later the class age nts went into action. They used sta nd ard printed letters, but the priv a te notes which they ad d ed to them, and in some cases, the use of their own letterh ea ds , elicited a respo nse from a further 1,649 alumni (up 22 .9 per cent over 1979) who between them contributed $35,959 , a massive 36.1 per cent increa se over last year .

Jack GalJin, OA C ' 47 , Chairman of the class agent divi sion a nd al l his hard working age nts ca n bask in glory for a few moment s while they contemplate the task they have se t themselves for 198 1.

Doubtless they will rise to th e occasion.

A few eyebrows were raised by th e use of a to ngue-in-ch eek "reca ll notice" whi c h went o ut to tardy respo ndent s implying a fault in the mailing itself and promi sing correctio n. Th is so mewhat li g ht-hear ted approach appa rently appea led to the overwhelming majority of th ose who received it and we may see more of such imaginative m aili ng pi eces in the futur e.

F und raisers perennia lly ago nize over the precise wording of their va riou s appea ls,

1980 saw membership in the Century Club break through th e 1,000 bar rier - to I ,On ­ contributing a whopp ing $1 87,944 ··- or about 6 3 per cent of the overall campaign tot a l. Century Club campaign chairman, Dr . Don Huntley, OAC '41, and his colleagues are to be congra tula ted on a rema rk a ble achieveme nt. We gather that s ights have alread y been set on a tar ge t of 2,000 members by 1985 ..

Century C lub membership is ac knowledged in a number of pleasa nt privileges such as invitations to a reception at the President 's house and other social, sporting and a cademic events.

The whole process of keeping in touch, for fund raising or any other purpose, would long since have become impossible if it were not for the tireless efforts of th e class agents wh ose intimate knowl edge of their cl assma tes enables them to maintain a hi g hl y perso nal channel of communication.

The figures are instr ucti ve. The A . M . F. ge neral mailing, which went out to a ll a lumni on August 29,1980, brought in 1,695 gifts to ta lling $33,612-a do ll a r

fearing s todgi ne ss o n th e o ne ha nd an d an cxcess of clan on the ot her . It see ms that alum ni have an exccllent unders tanding o f the difference between good humour a nd high pressure and the " recall" notice scored 32 per cent bettcr than the more sobe r mi ss ive of 1979.

The Camp us Fund under the joint chairmanship of Marga ret Hauser, OAC ' 4 6, and John Bligh , collected $49,279 or 16.6 per cent of the ove rall fund from fac ulty, professio nal sta ff and memb e rs of the Uni versi ty of Guelph Staff Association.

This included more th a n $10,000 donatcd in specia l gifts and gifts-in-kind .

The a ppeal of Dr . Grant Misener, OAC ' 35 and OYC '38, pres ident of Friends of Uni ve rsi ty of Guelph In c .. to alumni re sid en t in th e U.S.A. res ulted in 275 gifts amo un ting to $24,267. This organization was incorporated to satisfy the req uirements of the Inte rn a l R eve nue Service of the U.S. govern ment a nd to facilitate s upport from alu mni residcnt in that countr y.

In another res pect, 1980 was a magic year. It carried t he total of Alm a M ater

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Funds rr om all sources since its ince ption pa st the $2,000,000 mark . More tha n just money, this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the Universit y a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture.

The gr oss figures are impressive. Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qu a rter or a million dollars each . Sch ola rships and Awards com e to $461,767 , and $ 135 ,000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program . $100,000 went to the Mac- FACS 7 5th Anniversa ry Project, while librar y a cqui sitions now tot a l $66.983 . A tot a l or $111 ,30 8 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers ity's a rt collection.

Arboretum developm ent accounted ror $110,570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60,000 rrom th e Fund. Th e Athletic Program , the O.V .c.

Clinic Se min ar Room, College Advancement Projects, Drama , London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or th e Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni.

Al location or funds is decided by th e Alma M a ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives, seven ex-orric io m embers a nd one appointed representative . It is their job to consider th e various requ ests a nd dra w up a ta ble or priorities bas ed on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the " disa ster" rigure , increme nting by $5 ,000 step s to th e sublime peaks whi c h a re reac hed onl y ir ever ything works to perrection .

This was cert a inly a " sublime pea k" yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion. Details a re shown in a se para te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share.

Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd, measured by those stand ards , the 1980 Alm a Mate r Fund rates high -a worthy cause, a sense or pa rticip a tion by a ll concerned , a high percentage response, success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tion s ra ther than a handful or heroic givers, unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or a dmini stration costs.

Too orten, rund raising is a cho re, a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or g uilt. Th e Un iversit y or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund, On the other hand, grows, a nd will continue to grow, rrom stren gth to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom th e c hairman or the ca m­ paign to th e $10 donor. Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it. 0

Highlights

• New record established with 5,616 girts amounting to $296,567-highest girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund.

• Overall pa rticipa tion was 21.2 per cent with a girt average or $52.81.

• Century Club members contributed 1,077 leadership girts tot a lling $187 ,944, or 63 per cent or girt total.

• Faculty and starr participati on in the Campus Fund was 48 .2 per cent with a girt average or $83.66.

• O .A.C. alumni pa rticipation or 25.5 per cent topped both O.V.c. and Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 23.4 per cent. The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range.

Summary of Allocations 1980 .. $ 71 , 152* 43,135 35,000 20,000 20,000 15,000 14,502 12,061 11,510 10,946 10,000 6,000 5,000 4,748

Scholarships ..... .. .. .... .... .. .

Libra ry Acquisitions .

College Advancement Projects .. .. .. ..

Alumni Stadium

Small Anima l Clinic Exte nsion a t O .V.c.

Winegard Visiting Proressorships ... ... ... ... ... .

Arboretum Development

O .A .C. Assoc iate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purcha ses Research Grants Instructional Devel opment Program Music Program London House . .. .... ... .. .

Athletic Progra m .. . .. .... .. ... ..

War Memoria l H a ll Mac-FACS Work/Study Project . ...

Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O .V. c.

Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects. * Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries

17,513

1969-80 $ 461,767 166,983 70,000 240,391 20,000 135,000 363,800 13,091 111 ,308 15,946 10,000 39,782 33,519 14,170 60,000 10,000 100,400 35,000 9,000 3,250 95,876

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$2,009,283

Summary of Alumni

Support 1980

Total Gifts

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$119,512 35,635 36,963 20,740 40,037

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Mac-FACS Arts & Science .. .. ... .. . ... .. ..

Fac ulty/Sta rr

2,370 604 1,060 1,029 342

Other credits

5,405 211

252,888 43,679

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Alumni associations special projects .

Alumni a nd ra cult y bequests and endowments

Total a lumni support in 1980 ..... .... .. ... ... .

Wintario ma tching grants

Gra nd total.

+10.3 $296,567 1,435 25,000 $323,002 14,204 $337,206

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The CBS University Centre booth .

There were youngsters ga lore.

The campus cannon was suitably allired.

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Campus tours were popular.

Colle ge Royal Lecturer Dr. David Suzuki in Action

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A transparent beehive with live bees.

There were parties for alumni and their families .

Grand Champion at the Livestock Show.

Ukrainian egg painting demonstration .

A new event this year - flower arranging.

Sunshine and fresh air at the U. of G. Arboretum.

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By Judy Carson, Arts '75. adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be

with the Department of English for a

few weeks during the Fall semester

198 I, Peter Gzowski: wri ter, edi tor,

publisher, newspaper and radio

journalist and, by his own definition, "a

middle-aged Polish gentleman."

The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker. An inquiring mind, a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence, drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal.

There have been some achievements that have failed. to meet his expectations, and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowski's touch.

However, 25 years of working in every facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia. The development has been a mutual affair. The media business has

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given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents.

Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics.

When he handed in his first English essay, the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing. An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list.

Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living. Part of this "work break" had him toiling on a newspaper in Kapuskasing, Ontario for about a year. When he returned to the U. of T. he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime.

IronicaJly, this was the only year he had first-class honours. Also, the first essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay.

The following year, he was elected editor of The Varsity , the student newspaper. Engineering was his intended career, however, after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man. He rose quickly in the ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham, Ontario paper. He moved on to Maclean's magazine and was part of that organization until 1964.

Since then, he has been involved with radio, television and , among numerous other enterprises, writing books. "This Country in the Morning" radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74. During the writer's university years, Peter Gzowski was part of the family. Essays were sketched out, seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter, interviews and general information dealing.

Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews, contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by.

What is it, in this electronic instant age, that a ma n of Peter Gzowski's experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph? ''I'm a resource person who should be exploited

for my knowledge," offers Gzowski.

As a visiting professor, Gzowski would like to combine a personal retrospective with the "how to" aspect of his work. He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment of his own development, but also, an opportunity to give some solid, effective advice to budding writers and journalists. This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing.

Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use, bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause.

This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio. Both tend to be superficial, even shallow, to meet this need. They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience, but they preclude any real depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public. Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind, however, they can, and should, st,ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality.

It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski. Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information. This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting, especially where the written word is concerned. Certainly, educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately.

Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how he and other successful journalists do their job, and then convey this to students, or others, who wish to be better writers. Hoping that he won't be considered a cra nk, he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of "Nobody's Any Good Any More" to his lecture series. It is not a matter of ' middle age nostalgia, but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft.

How does he propose to structure

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his time at the University? Atthe moment he is not certain, but it seems that a series of lectures, some open to the public, plus less formal workshops, ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journ a lism, will allow him to cover the large area we generally call "the media. " This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use, he feels, it is so often misused. Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many mea ns available. He has worked in them a ll.

"I know how books work . I've edited , written , sold and now I publish books." G zowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him, or come and see him , to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress. The Department of English also believes that it is worth something, as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas.

Did he set out to be a "media" person? G7.0wski winces and quickly replies, "Please don't use that term. " He just writes stuff down , tailors it , edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form. The vi siting professo rship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s. He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice. Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on. Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out.

Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with, Gzowski says

th a t radi o and book s give him the most pleasure. Mainly due to the diversit y of the two. Radio's immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards. Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with idea s and projects t ha t the int er viewer and the public have no inside knowledge of, other than this journalistic contact.

Books, on the other ha nd, demand a more intense a mount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s.

There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from c reating a book.

Radi o hold s a very special spot in Gzowski 's working life. He thinks that he ha s almost a "firehorse" respon se to any request to do radio work. He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on "A s It Happen s." Although this show is ver y much geared to Fr um's style, G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness, in hi s unique style.

Philosophica lly , he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things. Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality . Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man . He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go. His most current one is a book centred around his and Canada's favourite s port - hockey.

"I'm just a washed up jock." Like many men who grew up in Canada, G zows'ki wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster. His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood .

NHL dreams were just that. Those

dr ea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans . H~ is interested in the as pect of hock ey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales .

His book in the making should be o ut in the Fa ll. It will bc more than "just a book about hockey." Months of research includ ed going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a fir st hand look at hockey hero, W ay ne Gretsky. The ingredi ents for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably kn ows the subject Illatter better than most. If our national identity can be defined, Gzowski will get it down.

Films, book publi shing, magaz ine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s day s. Helping writers and editors so rt out their day-to -da y problems is a rnajor part of a G7.0wski day. However, fo r a short tim e this fall, Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph. After all, "we' re all aca demics togethe r ," sa ys Professo r G zo wski. ' 'I'm sewing patches on my tweed jacket. Oh yes , and getting a pipe. Also, ['m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my sid e, and every evening you will find me taking s herry in th e Faculty Club.

I doubt that thi s turtleneck足 wea rin g, cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drink e rs and pipe smokers in thc !- ac ulty Club will change theirs, but I can't wait for th e discu ssion on "Nobody's Any Good An y More " to beg in. 0

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What is a Fuel Cell?

Fuel cells convert stored chemical

energy directly into electrical energy. I n a hydrogen /oxyge n fuel cell, for example, the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water.

The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy th at flows through an external circuit.

The fuel cell converts energy without combustion. Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat, most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy. A combustion reaction, on the other hand, produces a great deal of heat, much of which cannot be harnessed as energy.

Electrolytic cells, such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells, generate electricity through direct energy conversion . A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable. A lead acid battery, in contrast, contains its fuel supply within, and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last.

It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity.

electrolyte

Fuel Cells

Efficient Energy Conversion

By Mary Cocivera

Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city, 60 km away and desperately needs a refill. You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre. Your old car used that kind of fuel, but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle. The speed isn't much to brag about, but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust! Hold it - there's the hydrogen canister outlet. You pull in, unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister, replace it with a full one and you're good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving.

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s thi s sce na rio 1990 or science fiction?

At least parts of this future may be less than ten years away. Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today, but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology. Fuel cells, after all, powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition, but admittedly, cost was not a factor.

The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional intern a l combustion engine in production , maintenance and running costs. Today's fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems, but resea rch in progress at the University of Guelph, a nd other centres, may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use.

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High Efficiency

Theoretically, fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency. On the other hand, generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses.

In the best modern plants , this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall.

The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics. The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another.

The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted. It states that continuous conversion of heat into work, by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature, is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature. In other words, some of the energy of the system is doomed to be lost; 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions.

The second law a pplies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat. Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat), they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or! efficiency imposed by the second law. In practice, fuel cells are not 100 per cent

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efficient, but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features.

Electrode Alternatives

One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost, due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes. Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far, but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs.

In the hydrogen /oxygen fuel cell, platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step. With other metals as electrodes, these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps:

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Professor Patrick Henry, with the College of Physical Science, Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes. One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst, an organometallic ruthenium compound.

Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing.

The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse, ena bl ing t he reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-e\,ectron step as it does at a platinum electrode.

"Ruthenium," explains Dr. Henry, "is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum. We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode. It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently."

This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Dr. Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems.

Fuel Alternatives

The hydrogen /oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed, but there is no reason why fuels such as methane, other

hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldn't be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells. Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution, Dr. Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the s:lme time.

Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin, a component of wood which burns easily, but is not biodegradable. When introduced into streams, lakes and rivers, the lignin is a serious pollutant. Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin. The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water.

This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment.

In a similar way, organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen, Chairman, Department of Chemistry. Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers. Dr. Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy.

As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell, Dr. Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar, glucose, using as a catalyst nitrobenzene, an electron-poor organic compound. The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups, but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction.

This research project, funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants.

occur naturally and its manufacture, by the electrolysis of water or other means, "costs" energy. Like all fuels, hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and "spent" for usable energy, in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine.

Dr. Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations.

Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen /oxygen fuel cell systems in the future .

Research Priorities

Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time. Small fuel cells are available now, and Dr. Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids. Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands. Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills, fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows, providing electrical output at night, or on cloudy or windless days.

Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources. Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets.

Fuel of the Future?

It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel.

Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels. It is transportable, burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour. Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937, but, according to Dr. Boyd, many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years.

Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen does not

Appealing Alternative

In this era of galloping technology, fuel cells present a simple, noiseless, efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain.

Fuel cells helped man reach the moon.

They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles, deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills.

Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic, economical energy alternative. 0 II

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New Dean of CSS,

By D o n Jo s e , OAC '49 mproving the quality or the B.A .

program is a must for Dr. John IVanderkamp, the new Dean of the College of Social Science. His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es : the budget for the upcoming academic year, space in the building, and setting longer term budget priorities He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years. His enthu siasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation.

He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach, although he does not have <lny courses this semester. Tha t is probably just as well, for as he says, "it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations, as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the dean's office ." In addition, he will be retaining, for another year, the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Poliliqlles, which he founded in 1974. The bilingual Journ<Jl, which is published qU<lrterly by the University of Toronto Press, concerns itself with economics and public administration topics.

An economist , Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist, Professor Jack Skinner; as Dean of the College. In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another, Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colle<Jgues in the College, from another discipline , who s<lid that "next time it will have to be someone from .

He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for B.A. students.

Some s uch courses have been discontinued in favor of "mainstream" courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses. There is also, he sa ys, a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits.

His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident. It is "imperative to improve the quality of the B.A. program," he says.

Such improvement could come from two different directions , in Dean Vanderkamp's view--admission standards

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and course content. He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a "school for liberal studies." Setting tougher admission standards, he observes , "may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult. " Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studi es on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university. This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school. Dean Vand erkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance.

Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university, and attempt to identify the re as on, whether academic or personal.

Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the C.S.S. "As a College, it is very important that we do something about it," he says when the subject arises. He points out that, unlike some other colleges on campus, the C.S.S. offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities. "We need to differentiate the product ," he says, "to do things that our specia l resources make possible here, that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere."

He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind. The recently established School of Rural

Planning and Development. he says, wiU offer unique opportunity for inter-disciplinary studies in a related are<l.

Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the C.S.S. and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies, and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education.

Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of "practicum " or other hands-on experience in certain M.A . programs. Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate le vel, and would be particularly useful in Ma ster programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y.

He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College, and he says there is need for m.orc financial support for graduate students.

Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971, and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time. His te aching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics, applied economics, economics of the labor market, economics of labor and indu strial rel.ations, economic statistics and Canadian economic issues. He also has found time to serve, since 1972, on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association.

Of his 18 published research papers, one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility, begun in 1974 under a $60,000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council. Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress .

The Dean received hi s Bach. Ec. Sc. degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957, an M.B.A from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics in 1964. He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York, England, in 1976.

As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971, Dr. Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976. He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean. 0

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the Key

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Guelph

By Don Jose, OAC '49 he University of Guelph was founded

T, as an innovative university, as shown by its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs. That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones. During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred.

Co-operative education programs, whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters, will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981. Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces.

The University of Guelph's three足 semester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system, according to Vice-President, Academic, Howard Clark. In recent years, the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a "hands on" experience by the student. The co-operative program will extend that initiative.

At first, co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs: B.A. Major Honours in Computing and Information Science, Minor in Business Administration; B.Sc. Major Honours in Computing and Information Science, Minor in Business Administration ; B.Sc. Honours Applied Chemistry; B.Sc . Honours Microbiology; and B.Sc. (Agr.) Applied Microbiology Major.

Students will have to meet specified

academic standards for admission to, and continuance in, thcse co-operative programs. In addition, their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative, with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports.

The University will provide staff support for counselling, co-ordination of thc work/study terms, student placement in suitable work experience situations, and evaluation of the work term reports. The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower, including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees.

In addition to the five programs listed above, which start in the fall semester of 1981, additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs.

These additional programs, however, would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest. They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and, if approved at that level, will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the B.Sc. (Agr.) Program: Agricultural Business, Agricultural Economics, Animal and Poultry Science, and Dairy Science.

In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed, the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program, with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received.

A number of new academic programs,

some of them inter-departmental, introduced during the past year, offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty. The Scho')l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning, Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests. Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities . The school will also make use of practicums and internships. It is possible to teach some skills and methods, but the student also needs to get out of the classroom, says Professor Mark Lapping, director of the new School.

The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form, function, planning and development of human settlements. It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours B.A. Program or as a general B.A. Major .

A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics, Consumer studies (housing), Economics, Geography, History, Landscape Architecture, Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts.

Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban, regional and rural planning or community development. An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing, community services and community dcvelopment fields.

The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth. The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology, Resources Management, Parks and Wildlife, and Engineering, but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning.

The B.Sc. Honours Minor in

Biomedical Science will provide an

attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors. These could range from specialists in chemistry, biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action. Graduates could find careers in hospital services, medical research laboratories, and similar areas. The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine. 0

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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote, provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges.

Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the

jurisdiction of the Sen a te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have

participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate. There shall be a minimum of one and a

maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies.

(a) (b) (d) (e)

Macdon a ld Institute or its successor, the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies .

The Ontario Agricultural College. (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College.

As a group, the Colleges of Arts , Social S cience a nd Wellington College-B.A. degree.

As a group, th e C o lle ges of Biological Science, Physica l Science and Wellington College-B.Sc. deg ree.

Each yea r, the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire. Retiring Augu st 31, 1981 are

Gordon B. Henry , OAC '34; Mary (Robertson) McGillivray, Mac '36, and John R. Flegg, Arts '68. The term s of office of

Charles (Chuck) Broadwell, OAC '54; William (Bill) Tolton, OAC '36, and Dr. Robert (Herb) Wright, OVC '38, will expire

August 31,1982. Pa ul D. Ferguson, CPS '67; Robin Baird Lewis, Arts '73, and Richard Young, Arts '76, will sit on Senate

until August 31,1983 .

Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum o f three candidates on the ba llot form . Voting sha ll be by an "x " or checkmark . Any mark on a

ballot other th a n those required for marking the voter's preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void.

The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd

year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner. To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of

Guelph and who, therefore, j ointly receive only one coy of the Cu elph Alumnus, two ballot forms are provided. A joint return

(two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name, College and year of graduation of both voters are on the

envelope. Address to Box S E, Alumni Office, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I, sta mp

and mail.

An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 11:00 a.m. a nd 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jun e 21 , durin g Alumni Weekend. Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth. On rece ipt a t

the Alumni Office , e ligibility to vote will be verified. The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 23,1981, a nd the

ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association . Only

valid ballots, with vote r na me, College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope, received on or before th a t da te, will

be counted.

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FACS (HAFA) ' 75 , Guelph .

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FACS (HAFA) ' 75 , Guelph .

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OAC ' 56, Bra mptun.

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OAC '56, Brampton.

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ALUMNI NEWS & CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

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Another "Western Connection"?

The University of Guelph was one of a dozen ins titutions repre sent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities' Night ge t­ together in Calgary in late March.

Nine Guelph alumni attended the din­ ner-dance, a total second only to Queen's who mustered 24.

Dave Bates, OAC '69, the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events co­ ordinator and one who will be rcmem­ bered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973, provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t " the turnout was a little disappointing but, however, those of us who did show up had a good time. " Doreen (Montgomery) Smith , Mac '40, hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two ticket s to a Calgary Flames hockey game.

Dave sends warm greetin gs to every­ one on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary. 0

Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion, back row, /10 r are. Marlyn Riddle, OAC '59; Dave Bales , OAC '69; Joe Manchurek , CS5 '7/ , and fain Murray, HAFA '75. Front row: Doreell (M ontgomery) Smilh. Ma c '40, Marlha (Gardener) Bell, Mac '63; Theresa (Murray ) Bates. Well '68: Ann Greenbal, OVC '77, and Sally (S jolander) Man churek , Well '70.

Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER, Arts ' 80, has been Head, Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti t ute , Cambridge since 1969. Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia , a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years.

PHILIP CHAN, FACS (HAFA) ' 75, is the proprietor of Guelph's China Tiki restaurant. While at the Unive rsit y, he served a three-year term as a Student Senator, was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association, and was the Universit y'S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n.

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CHRISTINE HURLBUT, Arts '74, is an assistant / associate consultant in women's concerns for t he A nglican Church of Canada. She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church. Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs.

LORNA A, (DENNISON) MILNE, OAC '56, li ves in Bra mpton where s he has operated Flowertown Antiq ues for nine years. She served an eight-year term as trust ee with the Peel Boa rd of Education, and is president of th e N o rth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y. She is married to Ross Milne, OAC '55.

BRIAN PATCHETT, CSS '70, is an admini ' trative cons ultan t for the C ent ral West Area, Onta rio M i ni ~ t r y of H ea lt h.

He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year ' 70 , a nd was recen tly in volved with the U ni ve rsi ty'S Alumni Liai son

Program, Brian holds a commercial pilot's licence and lives in Don Mills.

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M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelph's Rur a l Develop­ ment Outreac h Project (R.D.O.P.) and

t he Centre fo r Regio nal Deve lopment at Lakehead University. On that da y Presi­ dent Dona ld Fo rster a nd Lakehead Pres­ ident, Dr. George H a rrowe r, signed at Guelph a Memor a ndum of Understand­ ing between their res pective ins titut io ns to co- opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario.

Th e signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at build­ ing upon the learning an d experience of the R . D.O.P. around University o ut­ reac h, in consultation with o rganization s a lready in pla ce in Northern Ont a rio.

This will bring th e knowledgc, educa­ tiona I reso urces and resea rch ski ll s o f the University to bear upon locall y iden­ tified development issu es and need s of rural co mmunities in Nor t hern Ontari o.

The a greement also initi ates the organization of se min ars and workshops a t Lakehead University b y the R.D.O .P.

and Lakehead's Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stu­ dent s from both unive rsiti es will partici­ pate. On the agenda will be illustra tion and di sc ussio n of activities of the R.D.O.P., the distance lea rning/ nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based wor k in o utreach.

The distance lea rning/ nursing edu­ cation project is based on a fe asi bility study, being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Eco nomics and Extension Educatio n graduate stude nt Kay Rogers, fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in north­ western Onta rio. Th e proj ect has been ad mini s tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support fro m the R.D.O.P. and also participation by Guelph's Ex ten s ion Education and La kehea d 's School of Nursing faculty. 0

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Student

Recruitment

equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd th e Alumni Office. She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison prog ram , working with seve ra l hundr ed alumni volunteers in ce ntres thro ughout the province, as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog ram s of th e University of Guelph Alumni Ass o-

200 prospective vol untee rs rep lied an d from these, nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee. They were: C hairm a n Bob Esc h, CPS '70; Jim Ash­ man, OVC '73; Harry Drung, CSS '72; Elain e Ke rr, M ac '69; Ken Krush, Arts '73; Pa t Mi g hton, OA C '64; Paul Moo­ rad ian , Well. '68; Skip Nieman, OAC '73, Peter Thompstone , OAC '72. Al so on th e committee, represe nting va riou s University areas, were Dr. Jim Steve ns, U. o f G . University Co mmittee for Li a i­ so n; Peter Tron , CSS '69, a nd Dou g Weaver, OAC '70, Offi ce of the R eg is­ trar; John Babcoc k, OAC '5 4, and Rose­ mary Clark, M ac '59, Alumni Office, and Shirley Pete rson , Depa rtment of Athletics.

The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram, the la unching, las t March, of th e firs t seg­ ment of the Volunteers in Suppor t of Admi ss ions (VISA) program, involved the present a tion of workshops for a lum­ ni liaiso n volunteers by a dmis s ions per­ sonnel and th e establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of On­ tario; C hath a m, Wind sor, Gu e lph, Otta­ wa, St. Ca th ar ines, Toronto and Inger­ soll. Several of the teams have a lready hosted s pecial events for prospective stu­ de nts and their parents.

Plan s for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m in c lude works hops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London, Barri e, Kingston , Be lleville, Burlington and Oshawa. R ea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in

A Mutual Understanding

President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower, right.

The appointment of Do nna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator he rald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alum­ ni . The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison pro­ gram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers.

"The objective," says Donna, "is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot info rmati o n which will help them make a wise choi ce.

Naturally, we a re int e reste d in a ttract­ ing the best students, and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-h a nd source of infor­ mation for st udent s considering Guelph ."

According to the Director of Alum­ ni Affairs a nd Develop ment, John Bab­ coc k, OAC '54, Donna is an id ea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program. She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosem a ry Clark, M ac '59, assistant direc tor, alum­ ni programs.

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Donna Webb. ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations.

The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year a go when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruit­ ment by returning a questionnaire. Over

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touch with the campus, in -course stu­ dents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program.

"Our a lumni liai so n volunteers are mostl y recent graduates," says Donna , "all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families. We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program. However, we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity."

Alumni will assist in a variety of ways. As individuals, they are in co ntact with young people, a nd, if they are

socially involved in community activi­ ties, that number can be large. In addi­ tion, they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph 's admissions personnel to loca l high schools. They may a lso serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments. "Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Uni­ versity," Donna believes .

An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaiso n volun­ teers supplied with information as they need it. "We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-

Summer Campus '81

Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy every­ day life. Summer Cam[lus '81 offers specia lty courses, recreatio n and entcr­ tainm e nt. The courses are 2 1-ho ur fresh­ er-uppers, highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t. What is more , you can bring friends, your spo use and your children, because there is a program for t hem too.

help yo u trad e pl aces . We offer practical enlightenment too. For the women who want to get ahead in business, there 's "Management Techniques for Wom en."

Two certi fica te cou rscs, "Personnel and Indu stri a l Relations" and "Pupil Trans­ portation Mana gement " are also ava il­ ab le. "Separation Survival" offers semi­ nars on th e ins and outs of going it alone.

ments, a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a n­ swer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is, ab out residences , parking, recreation­ al activities, friendly atmosphere, the city, c ultural and s ports facilities."

Donna has the la st word. " I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai so n volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex te nded to mys e lf an d other admissions personnel during our rece nt vi sits , a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects." 0

four golf co urses a nd beyond th em, of co urse, so me of the most beautiful coun­ trysid e in so uth ern Ontario. On campus, we have reserved tennis course, squash courts, and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening. As well, there are billiards and games rooms, coffee lou nges , and ca m pu s pu bs w here yo u may meet old friends and make new ones. And .in the balmy evenings, you can e njoy a barbecuc, tak e a twilight tour of th e campus, li ste n to an outdoor band concert, and eve n take in a mini­ clinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disn ey movi e with the children .

For th e Youngsters Savour the Moments

Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new. For insta nce, you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous , but arc also fascinating in their own right. If you ever hoped there was an other way to make a doll a r, you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our "Commod ity Trading" course . Ta ste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence, or sitting down at the piano and playing a song, completdy by ear. Im ag ine your­ self a master problem-solver after taking "Creative Genius." And, if you've ever lost an a rgument, yo u'll ap prec iate "How to Negotiate with Anyone. " Shady Trees, a Breath of Fresh Air, and a New You

Learn so mething abolJt yourself: "The Way We Are" explilins why we laugh, think , and blow ou r stacks.

"Stress Management " teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches, and whcn you get pushed around too oflen, "Stand Up, Speak Out, Talk Back ," can

It's better than summer camp for the youngsters. They can e nJo y a rich, growing eX[leri ence which will be trcas­ u red. Va riety ch a raeterizes classes for <If I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age. Music and l11oven1cnt , ga rden i ng, and gymnastics arc some of the features of "Scamper Camp" for fOLlr-to six ·· year-olds . For scvcn-to ten -year- old s, "Kaliedoscope," the general program, offers hikes, films , arts and crafts . " Od­ yssey," the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds, introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universi­ ty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping, green­ houses, and the animal science facilities.

More specialized workshops are also available for th e two older age groups.

Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II yo u t h progra ms.

W he n School is O ut

Adult cl ass es finish at 3:30, youth at 3:45 p.m . Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and en­ virons. On the city limits you will find

Ac commodation

Participants may live off-campus, but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summe r Campus '81 experie nce .

The buildings res erved arc modern, an d well equippcd. Numcrous lounges offer billiards, ta ble tenni s a nd co lour T.V. The front desk is at your se rvice with infor mat ion, maid , telc[lhone a nd mail service. Laundry , ice and vending ma­ chines are close by for your co nv eni en ce .

Par king is free. Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence.

Summer Campus '81 can be a n especially me morable vaca tion for· yo u, whether you come for one week or two, a lone, with friends or wi t h famil y rnem­ ber·s. Write now for complete det a ils .

Summer Campus '8 1, Station "A", Continuing Education Division, Unive rsit y of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N I G 2W I The dea dline date for registr at ion is June 15.0

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association

BIO-ALUMNI NEWS

Specialties de CBS.

Wow! What a Birth ay Party!

Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall.

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Editor: Jane Selley, Arts '70.

CUlling th e birthday cake.

Dean R onald and David Suzuki.

A 10th birthday is not something ver y remarkable. Being alumni we've all had one. Most of us were gangly, aw kward and growing like weeds. We eve n had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high.

But being ten wa s a good feeling.

We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teen­ ager. Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters, but, more often than not, were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up.

As most of us reali ze, growing up meanS getting the whole act toge the r . To

your C ollege and the College of Biologi­ cal Scienc A lumni Associati on, recen t­ ly, that mean t pulling a ll the C.B . . people together into an identifiable co m­ munity to celebrate the C ol lcge's 10th yea r t h rough Hori zo ns '8 1. W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs, even the skinned knees .

T he C. B.s. Hori zo ns '81 Co m m it­ tee planned a progra m of acti vit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun. The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of t ha t program . Ma ny of you returned to cele­ brate and re member. You told how yo u had grown u p, and becom e successful, in

Atthe alumni luncheon.

Festa CBS 'to.

you r new com munit ies. You fos tered a pride rega rdi ng t he College's partIcIpa足 t io n in your growth. To a ll of you足 thanks for returning.

Many of you wrote to sa y you couldn't a ttend , bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C .B.S. had contribu ted to you r new careers.

Thc staff, stude nts and fac ulty were, as a lways, not only kee n to learn but we re a lso good sports. T o all of you who entered t he contests, attended the lectures, an d ca me to the party , we hope yo u enjoyed yourselves.

Big birt hda y parties a re seldom

Egg-Drop - from below.

sponta neous. This one was no exception.

Be hind the scenes before the celebration, R on Subden's committee carcl'ull y planned and executed every last detail.

H e wants especially to say "thanks" to these people.

O ur College's 10th year isn't over, but the party is. We've all returned to the business at hand , our teaching, our research and our various other profes足 sions. And, like every young kid, we' re still excited about the prospects of fu足 ture growth .

Have a happy tenth.

Egg-Drop - from above.

Our

Thanks to Everyone

Jane Selley. Arts '70, Ed.

Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est.

President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally.

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Macdonald Institute/College of Family and Consumer Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor: Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson. '66.

Gwen Tonge , '59, at the "Woman's Desk"

In 1978, on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Mac­ donald Institute, the Mac-FACS Alum­ ni Association chose to honour Dr. Mar­ garet Scott McCready. Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969, Dr. McCready was pre­ sented with $1,000 by the Association .

Using these fund s, she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready A\tard for Humanitarian Services rendered to An­ tigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics.

The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge, '59D, who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend '78 to receive her award an d to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni. This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean.

Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown, Bar­ bados in 1948. I t has been a long challenging career for her. In a recent letter she related that , "I have been a nurse, teacher, organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico, Macdonald Institute, Guelph, and the Housecraft Centre, Barbados. during the '40s and '50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build."

Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antigua's Minis try of Education, Culture and Youth Af­ fairs in October, 1980.

"September 9, 1980," she con­ tinued, "will always rem ai n a memora­ ble date in the history of Antigu a be­ cause it marks the grand official opening

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of the Women's Development Centre and the Install ation of the ' Women 's Desk' in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua ."

Gwen Tonge, together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined wom­ en, pursued this "drea m" for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the "Women's Des k." No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience s he has collected over t he yea rs.

The Centre's programs a re intended to develop in women an aw a reness of their capabilities a nd promote their de­ velopment in areas such as home and fa mily life, health, educatio n a nd em­ ployment.

In thi s "Decade of Women."

1975-1985 , international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribut e to the development of Third World Women and so the "Wom en's Desk" will tap these re­ sources.

Gwen writes. "It is not eas y women a re women's greatest critics, but they are thinking a nd so one ha s to have faith, determination and th e will to serve and, when serving, tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days'" G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1­ Icnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career. 0

A minor Year '59 reunion in Antigua in 1979. L to r: Donna (Oliver)

Cornforth , Ginny (Hyde ) Silverthorn, Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph.

More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of '59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate . Gw en had left her husban d and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course, so that she could better help the people of her island home. Her family 's temporary loss wa s Antigua's permanent gain.

Antigua is definitel y a paradise but.

By Nora Stoskoph. '59 early in her life, Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country.

Nothing is perfect, and Gwen's deter­ mined intention was, a nd still is, to work to help overcome poverty . Since those earl y days s he ha s wa tched over the island' s food needs an d has ta ught the peo ple how to use the avai'lable re­ sources in economical, efficient and at­ tractive ways. She ha s helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives

and the wealthy tourists. She ha s worked tireless ly solving these problems.

In November, 1979, Donna (Oliv­ er) Cornforth, Ginny (Hyde) Silver­ thorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf, classmates of Gwen's, visited with her in Antigua a nd o bserved firsth and the tre­ mendous impact that she has had on the island. Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander. Her example of how to live ha s been a model to eve ryon e who knows her.

Food Fairs were one of Gwen's early undertakings. There, s he prepared food, with the help of island ladies, demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s th a t grew naturally on the island, a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean.

Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sew­ ing skills. The childr.en bring their ow n food to school, prepare it und er supervi­ sion, and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits. There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management prac­ tices. By her work in the schools, Gwen encourages yo ung people to ca rryon their education.

Being ade pt at so many things, Gwen is approached rega rding prot oca l when important vi sitors visit the island .

Sh e is knowledgeable of her country's agriculture, the I'ood industry a nd nutri­ tion, a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life.

As a surroga te mot her, Gwen is calm, cool a nd relaxed. A 15-year-old girl from Dominica , whose family wa s di srupt ed by a hurr icane, is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen. An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home. Her own children have been emin ently successful.

The media have helped Gwe n to reac h people in all areas of th e island.

Radio programs cover all kinds of top­ ics , suc h as morality, education, politics and mora l conduct. An average day for Gwen co uld include a radio program, a cooking show on televi sion, school visits, meeting vi si tors, and keeping her home running smoothl y. Sometimes sh e is very cOliltroversial, but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wron g ­ and has the courage of her co nvictio ns.

Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her, and it could be said that sh e is certainly the best known perso n on Antigua. The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond. 0

A First For HAF A The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Man age ment (I.F.M.) majo r in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow . The y' re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma n­ agement positions in hos pit als, indu strial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels, industry and institutions . Th ey' re hot em ployment prospec ts eve n before th ey graduate . La st summer two third­ yea r students ta lked them se lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmon­ ton because the company vi ce- president, on a visit to the University, was im­ pressed with what they sa id about the progra m.

Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Ap­ plied Human Nutrition major, but were attrac ted by th e administra tive focus of t he new major when it beca me a va i la ble in th e fall of 1978. Muc h of th e I.F.M. progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major, but the em­ phasis is on foodservice, particularly fo r the non -profit sector. Th e gradu a tes, however, are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce.

Three of the gradu a tin g class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships. Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt tr ai nin g programs in lar ge industrial catering firm s, similar to VS Services Limit ed, and in restaura nt ch ai ns.

Ann Ha yes, president of the I.F.M .

Undergraduates' Club, says sh e and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of o pportunities ava ilable beca use of th eir ma nagem ent background . Ann has plans to head west, get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess, then sta rt her own catering firm. She ex ud es an envia­ ble se lf-con fidence and vision, and with her background in accounting, financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent , and food and beverage control, there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more).

It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e I.F. M. gradua tes have bee n acce pted in so many administrative di etetic in­ terns hips. There a re only ten adm inistra­ tive internships available in the entire country. These one-yea r internship pro­ gram s are closely supervised by the

By Mary Coclvera

Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming reg­ is tered a professio na l designati on valuable for those who have ca reer as­ pirations in the hea lth care field. Two third- yea r students in the I.F .M. pro­ gram have been accepted into integrated intern ships. They work durin g the sum­ mer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra in­ ing .

Th ere is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns, and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem. To overcome this bot­ tlen eck In professional training, the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di ­ etetics. Candidates, employed full-time in food servic e posi tions, would complete academic ass ignme nts through the School. The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dieteti c Association and is targeted to beg in in a bout five yea rs.

In the meantime, it seems th a t Guelph's program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana geme nt will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Ca­ nad a's man age rs in th e foodservice fi eld.

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Margaret McCready Honoured On April 8,1981, Dr. Ma rga ret Scott McCrea dy was made a Member of the Order of Canada. The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall, Ottawa with His Excellency, the Ri ght Honourable Ed­ ward Schreyer presenting th e awa rd. Dr. McCready was accom panied by her sis­ ter Mrs. Mary Grenze back of Toronto.

Our sincere congratulations go to Dr. McCread y on recei vin g this great honour. 0

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Alumni Party for FACS '81 On th e evening of Tuesday, March 5, 19 8 1, 45 members of the gradua ting c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at th e University Centre.

Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen McDougall, '73, welcomed the student s.

S he ex tend ed congratulations on suc­ cess full y compl eting a uni ve rsity edu ca ­ tion a nd exp ressed her s in ce re hope that eac h of th em would e nter a re wa rding ca reer . In look in g bac k over their years at th e Unive rsi ty, it is hoped tha t the y wi ll have pleasant memories o f happy times, good friends and worthwhile st udies.

M embe rship In the Mac-FACS Alumni Association continues to grow.

As o f Winte r Convocation, February 6, 198 1, ou r tot a l membership numbered 1, 954. Th e re is, howeve r, a total of 4,607 known a lumni of Macdonald In­ stitut e and th e Co ll ege of Family and Consumer S tudi es. We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Asso­ ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation in a lu m ni ac tivitie s. Your input into the Alumni As soc iation is a vital part of en su ri ng a successfu l future for your Alma M ater.

Karen encouraged the grad uat ing class to notify the A lu mni Office of address cha nges a nd ca ree r develop­ me nt s so th a t th e ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates.

Dr. T r evor

Watts

By Mary Cocivera Stepping from upper middle manage­ ment in General Food s, Canad a, into a university has been a broadening expe ri­ ence for Dr . Tr evor Watts. He brin gs to the De pa rtm e nt o f Con sumer S tudi es 19 yea rs o f in va lu ab le expe ri e nce in indus­ tri a l resea rc h, tec hnica l ope ratio ns, ma nageme nt a nd corpo ra te pla nnin g a nd d eve lo pme nt. " In indu s try, one becomes very task-oriented. There is little time to re fl ec t on broader iss ues," he ex pia in s, "Since coming to the University, I've been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re foo d industry in the broades t possible sense, looking at consumption patterns, retai l­ ing techniqu es, a nd th e continually changing interfaces between industry, consumers and government. My perspec­ tives and hori zo ns have widen ed consi d­ erably."

Students bene fit from Professor Watts's indus trial exper ience through the current and relevant examples he can present in class, Hi s courses cove r the spectrum from a hands-on experi­ mental foods course to o ne on th e eco­ nomi cs of food usage.

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Be yond tea c hin g an d research , Professor Watts is active in Sig ma Xi. on the editori a l com mitt ee fo r a new journal, the ProfeSSional Marketing R e­ search Society J ournal; a nd program chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute of Food Science and T echnology. 0

First Prize!

Contact a nd co-ope ra tive research with other fa cu lt y me mbers in th e Col­ lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor

I n the winter of 1980, Departm e nt of Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson, Paul Fergus, Cathy Henn lig, Helen Reed and Jane Short, developed as a project in course 28-303, "Com­ munications in the Market Place," a prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program.

This winter the students made t he presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of a competition sponsored by the T o ro nto Chap te r o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize ' The plaque, which th e College wi ll re tain for o ne yea r, is o n di s play in the s how case nea r th e s tud e nt lo un ge. Congratulations to th e s tud e nts a nd their professor, Jo hn Liefeld, 0

In Memoriam

passed away in T o ronto in December, 1980.

Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird, '490, passed a way suddenly in Florida on Novemb er 9, 1980.

Margare t (S impso n) Scollie, who a ttend­ ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate, di ed in N ovember 19 80 . She was mar­ ried to Harold " Pa t" Sco lli e. OAC '28 , of Thund er Bay .

Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas, '180, died in Hamilton on January 3, 1981.

At the coffee party, Class of '81 presi ­ dents, Ito r: Cathy rowe, '80 - '8 1, Fam i­ ly Studies; Pam Savage, '78-'79, Nutri­ tion; Maryann e Huishol '77- '78, Con ­ sumer Studies; Carol Benson, '79 - '80.

Family Studies, and Karen McDougall, '73, president, Mac-FACS Alumni As­ sociation. 0

Wa tts's horizons. H e a nd Professors Johlil Liefeld, Jean Sabry, and Eli za beth Gullet, '55, have focu se d their expert ise in marketing, beha viour, nutriti o n and food technology on severa l research pro­ Jects. "It took us a while to learn how to communicate with each o ther because of our diverse backgrounds," obse rves Professor W a tt s. " W e may not always agree, but we work well toge ther an d respe c t each other's point s of view"

Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant, '29D, wife of the Hon. Campbell Grant, passed away in Walkerton , Ontario on January 14, 19 8 1. She was a life member of the M ac-FACS Alumni Association.

Grace (Hart) Miller, '260, a lire member o f M ac- FACS Alumni Associa ti o n,

Muriel C. S taples, '200, of Bowmanville, die d on N ovem be r 16, 1980 in her

92nd yea r.

Helen (Muldrew) Watson, '26D, passed

away January 26, 198 1 in T oron to. She

was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub . H e r

hu sba nd , Wm. A.P . (Bill) Wat son g ra­

du a ted from the O .A. C. in 1928. 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor: Bob Winkel.

Canadian Centre for Toxicology

The steering committee for the joint

Canadian Centre for Toxicology being

proposed by the Universit y of Guelph

and the University of Toronto, held a

two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y re­

cently. The purpose of the meeting was

to discu ss the feasibilit y study, to devel­

op ba ckground information and to pre­

pare the documents th a t will be required

for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors.

The Canadian Centre for Toxicol­

ogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise

involving uni ve rsities, government and

industry . The Centre will pla ya key role

in th e development of Canadian ex per­

tise in toxicology through training pro­

grams a t the postgradu a te leve l, and

through resea rch of an ap plied and basic

nature.O

Shown left to right are: Professors John Holt, Rod Gentry, Dr. Donald Miller and

Professor Bill Smith, Chairman , Departm ent of Math em atics and Statistics. A

mathematician, Dr. Mill er, head of th e £cotox icology Branch of th e National Research Council in Ollawa, ga ve a lecture recently on th e tim ely topic of "Mathematical Probl pms in T oxicology."

Myths, Mists and Mosquitoes

In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (C.A.P) lecture, Dr . W.J .

Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic "M yths, Mi sts a nd Mosq uit oes."

He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of man's pollution, but are a n essen tial part of na ture's process .

Without them there would be no rai n, mist, snow, fog or ha il , for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere, or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40°C, without the presence of a particle. At present only a comparatively sm all pro­ portion of the pa rticl es in the a tmo­ sphere, which are capable of conde nsing water, a re ma n-made .

Howev er, man y scientists bel ieve

that within about 20 yea rs man 's parti­ cles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l. It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras ti ca ll y alt er­ ing the int e nsit y and distribution of rain fa ll.

He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the conden­ sa tion of water. He illustrated the acci­ dental discovery of a n important inhibit­ ing agent. It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (con­ densation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers. The need for improve­ ment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water, right out of th e deioni zer.

Well , th e new and' better cloud

c hamber produ ced no cloud s l It wasn't until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem. It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation.

This is where mosquitoes came into Dr. Megaw 's lecture. O ne th eory is that mosq uit oes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lativ e humidit y gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ). If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant , th e high vapour press ure of these a mine-cont ai ning compounds in­ hibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose th eir way, hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in. N ea t eh! 0

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Grad News 1970 Ivan M. Harris is the principal consult­ ant for Quasa r Systems Ltd. of Ottawa .

197] Kenneth Riley is director of human re­ sources for the Diamond Shamrock Al­ berta Ga s Company.

1979 1975 Douglas S. Garrett is manager of indu s­ trial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co. Ltd. in Toronto.

June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain , Tennessee, on Nov em ber 15, 1980. Our condolences go to her hus­ band, Mich ael, of the sa me address.

1972

James Proc unier is a teac her of mathe­ matics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s .

David Buchner is teaching at the Evan­ gelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo, Puer,to Rico, a sc hool sponso red by the United Missionary Fellowship.

Gerri t J. Wessels is a cons ult an t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa.

Bruce D. Hawkins completed his M.B.A . at Queen's and is now pUlling hi s knowl­ edge to work for Ward Malletee, Cha rt­ ered Accountants, in Brantford.

1973 Maria Kukovica is now practicing medi­ cine in Smith Palls.

1974 Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May & Bake r Canada Inc. of Mississauga .

Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd. Stella and he r husband, Bruce, live in Gu e lph.

History

1977 Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary.

S tephen Long is quality control s uper vi­ sor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd . In Whitby .

1978 Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa .

David Ung is techni ca l support supe rvi­ sor with th e Depa rtm e nt of Computer Services, York University, Toronto .

Harry Vink tcac hes sc hool in Lindale , Alberta.

Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener.

Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Edu ca tion.

Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd. in Ottawa.

Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amd a hl Ltd. in Toronto.

Shawn Wilde and hi s wife, Betty-Anne (Pattoch), '80, are res pectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientist with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa.

Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic ist/chemi st wit h 3 M of Canada Inc. a t the Institute for Aerospace Stud­ ies, Downsv iew.

1980 James C. Curry is a resea rch and deve l­ opment chemist with Uniroyal, Ltd., In Guelph .

Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmer /a nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd. in Calgary.

Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd . in T o ronto.

Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto. 0

Copernicus Awards

of the

Chemistry Department For those of you who are interest­ ed in history, the Department of Chemistry still has available a number of copies of the History

of the

Chemistry

Department

written by former chairman of the Department, Professor R .S. Brown. If you would like a free copy, please write the Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N I G 2W I. Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. 0

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Three, rather than the usual two. jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics. The trio, seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics, Professor Duc Poll, left centre , wh o presented th e $200 awards. are, left to right, SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia , Derek Leinweber of Stratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada, West Indies. 0

The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor: William C. (Bill) Tolton, '36.

Life at

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Records of student life at the O.A.C. during its early years are very rare.

Most students were farm boys of limited education and not in the habit of putting their thoughts down in letter or diary.

Of such intimate, informal records that have survived, perhaps the most reveal­ ing can be found in a slim rare volume published in England in 1883. Entitled Lellers o/a Young c'migrant in Manito­ ba. it was compiled from a diary and from letters writtcn home by a young Englishman who stopped for a term at the School of Agriculture and Experi­ mental Farm (later to become the O .A.C.) in Guelph when on his way west to create an agricultural estate on

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the booming prairies of western Canada.

What gives the story its historic value, and also its charm, is the fact that none of the material was ever written with a view to publication. In fact, the book was published anonymously by an uncle with the purpose of informing British families with like ideas on emi­ -gration ". .on the chance of their being useful to other young Engli shmen who may be thinking of following a like career. " The book's title hides the fact that the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with the first stage of the venture at Guelph.

This, and its rarity today because few copies were ever sold in Canada, make it both interesting and valuable.

The 18805 were the great travel years for the British. Young, educated , reasonably afnuent and rather venture­

the OAC

The Dundas Road and the O.A.C. in /884

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some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe. Some went merely for the novelty, others were sent by their families to get them out of local society, and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL For many of those young fellows, a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan . "Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean, let 's see how the young gentleman makes out!"

Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881, 18 came from the British Isles . Another 24 came from Quebec but some, at lea st, were also British using a Montreal address. The latter made up by far the largest non­ Ontario-born contingent among the stu­ dents and would continue to do so for many years.

The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emi­ grant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev. Henry Ffolkes of Hil­ lington, Norfolk, England. A second son, Robert, followed Edward and was regis­ tered the following year but nothing is now known of his career.

Edward must have had a very at­ tractive personality. He was a sportsman " . . . was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph di­ rectly I got out of the train. Played halfback and beat the town by two goals." He was well educated, having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury , and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph, another young Englishmen apparently on the same pro­ gram, a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward.

Edward was polite, mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended. Although he did not dance, he was, after all, a clergyman's son, he went to as many as five dances a week. "I engage the ladies to sit the conld. over

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contd. da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next week's dances a re full."

H e came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea sily in two circles; the yo un g profess ional ba nk clerks , civil serva nts a nd bu siness­ men who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin, a nd in th e circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege. I n fact, when he re t u rned to Toronto later, he married Agnes Stra­ cha n, a grandda ughter of Bishop Stra­ cha n th e founder of th at institution.

T here are several references to fi­ nances through th e letters and diary for it seems th at th e family kept a rather ti gh t rein. Th e student labour rate of two cents a n hour did not cover School expe nses . When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr. Mills came to his rescue. "He sai d he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up, because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls."

The a utumn of 1880 was a very bu sy one a t G uelp h for th e School building was agai n going through a n expa nsio n a nd co nst ruc ti on delayed the beginning of the term. The core had been Moreton Lodge, the home of the previous farm owner, F.W . Stone, a nd to this had been added wings for dormito­ ri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fe a r into a ny fi re marshall's hea rt.

Although Dr. Mi .ll s, in hi s annual report, co mm en ted on th e "unplanned nature" of th e expa nsions, nothin g much more wa s done to th e old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll. For the stude nts, it must have prese nted prob lems, even by schoo l boa rdin g house sta nd a rd s of 1880s. Th a t yea r, th e sta ff doctor repo rt ed on their first epidemi cs of meas les a nd influ en­ za - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents- but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred . The dormitori es were littl e 10' x 15' rooms an d some were as sma ll as 9' x 13', W ashroom facilities were sparse.

Such a situ a ti on crea ted problems.

"When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits, boarding an d lodg in g in the same building, it ,is by no means easy to maintain proper disc i'pline. It is in­

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deed a ve ry difficult task," wrote Dr. Mill s.

But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home, young Edward appeared quite unco ncern ed. A fter all, he had bee n a t school a nd away from home befo re, a nd a t a more tender age.

Ap pa rentl y he was quite enjoyi ng him­ self for he was well a head of his fellow st ud e nts aca demica ll y a nd took a n ac­ ti ve part in the litera ry eve nts, debates and poe tr y and prose readings.

Jam l!s Mills O.A.C. President / 880-/ 904 Al so he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo un g stud ents. In fact , without hav ing ha lf th e stud ents out of th e cramped buildin g during the day, it would seem impossible to control activ­ ity in the rOOms. In those days, much of ,carrying the training was practical, ". potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er," he wrote. But he still wa s able to go to a dance that evening' "I like the College work. Every morning up at 5:30 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed, carry away the slops etc. befo re goin g down to prayers. Is not it curi ous'} Don ' t yo u remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or nine'>" he wrote hi s mot he r back home. " Now I don't even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e mornin g bell rin gs though it is dar k. If yo u had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain , you would bave been surpri sed."

While he wrote that he found th e foremen and "masters" rath er rou gh, he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of "chewing" somewhat unpleasant. "The fellows chew here to

tbe most disgraceful ex tent , th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish."

Hi s lellers a nd diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tb e work he was ca ll ed upon to do, a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un­ de rtaken . Wood ha ulin g, c bopping a nd wood splitt ing in th e bush was a noth er c hore new to him , and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life. He helped make road ditcbes, standing up to his knees in water "and freezing."

The school, by thi s tim e, had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply, made by Waterous of Brantford, and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding th e "steam cbaff Culler." Another day, he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water, splitting wood for th e firebox and "making oneself gene ra ll y use ful."

When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered, Edward ran into a problem of th at day, for "foreign students vs. na ti ve born " is not bing ne w. Apparently, th ere had been some political hass le abo ut th e numbe r of non-Ont a rio stud ents a tte nd­ in g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away. "Re­ member that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his broth­ er) is thinking of farming in Iowa , th ey will fire him out before he has been here a day, Iowa being in the United States," he explained to his mother, He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day. The rule, it seems, was that ea ch st ud ent, as part of his qualifying for entra nce, had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs .

I n October 4, 188 1, a year after coming to Canada, Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field , Manitoba, where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill. The next few yea rs a re a blank. By 189 1, he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company.

In 1916, he had a tragic accident.

He was tb en manager of the large Home

Smith properties, in what is now Toron­

to's Kingsway area, and had volunteered

to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co. to run a

lin e ac ross th e Humber River. Appar­

ently, th e ca noe be was in could not cope

with th e rag in g water and he was swept

away to bi s death. D

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A Grand Judge of Cattle

Arthur Whetham, '08, at 93 remembers thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario. He is about the last of a disappearing breed , the itinerant catlie buyer. In the days before big trucks, computers and elec­ tronic scanners, the pricing of live beef callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill.

There was no rail grading in those days, and few of the now elaborate government rulings. The country callie buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the callie before him. The competition was keen: there were many buyers going up and down the roa ds. Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle; offer too much and your pa cking house supe­ rior was very unhappy.

All too often. the buyer was called upon to make those judgment calh in the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard! Yct that is how Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years. He started out in a part-time capacity s hortly after graduation and while he wa s still living on thc family farm near Rockton. [n 191 H, his father died, the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good.

Up and down the country by car, some 25,000 miles a year on gravel and dirt road s, he went, wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process. Grey and Bruce, with a corner of Wellington, were his s pecial districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini s hers.

While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by hor se dealers , a re putation for a fast buck, a little chea ting, a ta ste for deception, Arthur Whetham earned a reputation that was quite the oppos ite. "Absolutely honest and fair," "A good man to deal with," are the terms still used by those he dealt with through the years. He could come back, year after year , to the sa me farmer s and qUickly close an hon­ est deal.

How do you get the ability to si ze up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only? " I found out that when I walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle, my first impress ion was the right one. " It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred callieme n could claim . He was always very calm abou t his work, and never rai sed his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened.

Now retired and living in Cam-

OAC '81 at College Royal '81

A bird's-eye view of '8 / 's University Centre exhibit.

bridge, he enjoys returning to Guelph for O.A.C alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s genera­ tion who are around to mak e th e jour­ ney. He even gets to the s tockyards to renew old times now and then.

Bruce Gl e nn, ' 51 , hea d buyer for Canada Packers' Toronto opera tion s, said of Arthur, "he was a wond e rful old man-and sti ll is." 0

Those Pesky

Weeds

Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rden s, parks a nd rec reation areas is a ve ry se rious matter.

It is a concern for health reason s (aller­ gies), labo ur costs in park mainten a nce, the profits in commercial farm opera­ tions and many other area s. So when the O.A.C offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control, it drew people from five provinces, employed in a wide assortm ent of situations: lawyers, conservationists, municipa l re prese nta ­ tives, environmentalists, nur se rymen and landscapers-even farmer s.

On-campus people involved in this outreach program were Dean Switzer, '51; Stan Yvan g, '49; Gerry Stephenson, Charlie Waywell, Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson, '54, Off-campus people in­ cluded Doug M c Laren, '50; Bill Taylor, Rich a rd Frank, Ralph Dell , Ros Costen , '52; Donna MacKen z ie, '70; CG . Halli­ day and Tom Sawyer , '59A and '64. The intensive course cons idercd weed identi­ fication, cultural control, biological con­ trol and chemical co ntrol. It covered problem weeds on roadsides, ra ilroads, power corridors, waterways, lawns, re­ cr ea tion are as, forests, a nd horticultural and field crops. It covered herbicide classification, mode-of-action, fa te, de­ velopment, formulation, se lectivity , re­ comm'endations and application. It a lso covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims.

In short, the course pr ov ided a detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in t heir va rious a voca t ions. 0

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The C orn Revolution AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolu­ tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties. Before the Second World War, corn was confined to a narrow strip in the province's south­ west corner; elsewhere only a few acres on any farm was put down to it, maybe one in ten, and that was destined for the silo. Today, corn is a major crop over all of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50 or 100 acres is not uncommon.

Like most of the other changes In the province's largest and most vital industry, agriculture, this one has deeply involved O .A .C. grads. That has been the story of the College for more than a century. First it was the famous Daw­ son's Golden Chaff winter wheat, the selection from a cross-breeding program on a farm near Paris, Ontario, which was further selected and propagated a t Guelph to be the basis of an entire breakfast food industry.

Then came O.A.C. '21 barley which became the base for the brewing indus­ try here and elsewhere. That variety was a selection made on campus from some north Asian types. The introduction, testing and popularization of alfalfa fol­ lowed, again the work of O.A.C. grads .

Soybeans, new pasture grasses-the list goes on.

With corn, it is the same story. The original hybrid breeding work was done in the heartland of the crop, the mid­ western United States, and grew out of new-found knowledge of the '20s of the mechanics of heredity , the chromosomes and t he genes.

A measure of the extent to which graduates and facuJ,ty or the O.A .C. have taken part in this dramatic change

Wes M orr is '72

in Africa Wes Morris, '72 , and his wife were posted last year by the United Church of Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho, in southern Africa. They arrived at the Leloaleng trade school last September and are expected to be there for four years. Their job is to teach basic agricultural skills, and to develop a

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in Ontario farm practices is expressed in the February issue of the agri-book magazine, Corn in Canada. There are some 20 major articles in its 72 pages and of those ten are by or about O.A.C. grads. Of the others, six deal with situations outs ide t.he province entirely.

The lead s tory by the magazine's editor, Peter Lewington, deals with the crop from the point of view of the commercia I fa rmer. It IS a n interview with Don Hart , ' 53, who runs an

Jim Elliot, '49. Peanuts next?

I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock area. He gets 120 bushel yields and pays close attention to tillage. "For several years we have been operating two and a half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the County Soil and Crop Improvement As­ sociation and Harvey Wright, '60, of OMAF helps us look after them," he stated.

The second story is on the steady progress by corn breeders. Dr. Bruce Hunter, '62, Bill Leask, '71, Tom Fran­ cis, a '77 Ph.D. , and Lyn Kannenberg, on c'ampus, are noted. There are many more O.A.C. grads in the employ of the

commercial farm project for the school with a view to making people less de­ pendent upon imported food s.

Three loca I persons have already been hired to help. They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mine s in South Africa where most young men are attracted by the possibility of m a king s ix times what they might earn a t home.

But, writes Wes, they are good worker s even at the very low wages he is able to pay.

seed companies mentioned.

One of the major factors in the rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been the new chemical ability to control weeds. The day or the dusty hours behind the scurner going up and down the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr.

This is explained in an article written by AI Hamill, '67, a weed researcher at the Harrow station, who brings attention to the changes in the current guide to chemical weed controls.

How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another O.A.C. grad, Bill Parks, '65, president of Pio­ neer HiBred operations in the province.

He is proud of the company's new facilities, one of the five autonomous parts of the parent organi zation.

The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn and the silo can be a dangerou s placc.

That is the message of yet another major s tory in the magazine. It is writ­ ten by Hank Bellma n, ' 52 , agricultural engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF, working out of W a lkerton .

Corn as a new fuel source through gasohoP Well ma ybe, says Doug Hayes, ' 75, a biologis t with Agriculture Canada in Ottawa in another major article. Jack Dekker , of the O .A.C. faculty, takes a look at the strange new weeds creeping into corn fields, and fin a lly, Hugh Scott, '65, who farm s near Staffa, writes about careless handling of chemicals used with the crop; they are necessary, but should never be trea ted lightly.

All these contributions from the graduates and faculty of a relatively s mall educational institution. Is there any other industry or anything like the size a nd importance of the corn crop in Ont­ ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0

He has already learned , at first hand, some of the problems created by the native lack of mechanical know­ how-"they are trying to industria l ize without tool boxes." The farm tractor was in poor shape because of du s t, " so it's back to the local oxen for power."

The local school, like the country, is still dependent upon foreign aid for food, but there is plenty of local enthusia s m in the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school. 0

Worldwide Research Bill Tossell, '47, started off the year with a three-month tour of world agri­ cultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Con­ sultative Group on Agricultural Re­ search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries. These centres, the main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries, have a budget of $125 million but the problems are enor­ mous and research facilities few. The team of visitors had a very full schedule

to cover and while their suggestions are not binding, the system has worked well.

Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed from the donors of funds and has dem­ onstrated , time after time, the ability to zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions.

"The world food problem is not new," the Dean stated, "and perhaps because. of this there is a danger of underestimating its importance. At pre­ sent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of mal­ nutrition . These people are concentrated in Third World countries where popula­ tion increase is continuing at a high rate.

Ice Cream & the OAC in '08

That humans can be ve ry resistant to change should not be news to grad s of the University of Guelph. So much of their work has been in that direction····· getting people to make use of new ideas and methods.

Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also proves that, once a shift is made, it can be complete and permanent. When Paul Angle, '09, was a student on campus, he worked with the then popular summer field days when thousands of people would swarm over the O.A.C. grounds and buildings. Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the student­ run refreshment booth.

"During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays.

"They came in droves. The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches, cake and coffee, but made no provision for treats and soft drinks.

"To raise some money to su pport their various activities, the student orga­ nization undertook to supply these items from tents on the grounds. For the summer of 1908 I was appointed man­ ager of this project.

"We sold ice cream, candy, pop, cookies and bananas which we bought wholesale from, or through , the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph.

"The ice cream came in five-gallon pails, packed in ice and salt, and we sold it in dishes at S¢ each. Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water dis­ posed of, all of which caused some water to be spilled. The ice cream had to be repacked during the day, with more water being spilled, until the sod in and around the te nts was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection. " While I was debating what should be done, I visited the midway at Han­ lan's Point in Toronto and there I saw ice crea m being sold in cones; the cones being made where they were sold. The

Unless food production increases at a much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past , the absolute number of people who will be hungry will increase rapidly.

"The gap between domestic food production and consumption in the de­ veloping countries will be two or three times larger by 1990. In the poorest countries, the food shortage is projected to be even worse, about five times what it is today . It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria, which have been essentially self-sufficient in food in recent years, are moving into a food-deficient posi­ tion." (From "Meeting the Needy," by Dr. Tossell and published In The Agrologisl , Winter 1981.) 0

equipment needed for the job was simple and available in Toronto. I purchased an outfit with directions for operation, and from that date I expected to sell our ice cream in cones t ha t we would make each evening and thus avoid washing dishes.

"But I got a surprise. The people resisted cones and still a s ked for dishes.

If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to eat it with and throw the cone away' We had to increase the price of the dish to 10¢ and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones accepted.

"We succeeded , and r believe they were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph." 0

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The first presentation of the w.e. Blackwood Memorial Entrance Sch olarship in Physics was made recently. Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946. Shown here are the donors of the scholarship. Bernard Ward , '23, of Toronto, Mrs. Ward, and the recipient, Craig Lewis oj Hamilton. 0

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor: Debbie (Nash) Chambers. '77.

Sculptor '75

Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms, '75, considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation.

At the time, Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English, Philosophy and Psychology.

However, midway through his B.A. pro­ gram, Bryan's interests took a new di­ rection and he became seriously interest­ ed in painting and sculpting. As a result, Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his ca­ reer, in Guelph, as a professional artist.

Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal, Bryan has been successful.

Since 1975, the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculp­ ture. He has also received a wide variety of commission s and one of his pieces, " The Heritage Tree," has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal.

Several years ago, a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the family's Scottish and Unit­ ed Empire roots. According to the own­ ers, "The Heritage Tree" has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system.

The fruit s of an equally ambitiou s ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Cove­ nant Chapel of St. Andrew's Presbyteri­ an Church in Kitchener, Ontario. Bryan designed the chapel's magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth , baptism , confirmation, chri stian worship and church school.

His current commission, however, is a locally-ba sed project. Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co. Ltd., in Guelph, approached Bryan after mak­ ing plans to fund a memori" i tribute to the company's founder, Len Hammond.

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Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr. Hammond. When the piece is completed it will be placed on dis play in the factory.

In June 1980, Bryan Tim s joined

"Woodsman . "

the sta ff of the University's Department of Fine An. Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculp­ ture studio. While Bryan plans to accept future commission work, present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery.

Although Bryan is very interested in painting, most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human fig­ ure, as well as its mood s and emotions, by using bronze, cement and alabaster as media. Thi s present orientation di­ verges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work . However, some of his early pieces such as " The North­ land," represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression. In " The North­ land, " a bron ze sculpture , Canada's early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-

Bryan Tims, '75. and his "Nightmare ." The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph.

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tion of a voyageur and a bear.

Regardless of subj ect or medium, Bryan 's work sparks both cont emplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y.

Upon viewing Bryan's sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fas cination for th e work of Mi­ c helangel o, Rodin and de Vinci. Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y.

Whil e quick to recogni ze the in­ spiration deriv ed from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters, Brya n a lso attaches philoso phical import a nce to his University ex perience. Brya n be­ lieves th at artistic express ion is encum­ bered by a narrow focus. It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex perien ces toget her. I n Bryan 's esti ma ti on, sc u Ip­ ture offers an artist a vehicl e to com­ munica te idea s, as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings.

For him, art is a reflection of a far greater re a lm of experiences . He is grateful that his broad acad emic base ha s prevented him fr om a ttempting to create art in isolation . 0

In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associ­ ation was sadd ened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T. (Walt on) Lewis, B. A. '73, M.A. '7 6. Shirley passed awa y on February 9, 1981 in her 45th year.

She is sur vived by her hu sband, John , and childrcn C hristo pher, Gregory, Gil­ lian , J acqu eline and Patrick , all of Guelph. 0

Graduate

News

1976 Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gu e lph as a sa Ics corresp ond ent for Mc M illan­ Bloedel Packaging .

Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edu­ cation.

A ve ry practica l ac tivit y that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene r­ gy conse rv a tion is und er wa y und er th e direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s.

In th e fa ll of 19 80, the local offi ce of th e Ont a rio Publi c Interes t Res ea rch Group (O.P.I.R.G .) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Gu elph En ergy Conservation Proje<it.

The Federal Mini stry of Employ­ ment a nd Immigration a pproved th e fundin g of $47,000 for the project In Dece mber 1980 a nd, on January 5, 198 1, tw o stud ents in the Coll ege of Arts, Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeck­ er , bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week ven­ ture. Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Empl oy ment and Im ­ migra tion Ca nada . Both Ca thy a nd Laura have previou s experience with conserva tion agencies.

Cathy has been a loca l O.P.I.R .G . volunteer for two years, and Laura was a community developm ent worker for the Bra mpton Communi ty Conservation Centre. Collectively, th e fi ve workers have a bac kground in home insul a tion, construction , recyclin g and researchin g.

In a recent interview with Ca thy

Beck, the four obj ectives of th e project were outlin ed . The y are: 1. To create a Hom e En ergy Ad vice T ea m (H. E.A .T.) to conduct fr ee energy audit s of Gu elph homes. Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premi ses to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi ­ ble heat loss . Th e tea m will th en ma ke recomm end ations to th e resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems, a nd acqua int the household er with eligi­ bility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Progra m (CH .I.P.) 2. T o augm ent the community de­ velopment fa cet of the project by means of workshops, speaking engagements a nd displ ays . Key topics will cover prac­ tical a nd techni cal advi ce conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as con se rve r life style tips .

3. To establi s h a resource centre at 123 Woolwic h S treet by earl y April.

The centre will provid e brochures , ener­ gy bibli ogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice.

4. To compile, a t the completi on of th e en ergy audit program, a stati stical report of en erg y cons umpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent.

According to Cath y Beck , a govern­ ment pa mphlet entitled "Keeping the Hea t In" provides valu abl e conservation tips. The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable I'rom th e proj ect's offi ce on Wool wic h Street. Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed, or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services, is asked to cont ac t the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461. 0

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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Co­ opera tors In surance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster.

Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Ch edoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Ha­ milton.

Peter Vaughan holds the ra nk of Second Lieuten a nt in the Ca nadia n Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t Mc Mas ter Uni ve rsity.

Peter R. Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre , Woolwi ch Street, Guelph , Onta rio .

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]980 1978 Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assista nt to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pu b li shing in Edm onton , Alberta.

Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradu a te student in th e De­ pa rtm ent of Hi stor y, Uni versity of Gu elph . 0

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Editor: Dr. Cliff Barker, '41.

Seven Year Retrospective Review of

D.V.M. AdDlissions

e. The mean average of st udents accepted is 80.15 per cent while the overall average was 80.13 per cent.

The mean average of accepted stu­ dents ha s steadily risen from 78.66 in the Class of '78 to 83.24 for the Class of '84. This may only be a measure of grade innation.

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About 2 per cent of applicants were sons or daught e rs of veterinarians and another 3 per cent had a veteri­ narian as spouse or close relative. 95 per cent had no connections. The performance of veterinarians ' proge­ ny did not vary from that of other students.

Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors

Dr. T.1. Hulland, '54, formerly Aca­ demic Associate Dean, O. Vc., present­ ed the following on D. VM. admissions at a recent faculty meeting.

Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review. That review was recently completed by entering more than 53,000 items of information about 1,612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 , 128 times.

This information was collected during II admission "cycles" over seven years and included (to the extent that infor­ mation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts. Twenty-two demographic variables were assessed for each student and analysis revealed the following selected it e ms of information:

[n an attempt to di.';cover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to

high performance in the DV M Program , a 5 x 5 comparison was set up. When factors along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of the group (of about 350 students), the values for the top and bottom thirds for the categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box . The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below.

Admission Index

Interview Score

Cumulative DVM Av.

Final Year Average

Subjective Clinical

84.2 (8.6) 75.6

1 1.8 (- 6.0) 12.7

73.5 (4.1 ) 69.4

69 .0 (2.6) 66.4

3.9 (8.3) 3.4

79 .8 (0.6) 79.2

14.0 (22.6 ) 10.6

71.9 (0.8) 71.1

67.6 (0.6) 67.0

3.8 ( 3.3) 3.6

81.5 (3.3 ) 78.2

12.1 (0.0) 12.1

76.2 (9.7) 66.5

71.6 (7.9) 63.7

4.2 ( 18.3) 3.1

81.0 (2.2) 78.8

12.2 ( -07) 12.3

74.8 (6.4) 68.4

73 .5 (12.4 ) 61.1

4.3 (23.3) 2.9

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12.3 (0.0) 12.3

75. J (7 .8 ) 67.3

72 . 1 (8.7) 63.4

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a. 59 per cent of the attemptees were male, 41 per cent fem a le. b. 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural, 79 per cent urban. This propor­ tion has not varied much over the period studied. c. 76 per cent of the attemptees came from Ontario, 13 per cent from Que­ bec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces. These proportions have not varied much except for a recent de­ cline in students from Quebec. d. 52 per cent of students prepare them­ selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent, partly.

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Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and pas­ sive interests. 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests, or a nar­ row professional athlete's interests, and these seemed to predict relative­ ly poorer performance.

h. Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students.

This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and, on analysis, a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well) .

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Self confidence seemed to be a sta­ tistically significant predictor of suc­ cess in the program .

J. Wide animal experience was a char­ acteristic associated with success sta­ tistically but, by itself, seemed not to be a predictor of success. k. In contrast to the points in 7-10, overall interview score did not seem to be either predict.ive, nor correlate well with other factors. This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being mea­ sured.

I. Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades. This perhaps should not be surprising.

Vice President, Smith Kline & French Laboratories Dr. Leon Z. Saunders, '43, has been named Vice-President of Safety Evalua­ tion, Smith Kline & French Laborator­ ies, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Dr. Sauders directs pathology and toxicology pro­ grams determining the safety of experi­ mental pharmaceutical compounds.

Selected as the Outstanding Indus­ trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Ameri­ can Association of ,I ndustrial Veterinari­ ans (A.A.I.V.), the award recognizes his three decades of work in the field of veterinary pathology. He was awarded a plaque by A.A.I.V. President, Dr. How­ ard Newkirk.

Dr. Saunders joined S .K .. & F. in 1958. That same year, he was na med to the faculty at the University of Pennsyl­ vania's School of Veterinary Medicine.

He has been Adjunct Professor since 1964.

He is the founder and first editor of Vererinary Pathology, the first interna­ tional journal for veterinary patholo­ gists. The journa I wa s esta blished as a communica tions channel for veterinary pathologists worldwide. In 1968, the Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Dr. Saunders an honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in recogni­ tion of his work with the journa l and his research in neuropathology and oph­ thalmic pathology.

The author of more than 75 pub-

m. 22 per cent of attemptees are accept­ ed on their first application, 8 per cent on their second, 2 per cent on their third. 67 per cent were not accepted.

Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and Rat, and Joest's Handbuch der Pa­ thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere.

Dr. Saunders is the past president of both the American College of Veteri­ nary Pathologists and the World Feder­ ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in 1972, he received a commemorative medal after prese nting the 1972 Scho­ field Memorial Lecture at the Universi­ ty of Guelph. In 1977, he was elected as the first honorary member of the Ameri­ can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmolo­ gists. [.li e received his master's degree from Iowa State College (1946) and his doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from Cornell University (1951). In 1952 he was certified by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists as a Special­ ist in Veterina ry Pathology.

Dr. Sa unders, his wife a nd daughter, live in Wynnewood, Pennsylvani a . 0

Team to Indonesia In February, Dr. Rowan Walker, ' 47, veterinary services branch, O.M.A.F., Dr. Lorne Stephens, '52, Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald, Dean's Office, O.V.c., travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of C.I.D.A. to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estab­ lishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service. In particular, the team reviewed the position with respect to Java. 0

n. Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry , during the course, and in their final year performance, than males. Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demon­ strated a consistently declining per­ formance however. o. Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students, but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance.

Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hand s of members of the Admissions Committee. 0

Iications in veterinary pathology, of which the most notable are the books Comparative Neuropathology, . co­ authored by Dr. J.R.M. Innes, and Oph­ thalmic Pathology of Animals, co­ authored by Dr. LF. Rubin, Dr. Saun­ ders has also written chapters on pathol­ ogy of the eye for several other books, including: Jubb & Kennedy's Pathology of Domestic Animals , Cotchin & Roe's

In Memoriam Recipient oj the 1981 OY e. Alumni Associarion Trave! Scholarship is Jamie Thompson, semester 7 student from R .R. #2, Clinton, Ontario. He is presently visiting veterinary colleges in Australia. 0

Dr. E. M . Trenouth, '32. Last address: Quebec City, Quebec. (Date of death unknown).

Dr. Walter D. Maher, '40. Last address: Fulda , Minn., U.S.A. (Mail returned marked deceased). 0

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

EGAS-US

Editor: Rick Knap, '74.

Dorothy Barnes, '7B .

H

an

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Doroth y Barn es, '78 , is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Hum a n Ri ghts Commiss ion. A pa rt-tim e stu dent, it took her six years to co mpl ete her B.A .

That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion .

Her ca reer is a dema ndin g one, but her enthu siasm, whic h ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US , seems unbound ed .

PECAS- US: Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of th e Ontari o Huma n Ri ght s Commi ssion a nd your Kitchener office.

DOROTHY: I'm the only human rig hts officer in the area. I work in wha t ,we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r. The offices are loca ted in Ha milt on, Wind­ sor, London , St. Cath arin es and Kitch­ ener. My territ ory reac hes up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford, Tillso n­ burg and , on occas ion, Bra ntford a nd Acton.

PECAS-US. You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea.

DOROTHY: Yes, a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas. I' m the onl y office r in

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Kitchener a nd a m available to accept co mplaints either by phon e or from people who drop into the office to see me, I'll do the inta ke on them. Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-whi ch is very speci fic.

Th e Code embraces a reas including emplo yment, sign s, notices, adv ertisin g, acco mmod a ti on, race, c reed, col our , sex, ma rit a l sta tus, na tionalit y etc. If there appea rs to be va lid ground s fo r the compl a int, we in ves tiga te it.

PECAS- US.· As a hum a n rights offic er, wha t is yo ur goal?

DOROTHY: The ultima te t hat we strive for is settlement of the compl aint. Th a t's in accordance w;t h section 13:2. We tr y to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settle­ ment betwee n th e complaina nt a nd th e res pondent. Rathe r th a n have a com ­ pl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry , in which case a ny decision of th e board has the full force of a co urt of la w, we try to e ffect a mutual se ttle ment.

Suppose I ta ke a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for th e allega­ ti ons made, then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pl a inant a nd let th em know my findin gs. I mu st ensure that they are li stening ca re full y. If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se, th en I will continu e to inves tigate . If th ey ca n­ not, then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file.

Suppose, howev er, I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa ri­ ly mea n a 100 per cent '.' 1 gotcha ," but that th ere is some misund erstandin g, somethin g has bee n said or done to make the complain ant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted again st, then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting.

PEC AS-US: Wh at a re yo ur duti es a t such a meeting ') DOROTHY: At this mec tin g I will act

as cha irm a n or concil ia tor. I will as k the co mpl ai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst; as k them to ex ­ plain wha t ha ppened, wha t made them fee l a s th ey do. Th e co mpl a ina nts get a c ha nce to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch a nce to ex­ plai n their si tuation beca use the y may have a plau sibl e reason for wha t was don e.

Afte r th a t, J will giv e my s umma ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlem ent terms. Th e settl eme nt could be monet ary, it could be an offe r of a job if, previ oll sly, a Job was deni ed, or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce, sex or age, the complai­ nant may Ju st se ttl e for an apo logy.

PECAS-US.· W il l yo u descr ibe oth er kinds of se ttlement.

DOROTHY: There a re many types of settl ement. W ha t a n officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle­ ments a nd , in ord er to be fa ir, will put it on the ta bl e. The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements.

These a re usually "code ca lls," or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion, th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principl es embodied in the code. We may also require decla ra­ tion of managem en t policy from ind iv id­ ua ls within a n orga nization , super visors or admini stra tors, for exa mpl e, who have cau sed a mi su nde rstand ing.

We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be giv en. We would conduct the se mina r and it wo uld, perhaps, be on public educ a tio n or ra ce rela ti ons.

PECAS- US. Tell me more a bout yo ur se mina rs.

DOROTHY. We give semina rs on hum a n right s, on the Code, or on spe­ cific a reas of the Code suc h as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the for e a t present. People, or more specifi ca ll y, fe males, a re becoming more a wa re that th ey don't hav e to be ha ­

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rassed in the workplace. There are more people lodgin g complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past. You know, of course, that sexual harassment can work both ways.

PEGAS -US: In terms of accommoda­ tion grievances, wha t kinds of com­ plaints do people come forward wi th ?

DOROTHY: I receive complaints that single people, two males or two females, and people under 2S years of age, are refused apartments.

Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommo­ dation.

PEGAS-US: What is the general pro­ cess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed?

DOROTHY: If a respondent won' t settle a comp laint, and we have a strong case, I will do an intensive analysis of the case , weighing pros and cons, then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry.

When the Commission receives my file in Toronto, they will seek a legal opin­ ion. The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion.

A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred. A chairman, usually a professor at law, is then appointed by the Commission. The hearing is usually of three days dura­ tion. The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision.

The work load is heavy. The time frame is long. No cases are ignored.

Everyone is registered and, no matter wh at , they are all investigated.

It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against. It can be very s hatterin g for morale and self-confi­

dence. A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage. It may alleviate the anguish somewhat, but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice.

Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education. One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department.

PEGAS-US: How available are human rights seminars?

DOROTHY: All human rights officers give seminars. We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern. We're avail­ ab le and our greatest source of satisfac­ tion comes from the reali7.ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights. After all prevention is better than a cure- much better. 0

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We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire.

Communication takes place thr­ ough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus. What items would you like to see covered in this publication?

Yes

No

Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed. Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it im­ practical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area.

What kind of C.S.S. activities through the year would you attend?

College and University activities, for instance, involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend . What C.S.S. activi­ ties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend ?

Name(s) of any from above. _ _ _ __

or:

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Re-acquaintance Yes

Letters to the editor.

Histories.

Dinner and dance.

Person al profiles of grads.

Wine a nd cheese party.

Activities of the College.

Curling bonspiel.

News of coming events.

Tennis, squash etc.

Independ en t comment.

Picnics.

Would you contribute

Ski days/weekend s.

articles')

Golf tournament.

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NAME & YEAR: (Please print) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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Meet professors.

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Seminars.

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At the Arboretum Cenlre. Bill Stewart , OAC '67, with sons Paul and S Cali and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis, Arts '73, and Julie Webb .

Alumni Maple Syrup Day

Cooks, I to r, Dr. Stan Ward, OVC '36: Dr. Tom DeGeer, OVC '54, and Barry Stahlbaum, CPS '7 4.

Elizab eth Cul/itson, Aris '78, with, I to r, Laura , Brendan, Jamie and a sap 路 boiling pot.

Coming Events June

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Alum ni We ekend.

Annual Mee tings: O.A.C ., Mac-FACS, O.V.C.,

Arts, C.S .S ., C .P .S. and U. of G . Alumni

Ass ociations and Friends of U. of G., Inc.

5-10

Sum mer C ampus, 1st week.

12-17

Summer Cam pus, 2nd week.

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AVMA Convention, St. Louis, Missouri.

(Meeting, Frie nds of U, of G" Inc,)

August

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Application D e adline for Fall Semester

(Excluding B.L.A., Associate Diploma in

Agriculture and Pre. Vet. Year Program).

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