Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Spring 1984

UN I VER SIT Y OF GUELPH

GUELPH ALUMNUS

Spring 1984 Vol. 17, No.2

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORARY PRESIDENT: Dr. Burton C. Matthews, OAC '47.

PRESIDENT: Barry Stahlbaum, CPS '74.

PAST PRESIDENT: Jane ( Vollick) Webster. FACS '75.

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT: Glenn Powell , OAC '62.

SECRETARY: Ross Parry, CSS '80.

ASSOCIATE SECRETARY: Rosemary Clark, Mac '59.

TREASURER : James J. Elmslie.

VICE-PRESIDENTS: Sue (Beatty) Davidson , CSS '82; Dr. Ron Downey , OVC '6 1; Linda McKenzie-Cordick, Arts '81; Liz O'Neil, FACS '74; Bruce Richardson, CPS '82; Don Risebrough, OAC '77; Jan Watson, CBS '75.

DIRECTORS: Dave Barrie, OAC ' 53A; Lorrie (Rolston) Cosens, CBS '79; Dr. Peter Forte, CPS Ph.D. '74; Norris Hoag , OAC '66; Ginty Jocius, OAC '70; Alvin lory, CSS '74; Lorna (Innes) Lawrence, Mac '68; Bill Macdonald, Arts '78; Rob Milne , CBS '81; Janice (Robertson) Partlow, Arts '70; Dr. J. Harold Reed, OVC '55; Rosemary (Schmidt) Smith, FACS '79; Jim Thomson , CPS '79; Dr. Donald Wilson, OVA '66.

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS: John Babcock, OAC'54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development; Ron Ball , President, Graduate Students Association; John Currie, CSS'70, President, College of Social Science Alumni Association; George Dixon, CBS Ph.D. '80, President, College of Biological Science Alumni Association; Will Walker, HAFA '80 , President, Hotel and Food Administration Alumni Association; Bob Megans, President, Central Student Association; Dr. Wendy Parker, OVA '71, President, OVC Alumni Association; Don Risebrough, OAC '77, President, OAC Alumni Association; Margo Shoemaker, Arts '79, President, College of Arts Alumni Association; Connie (Hauka) Jasinskas, HK '76, President, Human Kinetics Alumni Association; Lucas VanVeen, CPS '74, President, College of Physical Science Al umni Association; Rita (Klassen) Weigel, FACS '77, President, Mac-FACS Alumni Association.

A welcome respite from a cold and blustery March weekend, a refreshing touch of spring was presented at the College Royal '84 Flower Arranging Competition organized by the Department of Horticultural Science . Linda Yee, FACS '86, of Ottawa, left, and Jenny Goetheyn, OAC '86, ofDresden, with arrangements.

The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development in co-operation with Information

Services, University of Guelph .

EDITOR. Derek J. Wing. Publications Manager. Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

The Editorial Committee is comprised of the Editor, Derek Wing; Director John Babcock, OAC ' 54; Rosemary Clark , Mac '59, Assistant Director, Alumni Programs, all with the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, and Erich Barth, Art Director; Donald Jose , OAC '49, Press-Publicity , and Director Douglas Waterston, all with Information Services.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph alumni Association is comprised of Ross Parry, CSS '80, Chairman; Dr. 0.

Brian Allen, CPS '72; Dr. All an Austin; Dr. Donald Barnum, OVC ' 41 ; Richard Moccia, CBS '76; Janice (Robertson) Partlow, Arts '70 , Olive (Thompson) Thompson, Mac ' 35 ; Sandra Webster, CSS '75; Ex-officio: John Babcock, OAC '54; Barry Stahlbaum , CPS ' 74.

Undel ivered copies should be re turned to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, University of Guelph, Guelph , Ontario, N IG2WI.

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University of Guelph Alma Mater Fund ' Century Club I Campus Fund IGuelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 1(519) 824-3100

By J o hn Hearn

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he year 1983 can now be written into the records as the one when the Alma Mater Fund took a quantum leap onto a whole new plane of fund raising . Following on the track of a long line of successful campaigns, the 1983 Fund Campaign Management Committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. Bruce Holliday , OYC '57, and his deputy, Jack Gall in , OAC ' 47, took a deep breath and boldly set its sights on $400,000.

It was a target to which alumni, faculty and friends responded with enthusiasm. The goal was not only met but exceeded by a gratifying $66,733 - a remarkable achievement, even discounting the generous response to commemorative and memorial funds such as the Donald Forster Memorial Fund ($25 ,641 ) and the Stewart Lane Commemorative Fund ($14,567). In all, there were 6 ,288 gifts totalling $466,733 .

What occasioned this large increase? It is true that there has been some improvement in the economy and that an increasing number of alumni are moving into higher income brackets. The energy and dedication of the whole campaign team is also an important factor.

But after all thi s has been said , we are left with a still more likely explanationnamely that nothing stimulates support for the Alma Mater Fund so much as the uses to which the proceeds are put.

In these days of mega-bucks and $75 million satellites being lost in space with no more than an' 'oops, sorry , '' the awareness of what can be done at Guelph with a few hundred thousand judiciously allocated dollars, probably generates more support than any other factor . Spread around in relatively small sums, every cent of it carefully justified in advance and accounted for after, it oils the wheels of campus enterprises, both large and small , which enrich every aspect of univ ersity life and adds lustre to our name throughout the world .

Scholarships and awards, including commemorative awards and London bursaries, continue to head the disbursements list with grants totalling $163,117. In the 15 years of the Fund , scholarship support has received $832,236, nearly triple the investment in any other project. A second grant of $60,000 has been made to the Alumni Carriage House (old sheep barn) restoration project bringing the total commitment to contd. over 3

$95,000 . This will enable the basic renovation of the Carriage House to be completed so that this structure can once more be useful.

The importance of the Alma Mater Fund to library acquisition and the enrichment of reference material is emphasized by Collection Librarian John Moldenhauer who confirms that allocations are used exclusively for the purchase of special collections and rare works. The additions, in 1983 , related primaril y to Scottish studies, agriculture , genealogy and Canadian drama .

The Library has at last located a copy of Millars' British Game Birds which now virtually completes the Millars' titles. " The acquisition of each item , purchased with Alma Mater funds , is carefully considered for its importance and relevance ,'' he says . '' Each is given an Alma Mater bookplate and becomes a permanent addition to our collection ."

College advancement funds continue to play an important role by making available to college deans discretionary funds for special needs. In the newer colleges, many of these grants are used as seed money for scholarships.

As Dean Jack MacDonald puts it, " The College of Phys ical Science advancement funds have been totall y committed to scholarships. The advancement of the College within the Uni versity and the Ontario system will , in the long run , be limited only by the number of quality undergraduates we attract into our specialized programs . It is imperative that we be abl e to compete with other institutions by prov iding fi rst-rate undergraduates with a sati sfactory level of scholarship support . We apprec iate Al ma Mater Fund support and so do our students.''

The Alma Mater Fund Advisory Counci l hopes to increase this ass istance to college deans in the future as it is servi ng a very useful purpose.

The $25,000 Institutional Development Fund, administered by the Office for Educational Practice , seeds a $75,000 budget when matching funds are added . It is put to good use in the development of various instructional aids for academic courses. In 1983 , a total of 27 faculty members from 18 academic departments in six colleges were recipients of grants under this program. They attended teaching workshops and, between them, developed computer software for teaching, produced course manuals, instructional videotapes, slide/tape programs and motion pictures.

The Arboretum, a long-time favourite of Fund donors, was able to add to its Street Tree and other plant collections and to complete the Trillium Trai l whic h, with its exercise stations, has become a favourite circu it for campus and communi ty ru nners.

The University acqui red a num ber of important works of art, including what has 4

Highlights • A new campaign record of $466,733 from 6,288 donors was established .

• Overall participation was 19.7 percent with a gift average of$74 .23 .

• Century Club members contributed I ,573 leadership gifts totalling $300,747 or 64.4 percent of gift total .

• Faculty and staff participation in the Campus Fund was 48 .9 per cent with a gift averageof$104 .53 .

• OVC alumni participation of 23 .9 per cent topped both Mac-FACS and OAC alumni who responded with 23.4 and 23 .2 per cent respectively . Alumni response from the newer colleges was 10.5 percent .

Summary of Allocations 1983 1969-83 Scholarships and Awards .............. . . .... .. . ...... .... . $163 , 117* $ 832,236 60,000 Carriage House Restoration .... .. .......... ....... . ..... . .

95,000 Library Acquisitions ........................ .. ............ .

40,000 309,423 College Advancement Projects ... ......... . .... ....... .. .

35,000 179,000 Large Animal Clinic Equipment ..... .. . ... . ... .. ... ..... .

30,000 50,000 Instructional Development Program .................... .

25,000 80,000 Athletic Program and Equipment ........ . .... . .......... .

20,454 67,223 19,261 Art Acquisitions .... ..................... . ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .

167,536 Visiting Professorship Program ...... ............ ....... .

15,000 180,000 Arboretum Development ............ .................. . .. .

12,000 149,479 Alumni Stadium .. .. .. ... .................................. .

10,000 270 ,391 Music Program .. ...... . ....... .. . .. .. ............... .. .. .. .

62,782 8,000 Geography Field Courses ... . .. .............. ............ .

6,000 12,000 London House Capital and Refurbishing Grant ..... .. .

5,000 48 ,519 Research Grants ............. . ... .... . ........ .... .... .. . . . .

5,000 30,946 Drama - Visiting Professor .. .. .... . . .. .... ............. .

5 ,750 1,500 Mac-FACS Archival Project ............................. .

1,500 1,500 OAC Arboretum Centre ... . .. ........ ..... . ... ... .. ...... .

253,230 Mac-FACS Capital Project ......... . ......... ... ......... .

100,400 OVC Capital Projects .. .. . .. ... . ... ....................... .

95,000 Memori al Hall Improvements ..................... .... . . .

60 ,000 Sundry Projects .... .. .... . ................................. .

9,90 1 135,660 $466,733

*Includes Commemorative Awards and London Bursaries .

$3,186,075

Alumni Support 1983 Total G ifts

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Other gifts and credits

2,444 679 1,190 327 427 368 145 410 298

+ .9 + 5.3 + 6.6 + 2.8 + 1.9 -10.7 - 2.0 + 16.1

Alma Mater Fund 1983 gift total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6,288 + 4. 3 Alum ni related gifts .............................. ........... .

Alumni and facu lty bequests and endowments .............................. .

Total alumni support in 1983

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Change '82/'83 %

$157,818 51,616 57,351 9,179 12,153 8,324 4,423 64,159 101,710

+ 12.6 +24.6 +29.5 + 11.2 + 2.9 - 4.8 + 3.7 +36.9

$466,733 1,839

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639,000 $ 1,107,572

been described as' 'the single most significant, most remembered image of early Canada''- the Gregoire Huret engraving depicting the Martyrdom of the Jesuit Fathers.

There are many areas in the University's survey collection of Canadian Art which needs strengthening. These are contemporary and historical sculpture, paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, early Canadian prints and also the continuing need to keep the collection current by buying examples of recent art.

The purchase program for any given year consists of seeking out excellent examples to fill these gaps. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director Judith Nasby indicates that with the drying up ofWintario matching funds, the AMF will be the prime source of funds available for purchasing art works for the University collection in 1984-85.

The Alma Mater Fund helps to raise the visibi lity of the University in a number of innovative ways, one of which is the Music Department's use of funds on behalf of the Concert Band and the Pep Band which plays at athletic events and is seen and heard by the general public through radio and television coverage. Approximately 100 students participate in various Music Department ensembles which are enjoyed by thousands of people on and off campus.

Gryphon Club donations provided new wrestling mats, hockey uniforms, skates, a Cyro-Temp Cold Therapy Unit, and a number of other items plus money for the initial renovations to the 1909 lounge in the Athletic Centre. A final payment of $10,000 has been made to the Alumni Stadium project to complete the funds' commitment on the initial cost of this well-used facility.

Plans are in the works to expand the weight-training facility in the Athletic Centre and to install another facility in the Gryphon Room at Alumni Stadium. Director of Athletics Dave Copp estimates that upwards of 250 people will use these facilities daily and the additional equipment and space will increase the training capability for this sport.

The OYC's Large Animal Clinic is to benefit from the purchase of needed endoscopic equipment. This year's allocation will complete the total grant of $50,000 which is being supplemented by $10,000 from the OYC Alumni Association. This follows the purchase of arthroscopic equipment from the 1982 fund. The Small Animal Clinic added a portable X-ray unit: a Vetter 4-channel recording system and an angiography photographic attachment to complete the purchase of clinical equipment from the balance of its major grant.

The second grant of $5,000 toward the refurbishing of London House will help restore the apartments, rooms and kitchen area to an acceptable standard for the use of students, faculty and alumni.

The OAC's School of Landscape Architecture and the Colleges of Arts and Social Science were able to continue their Semester Abroad Programs with the help of $7,000 in bursary grants to assist students in transportation and living costs. Plans to refurbish and renovate the lower lounge area of War Memorial Hall have been delayed pending an overall appraisal of building needs .

Geography students were assisted in a field trip to Arizona , and the Drama Department was given a special grant to cover accommodation costs of visiting professor Dan Laurence. Plans are under way to convert lower Massey hall to multi-purpose

The University's Arboretum, a long-time favourite of Alma Mater Fund Donors.

performance space. This will accommodate the increase in enrolment in the Drama program and a similar increase in the number of theatrical productions mounted by the Drama Department.

It is a long list, and by no means complete. None of it could have happened without the loyal and dedicated support of alumni, faculty and staff. Now, with the 1983 harvest gathered in and counted, an even richer program is in the works for 1984.

In addition to the continuing and new programs already reported , plans have been approved for $60,000 to be spent over the next two years on renovations in the former "community house" area of Johnston Hall, better known to senior alumni as the Administration Building. The project will restore this area to its earlier quality and includes refurbishing and restoring a panelled meeting room, and a lounge and kitchenette which will be available for the use of alumni .

It also includes restoration of some offices, including the Alumni Office .

Badly needed ophthalmalogical surgical and diagnostic instruments are to be purchased for the OVC's Department of Clinical Studies.

Funds are to be allocated to the new Donald Forster Sculpture Park , which is situated just south of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre across from War Memorial Hall.

The design and printing of a new campus map for use at the Learned Societies Conference to be hosted at Guelph will help to enhance the University's image. Surplus maps are to be avai lable to other groups, as required.

Other projects to be supported are the production of video tapes for the Consumer Studies Annual Liaison and Communications Programs for Potential Students, psychological test materials for Family Studies, and special grants for College of Social Science Graduate Scholarships, and the Keith Ronald Graduate Fellowship.

Spearheaded by Dr. Bruce Holliday and Jack Gal lin , the 1983 Campaign Management Committee had many capable individuals filling key division appointments. Professor Neil Carson and John "Tim" Lumsden, OYC ' 60, co-chaired the Campus Fund while Glen Warlow, OAC ' 42 , directed the solicitation of Century Club prospects on campus.

Bill Sargant, Well. '69, and Barbara Dell, Mac '68, acted as chairman and deputy chairman, respectively , of the Century Club.

John Currie, CSS ' 60 , continued to head up the College and Class Agent division. Larry Argue , OAC '58, and Ann Smith , OAC '52, acted as chairman and deputy chairman, respectively, of the Carriage House project.

John Babcock, OAC ' 54, chaired the Direct Mail Committee , which had the responsibility of the campaign literature and general and final appeal mailings. In addition, 486 volunteer canvassers, college and class agents, rounded out the successful campaign team.

The total Fund effort achieved in 1983 was made possible by donors whose gifts represent a vote of confidence in what is being accomplished at the University of Guelph, and by campaign volunteers whose diligence and tenacity is proof that what exists at Guelph is worth working for. 0

Erratum - In the Winter 1984 issue of the Guelph Alumnus the article on the Charles S. Humphrey Fellowship should have stated that the award is for graduate students in "organic" rather than "inorganic" chemistry. Similarly, Uwe M. Oehler, who was awarded the Fellowship in 1981, is a specialist in "organic" chemistry. 0

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The Perils of Being a Girl, a New Canadian and an Aggie

By Erika Gaertner, OAC '44

"W hat is a "bull?' ' Silence. Two girls look at each other then one

Erica Gaertner, OAC '44, in Chalk River in 1967 when her book, Harvest Without Planting, was published.

Photo by Karsh.

About the Writer After graduation from the OAC in 1944, Erika Gaertner attended Cornell University, where she earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Economic Botany. She worked in the State Seed Laboratory in Geneva, N.Y., U.S.A. , and later taught at McMaster University, Hamilton.

To-day she is still using her maiden name professionally but, in private life, she is the wife of Don Fraser who recently retired from his position as a professor of Geography at Concordia University, Montreal , Que . Because their fields overlap, Erika saw the advantage of different surnames 30 years ago.

While she and Don lived in Chalk River, Erika lectured on ' 'Eating Off the Land'' and published Harvest Without Planting. Her next book, Reap Without Sowing is to appear shortly . Since 1970 she has lived in Montreal.

A free-lancer , she teaches at Concordia University and translates technical papers from Czech and Slovak. With Don, who taught geography of the USSR, she led a group of students to that country last spring under the aegis of Concordia's Continuing Education Program.

The Frasers have a family of two: Steven, B .Sc., M .Sc., is a Ph .D. student in Electrical Engineering at McGill University, Montreal , Que. , and daughter, Spruce, B .A. , M.A ., recently returned from an eight-month scholarship in Finland. 0 6

exclaims- " a man cow!" That is one of my earliest recollections of the OAC when I arrived on campus in the fall of 1940.

When I think back to that time I realize that I must have been even more conspicuous than I could imagine. A girl on a campus where you needed at most three hands to count us among the 600 male students-and in Canada for barely a year.

My self-taught English was very shaky, and only in retrospect do I realize how my dress differed from that of young Canadians in loose sweaters and bobby sox.

It was regarded as a special occasion when I showed up in a skirt. As an Aggie girl pants were, even then, part of my personal uniform although they had to be tailored to order. They certainly were not the order of the day for the Macdonald Institute girls with whom I shared my abode.

Living in residence was a novel experience for me-it was also a bit of a let-down. In Europe, once you were at University, you were free with a capital "F." In Canada, in the early '40s, it meant a curfew after an early supper and 15 to 30 minutes after an official dance. I'm sure that my program as an Aggie caused our housemother a few problems; special permits were necessary to attend evening meetings related to our school work at the OAC. The Aggie men had their problems on how to incorporate us into the elaborate hazing, a part of the OAC tradition. So it happened that we were informed to dress warmly, in tough clothing, to join the group of frosh and sophomores one evening .

All frosh, in our caps with large name tags and green ties, were marched by the sophomores towards the Dairy Bush. Dusk was settling fast. From the front was heard an animated discussion between our leaders. An order was passed on that the girls were to fall out and turn back.

When you were a frosh, you did not question orders, you obeyed them. The four of us turned around and traipsed dejectedly back.

Just before we reached Highway 6 some seniors were ready to rescue us (even when we

were not , during the period of initiation, to talk to men outside our year).

All girls but myself turned towards the City where the other girls boarded . I thought I knew my way back to the residence and refused the offered escort. About ten minutes later I found that I .was heading towards Hamilton instead of towards the campus and the residence.

Classmates of OAC '44, frosh Marg MacFarlane, left, and Erica Gaertner. Marg now is the wife of Donald Cameron Ross, OAC '44.

While we were spared some of the hardships that befell our male colleagues, we had some additional burdens to bear.

We were at the beck and call of the senior girls to whom we were to curtsy. This was the one time that my ignorance of the English language came in handy. I was walking to theresidence, off the sidewalk as a good Frosh was expected to, when I heard, "Hey frosh, come here!" It was Helen, one of the two senior girls . "Curtsy!" "What IS a curtsy?" said I. Silence. Helen, surrounded by seniors had to

think hard. ''Bend a knee.'' A blank look. Although my question was the result of truthful ignorance, once I realized my advantage-the difficulty to explain a curtsy without demonstrating-! decided to exploit it to the full. I never curtsied.

Language problems could not always be settled with a dictionary. The men delighted in the use of double talk, specially when my confusion became obvious. The time is still vivid in my mind when I was told to "button up" and there were, as far as I could tell., no buttons on my outerwear.

"Doe" Girls When, after our first year on the campus, a large part of the College was handed over to the Royal Canadian Air Force for military training, and Macdonald Institute trained Air Force cooks instead of Home Economists and Homemakers, we Aggie girls became even more conspicuous. Thus, when I was included in the chorus for our year show, I knew it was not for my voice. I was placed next to the basses and could follow them beautifully .

Our unusual status was also sometimes a source of special amusement-like when we organized the "Doe" club with regular luncheon meetings because we were not welcome at "Stag" parties, or the day we all got decked out for an assembly with giant chrysanthemum blossoms in our hair.

I was the only student in our year to major in Botany. The two Charlies, Monk and Fisher, were the only Entomologists. The three of us took several classes together- just the three of us. I sat between them and they both would turn to me when I said "Charlie!"

Classes were a riot. In many, I was the only student and the tall and solemn Prof. Howitt was referred to as "your boyfriend" by my irreverent colleagues after our regular twosometype field trips around the well-treed campus .

It was with Prof. Howitt that I most often deplored my special status. Every one of my private Taxonomy classes started with "Miss Gaertner, please go to the blackboard and list ... "The day after a prolonged absence, when I approached him first to tell him that I had not studied, knew nothing , and should not, therefore, be called upon, he nodded his head as in approval. His first sentence was "Miss Gaertner, please go to the blackboard ... '' A trying experience I hated to repeat.

Another prof from whom 1 had exclusive instruction was Dr. J.D . " Doc" MacLachlan, later to become the first president of the University of Guelph. One day he and Prof.

Tolton were taking specimen pictures for a publication and decided that they should not be interrupted during this procedure by conducting a person-to-person lecture , but instead give me a demo on how such material was handled .

So I was told to come to the front of the Extension Department where such pictures were

taken under natural sunlight.

When I got there at the beginning of my class period, the two had been working for some time photographing turnips. I stood around, trying to look intelligent when Prof.

Tolton finally looked up to ask if I had nothing better to do. The Doc and I had to explain to him that, yes, I was having a class-watching him was it.

Farm experience was essential for admission to the OAC. In the '30s and early '40s, at least, this meant an acquaintanceship with all the chores of a mixed farm. Because, even for students who did not come from the farm, fees at Guelph were less than in Toronto--although the Ontario Agricultural College was in those days part of the University of Toronto.

Chemistry and Bacteriology were some of the options that were targets for "city slickers" who had no interest in becoming involved in agriculture.

Regardless , the College assured an agricultural background for all who were to spend four years earning the B.S.A. (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture) degree.

The two-year general program, compulsory before specialization, covered it all from Animal Husbandry to Zoology. When I hear today ' s students complaining about difficult exam schedules I wonder what they would have said in our days-13 exams in one week!

of bulls. It so happened that on that day I wore a bright red sweater. I sat in a back row and kept telling myself that bulls are short-sighted and react to movement rather than colour. Regardless, I seemed to feel their eyes turning towards me and, surreptitously, slipped the offending sweater off.

I was sadly disappointed when I last visited the campus. I had planned to introduce my friends to the Judging Pavilion, that memorable locale of my youth, while treating them to a drink . Now the Bullring, and a pub, I found the building closed. Oh well, I guess I'm just meant to keep my fond memories of the old Judging Pavilion intact. 0

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Udder Problems But back to the farm experience in the general program. One Satuday morning we came to the Judging Pavilion for our regular class- yes , there were classes on Saturday morning-to find waiting for us four milkcows, complete with pails and stools, and a horse ready to be harnessed. Frank Wolfe , our instructor, was ready to find the impostors among us. For me the moment of truth hadarrived .

Although I was born and bred on a farm in the old country, my involvement with milking meant supervision of a group of milkmaids . In Canada , the livestock on our farm consisted of pigs and poultry- no cows. However, my father had described the milking procedure to me, in detail, should an occasion such as this arise.

I knew that , regardless of our acknowledged farm background , out of principle, all the girls would be called on to perform. The Profs were always delighted to call on us whenever an opportunity arose. Would I be successful, the first time , under the watchful eyes of the whole class? Several of our male colleagues, some even farm boys, had already failed to get milk from the more obstinate cows. I held my breath , pressed the thumbspraise the Lord- the milk came.

There are other memories that are associated with the Judging Pavilion. Most vivid is the one when we encountered a class

Pianos Do you have a lonely old upright piano that ' s just pining for attention?

One that 's maybe a little worse for wear and more than just a little out of tune?

The UGAA is offering good homes and lots of tender loving care for three or four such lonely pianos.

We need them for on-campus alumni happenings - reunion gatherings, special luncheons and dinners etc., especially during annual Alumni Weekend celebrations. . If you have a piano that's been untickled lately; one that would just love to be adopted and lives within reasonable transportation distance of the University, then please contact Rosemary Clark, ass istant director, alumni programs, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development , Room 105 , Johnston Hall , University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W 1, or phone (519}-8244120 , Ext. 2122. 0

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Go for Launch

Bobbie!

Dr. Roberta Bondar, OAC '68.

By John Hearn

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f there were an annual "Alumnus in the News Award" (which is not at all a bad idea), front runner for the current Oscar would surely be Roberta Lyn "Bobbie" Bondar, OAC '68, the University of Guelph's potential "Ambassador in Space."

Much has been made in the media of her selection from some 4 ,300 candidates to be one of Canada's six astronauts now in training for a 1985 launch- particularly the fact that she is Canada's first woman astronaut. Given her qualifications, in the most comprehensive sense of that word, her selection is less surprising and the fact that she's a woman, irrelevant.

It's easier to write about Dr. Bondar's distinguished record than about the person herself. It's only in her physical presence that the latent energy, the zest for life, the calm authority, courage and self possession become obvious. The camera fails to capture the vitality which forms her every word and gesture. There are some people who absolutely look like winners- and Bobbie Bondar is one of them.

She graduated from Guelph with a B.Sc. (Agr.) in Zoology and, while here, worked as a part-time lecturer in Physical Education. She coached, and was a member of, the University archery team.

During the years that followed, she earned a Master's in Pathology (University of Western Ontario, '73), a Ph.D. in Neurobiology (University of Toronto, '74) and an M.D. (McMaster University, '77).

In 1981 she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians . Since 1982 she has been assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology , McMaster 8

University. She is also a director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in Hamilton and has held a flying licence since 1968 . She is a member of the Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine.

Bobbie, who hails from Sault Ste . Marie , was on campus in January as guest speaker for Graduate Studies Day '84. Introducing her to a capacity audience, Dean of Graduate Studies, Carlton Gyles, OVC '64, spoke of her "boundless energy and relentless enthusiasm," adding that "she has to go into space since she has apparently done everything down here ."

During her presentation, based on Canada's part in the development of space technology, she described her long interest in the NASA space program (she has collected all the flight badges) . "I never watched a NASA launch without wanting to be on board, so when I read the advertisement for Canadian astronauts, it called out loud and clear, 'Roberta Bondar, where are you?' " Part of the selection decision was presumably based on her long studies of the way in which the human eye relates to the inner ear, and the part they both play in motion sickness.

"Motion sickness," she told her audience, "is not just a nuisance in space, it is potentially catastrophic , especially under high-risk conditions. Something like 50 per cent of all those who have been into space have suffered from some form of motion sickness. It reduces their operational effectiveness and, at a time of emergency, particularly one involving emergency exterior repairs carried out in space suits, it could easily prove fatal. The fact that Sally Ride , the only U.S. woman astronaut, did not get sick is, perhaps, too small a sample to be significant.''

The medical testing part of the selection program was, despite Bobbie's descripition of it as "only a normal thorough check-up," very comprehensive and spanned three days of detailed examination.

"They check your teeth, for example. An air bubble in a cavity can produce excruciating pain路at zero gravity.'' The candidates were closely observed for their physical and psychological reactions to the testing process throughout the three days.

Her career as an astronaut began in January with two weeks of orientation and an introduction to Canadian space facilities, and

was followed by a move to Houston to work with the space shuttle and its crew. After that she will return to Canada to work on the development of scientific experiments which will be carried out in space.

The present program calls for only two of the six Canadian astronauts to enter space; the others will serve as back-up ground crew. No one is expected to be particularly "gentlemanly" when it comes to competing for the coveted roles. Ground crew, Bobbie makes it crystal clear, is a poor second best - and she has no experience in being second best at anything.

But, as she sees it, competition would be absurd. "The objective should not be to be one of the two who will go up there, but to make sure all six of us do. The training we will all get ought to be put to the best possible use. Surely, over a series of space shuttle missions, it should be possible to negotiate a passage for all of us . Anything else would be a waste . Let's have no more Avro Arrows!"

Outlining Canada's part in the development of space technology, she voiced a strong plea for public support for the extremely significant program of which she is a part.

"The Canadian government has allocated $1 million for this project. That, with all due respect, is a very small amount of money to invest in something with so much potential for high-tech spin-offs."

Bobbie Bondar's sense of humour is irrepressible. The words " modest" and "boastful " lose their meaning in her presence . She knows who she is and what she can do, and rejoices in the fact that she's having a ball. It's clear that she does nothing as a means to an end; every activity is an end in itself to be savoured to the limit. Whether she' s involving herself in a piece of esoteric research or answering a reporter's question, eac h gets her undivided atte ntion.

She thriv es on the stimulation of new fields of endeavour and freely admits that she 's stro ngly motivated by the avoidance of boredom. She's excited by the prospect of seeing the whole earth from space and regards the dangers as neg ligible compared with any other form of travel. The last real heroes in space, she says, were those who landed the first untested space sh uttle .

Dr. Roberta Bondar makes no secret of her gratitude to the University of Guelph. "I feel that everyone who grad uates from a universi ty has a responsibility to that university . Being here for Graduate Studies Day gives me a chance to return some of the enthusiasm which was give n to me while r w here . Invite me again after the flight. I'll be delighted to accept." D

Sununer Ccunpus '84

By Andrea Mudry Fawcett

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ariety has always been -an appealing and important aspect of the University of Guelph's Summer Campus , this year July 913. Courses range from bee-keeping to lifestyle fitness, and even the recreational program provides activities to suit many tastes . The three celebrity guests who are featured at Summer Campus '84 highlight this diversity .

A household name, Ken Dryden distinguished himself as an NHL player. He then went on to bec0me a lawyer and author of The Game: A Thoughtful and Provocative Look at Life in Hockey.

Michele Landsberg, famous as a journalist of social issues ranging from politics and economics to subjects of particular interest to women, return to Summer Campus a second year by popular demand.

John McLeish , founderofthe Ulyssean Society, which encourages creativity throughout life, and author of the best seller, The Challenge of Aging, specializes in a subject which eventually concerns all of us.

Each celebrity will host a separate seminar day during Summer Campus . At these cas ual seminars, discussion will be openended and will focus- with, doubtless, some delightful digressions- on each celebrity's area of expertise. Participants will be able to talk, argue, laugh and learn, as they exchange ideas with a sportsman, journalist or academic, all of whom have excelled in their chosen fields.

For people who want to spend more time at the University during Summer Campus, there are over 20 courses which range in length from two to five days.

Herbs; Age and Aging: A Literary Perspective ; The Scottish Highlands; and Your Teenagers, Love Them, Don't Leave Them, are among the new courses this July .

Also new to Summer Campus, are courses on cartooning by syndicated cartoonist Brian Fray, and Eros on Crutches, an exploration of the many faces of love .

Established eight years ago, Summer Campus remains one of North America's rarest vacation learning experiences.

Individuals , friends, or entire families regularly attend from across Canada and beyond.

Teens over 16 can register in many of the regular courses, and arrangements can easily be made by University personnel for younger children at off-campus Guelph day camps.

At Summer Campus, the day certainly doesn't end when classes are done. The University's restaurants , pool, tennis and squash courts, provide the basis of a first-class recreational. resort. This summer, a concert, barbecue , and a wrap-up party at the Faculty Club are part of the total experience.

Computer Camp July9-14;August 13-18 August20-25 While relaxation is the password at Summer Campus, intensity is valued at the University's Computer Camp which is now in its second year. For youngsters from 12 to 16 years of age, the camp features a minimum of five hours a day of instruction and practical application. A serious introduction to programming is presented in a lighthearted style at all sessions.

Intended for "rookies" who have interest but little or no computing experience, and more advanced "hackers," the camp is attracting youngsters from across Ontario who are keen to hone their computing skills. It is not necessary to be a whiz-kid to attend, but a recommendation from a mathematics, science , or data processing teacher is required.

For keen computerites, working intensely at the fundamentals can in itself be fun, according to Martin Downey , who attended

the camp last year. The son of Shirley (Martin) Downey, Mac '60, and Dr. Ron Downey, OVC '61, Martin became fascinated with creating sophisticated computer graphics at the camp.

"I had an instructor beside me all the time," explains Martin , a student at Guelph's Centennial Vocational Institute, "and this was great because I wanted to master graphics.''

At day's end, Martin also enjoyed various recreational activities, including swimming, baseball and a cook-out at Elora.

Camp co-ordinator Professor David Swayne, Department of Computing and Information Science, feels strongly that some can gain immensely from the experience. ''At school, students are often hampered by insufficient access to computing resources and tutoring which could help them to gain a competitive edge in s~hool and in future careers," he explains.

"The University of Guelph is a natural place for the camp, since we provide tailormade instruction by expert faculty and unlimited computer access on first-rate equipment, including two large Vax 111780 computers and a variety of up-to-date microcomputers."

This summer, the camp is divided into three one-week sessions, July 9-14, August 13-18 and August 20-25. Students may attend any or all of the sessions.

The July session coincides with Summer Campus so that keen computerites and parents can spend time on campus together. This session provides more guided learning for youngsters who are just beginning, have limited experience on the keyboard, or progress better with more traditional instruction.

The August sessions provide three different circuits of instruction : " Rookie,'' " Hacker" and "Guru." " Gurus" are selected from second-year campers who have demonstrated their abilities.

Campers at all sessions will be able to program and play computer games, study basic programming design, problem solving, and robotics. They can also discover artificial intelligence, operating systems, computing theory and computer architecture.

Campers may commute or live on campus in a University residence. Trained counsellors will supervise learni ng, recreational and residence life activities in a ratio of approximately ten to one.

Scholarship monies, awarded on the basis of need and/or abi lity, are available from the University of Guelph's College of Physical Science and participating corporate sponsors .

For more information please contact the Continuing Education Division, University of Guelph, Room 103 Johnston Hall, Guelph, Ontario, N I G 2W I or call (5 19) 824-4120, Ext. 3957. 0 9

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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election All alumni shall be eligible to vote, providing they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding colleges.

Alumni members of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Senate of the University of Guelph may not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the current election of faculty or the election of students to Senate. There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected alumni from any one of the undernoted five alumni groupings . (a) (b) (d) (e)

Macdonald Institute or its successor, the College of Family and Consumer Studies.

The Ontario Agricultural College. (c) The Ontario Veterinary College As a group, the Colleges of Arts, Social Science and Wellington College- B.A. degree.

As a group, the Colleges of Biological Science , Physical Science and Wellington College-B. Sc. degree .

Each year, the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire. Retiring August 31, 1984, are Philip Chan, HAFA ' 75; M. Christine Hurlbut, Arts ' 74, and Lorna (Dennison) Milne , OAC ' 56 . The terms of office of Dr. Kenneth A. McDermid, OVC '51; Royden J. Ritz, OAC '72, and Susan (Langton) Shantz, Mac ' 69, will expire August 31, 1985 .

Richard D. Moccia, CBS ' 76; Donald C. Rose , Arts ' 80, and Tony K. Sobczak, Arts '77, will sit on Senate until August 31, 1986 .

Voting Instructions Please vote for a maximum of three candidates on the ballot form. Voting shall be by an " X" or checkmark. Any mark on a ballot other than those required for marking the voter's preference shall make the ballot null and void .

The completed ballot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name and year in the upper left-hand comer. To facilitate voting by an alumnus whose spouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who , therefore , jointly receive only one copy of the Guelph Alumnus, two ballot forms are provided . A joint return (two ballots in the same envelope) is acceptable only if the names, College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope. Mail to: Alumni Office, Room 105, Johnston Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph , Ontario N IG 2Wl .

An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 11 :00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, during Alumni Weekend . Ballot forms and envelopes will be available. On receipt at the Alumni Office, eligibility to vote will be verified. The envelopes will be opened on or after June 25, 1984, and the ballots counted by scrutineers appointed by the executive committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association . Only valid ballots, with voter name, college and year of graduation on the envelope, received on or before that date, will be counted.

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BOIGON, Stanley "Stan."

CSS '75, Thornhill.

GEORGE, John "Jack."

OAC '48, Corunna.

GRENIER, Patricia.

Arts '72, Peterborough.

NIEMAN, Charles "Skip."

OAC '73, Ingersoll.

SPRATT, Diane (Butterworth).

OAC ' 79, Guelph.

WATSON, Janet "Jan." CBS ' 75, Toronto.

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OAC '56, Orangeville.

BOIGON, Stanley "Stan."

CSS ' 75, Thornhill.

GEORGE, John "Jack."

OAC '48, Corunna.

GRENIER, Patricia.

Arts '72, Peterborough.

NIEMAN, Charles "Skip."

OAC '73, Ingersoll.

SPRATT, Diane (Butterworth).

OAC '79, Guelph.

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Biographical Sketches - Senate Candidates H. CLARK ADAMS, OAC '56, is a lawyer with a private practice in Orangeville. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974. He is chairman of the Dufferin County Board of Education, and is a past president of the Dufferin County Bar Association, and the Dufferin County Canadian Cancer Society. He is a past member of the Orangeville Planning Board, the Dufferin Area Hospital Board, and was vice president of the Dufferin Association for the Mentally Retarded. He and his wife, Gwen, have a family of four.

STANLEY "STAN" BOIGON, CSS '75, is president of Dynamco Agencies, Don Mills, a specialty foods marketing firm .

He is married and resides in Thornhill. A Political Science major, Stan served as a member on several ad hoc and standing committees while attending the University . He was also vice-president of the College of Social Sciences Student Association and was a contributor of the Ontarian.

JOHN "JACK" GEORGE, OAC '48, is senior partner of George, Murray & Shipley, Barristers and Solicitors, Sarnia.

He is the immediate past president, Sarnia Rotary Club; president of the Sarnia Rotary Foundation and the Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Inc.; chairman of the Bluewater Bridge Commission and a member of the advisory board of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company. One of the founding members of the University of Guelph Alma Mater Fund's Century Club, he is a member of the first graduating class in Agricultural Economics at the OAC. PATRICIA GRENIER, Arts '72, graduated with an honors degree in Political Science and French . She earned a Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario in 1973, worked for one year with the London Public Library System and then spent five years at the University Library as a reference librarian, Documentation Centre. She is co-ordinator of Information Services, Information Centre, Ontario Ministry of Education . She and her husband, Alan Cavell, CSS '71, OAC M.Sc. '76, live in Peterborough. Patricia gained experience as an alumni senator when, in 1983, she replaced Richard Young, Arts '76, who retired during the final year of his term.

CHARLES "SKIP" NIEMAN, OAC '73, is an instructor in Environmental Science at the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute . He is a past president of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation, Ingersoll Branch, and has served as chairman and member of many academic committees. He has been chairman and London area co-ordinator of the University's Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program since its inception in 1979.

DIANE (BUTTERWORTH) SPRATT, OAC '79, lives in Guelph and is a post-graduate student with the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at Guelph. She expects to receive an M.Sc. in Poultry Nutrition at Spring Convocation. She served as an OAC Graduate Student Senator in 1982 and 1983 and, during that time, sat on the Senate Committee for University Planning. She and her husband, Rick, have one son.

JANET "JAN" WATSON, CBS '75, lives in Toronto and is market manager for blood collection and labware products with Becton Dickinson Canada, Inc . As a student she was vice-president of the CBS Student Council and, later, was involved with the formation of the CBS Alumni Association and was its first president. She is a vice-president of the UGAA and chairman of its Special Events Committee.

Announcing ...

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Response to the plan ' s introduction last summer was enthusiastic - over $22 million worth of coverage was generated from the first mailing. This high response, coupled with favourable claims experience , has enabled North American Life, the plan underwriters, to introduce an eight per cent 12

bonus on member' s and spouse ' s term life insurance . The bonus increases the unit value for this coverage from $25,000 to $27,000 at no extra cost. The bonus was introduced in December, 1983, and is guaranteed until November 30 , 1984.

If you haven ' t joined The University of Guelph Alumni Association plan yet, you might want to consider enrolling now to take advantage of the new bonus. The

plan offers you : • HIGH MAXIMUMS - over $200,000 each for Association members and spouses .

• LOW PREMIUMS - $54,000 of term life for a non-smoker under age 30 for just 18¢ a day for males and 13¢ for females - less than the cost of your daily newspaper!

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If you ' d like more information on the plan, contact a North American Life representative or call the Special Products Division of North American Life at (416) 3626011, Ext. 322. 0

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Guelph Around The Globe I n the Fall '83 issue of the Guelph Alumnus, the establishment of an International Development Register was announced by the University's Centre for International Programs. Alumni with experience working in development since graduation were invited to contact Wilma Van Berkel, CBS '81, program manager, Development Education Program.

Since that time, postcards, letters and acrograms have been received from more than 25 alumni living in over a dozen countries. Altogether, these alumni have worked or lived in over 30 developing countries.

Some of the countries included arc: Sudan, Nicaragua, Peru, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Saudi Arabia, India, China, Thailand, New Guinea and Fiji.

The three most senior respondents have been Arthur Bell, OAC '34; Gerardo Cueva, OVC '39, and Jim White, OAC

'48 . Art Bell and Dr. Cueva have become involved in development quite recently. Art Bell was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Phi lippines from 1978 to 1980 and is active in the Social Ministry of the Lutheran Church.

In 1976, Dr. Cueva began farming on a small farm he purchased in the Andes in Peru where he exchanges crops for labour with the local people. He wrote - "I live among the poor people themselves: speak their own language ... the project is approached at the grass-roots level where there is no room for bureaucratic implementation . . . . " Other Guelph alumni living in developing countries include Lee Holland , OAC '67, who has lived in Zambia as an agriculturist since his graduation. He took only a brief time-out to obtain an M .Sc. in Extension Education at Guelph in 1973.

Currently he is director of Family Farms in Zambia and is involved in tillage research and fisheries development.

Dr. Daniel Hazlett, OVC Ph.D. ' 76 ,

Alumni Day at the Ballpark T oronto members of the UGAA involved in the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (V .l.S. A.) Program have reserved, at bargain prices, a limited number of tickets for the Toronto Blue Jays game on Saturday, June 30, 1984 - Dominion Watch Day when all attending youngsters under age 14 will receive a free watch. Ticket costs arc $5.50 for adults and $3.25 for youngsters under 14. These tickets regularly cost $6.50.

Meet other Guelph alumni and their families while you take

has spent 12 years since 1967 working principally in medical research in Tanzania, Kenya and New Guinea. Aside from this, Dr. Hazlett indicates that he has found time to visit 61 countries.

Wilma Van Berkel received two letters from recent graduates both working on three-year placements with the Mennonite Central Committee in agricultural development. Aside from the similar nature of their positions , their letters were received on the same day, on the same stationery, from the same country and even the same region.

Betty Szilassy , OAC '82, is stationed in Born Jardim Pernambuco, Brazil; Byron Good, OAC '81, is in Surubim.

Wilma is still interested in hearing from other alumni with experience or interest in development or the developing world.

Please contact her at: The Development Education Program , Centre for International Program, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I (519) 824-4120 Ext. 3778. She will send you a registration form. 0

-Toronto B lue Jays vs Oakland A's June 3 0 in the game at Exhibition Stadium and enjoy sesquicentennial activities at Ontario Place, Harbourfront, Toronto Island and the CN Tower. Your ticket for the game includes entry to Ontario Place two hours prior to game time (1:35 p.m.). Join alumni for lunch at the Zum Rhein Restaurant, Ontario Place, where reservations have been made for II :30 a.m. on a first come first served basis. Sent to the address shown below, ticket orders must be postmarked on or before June I , 1984 . 0

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

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

DIMENSIONS '84- Creative Development The College of Arts Alumni Association will be mounting its annual jury show during Alumni Weekend . DIMENSIONS '84 will officially open in the Faculty Club , University Centre, at 8:00p.m. on Friday, June 22. The opening will follow the College of Arts Alumni Association's Annual Dinner.

For the past three years, the art show and sale has benefitted both al umni and future alumni. Once again, cash prizes wi ll be awarded at the show's opening. The commission on the sale of entries will be added to the Dimensions Scholarship Development Fund which was established to create in-course Fine Art scholarships.

All University of Guelph alumni are eligible to submit a maximum of three works which comply with the stated media and size stipulations. All University of Guelph faculty and professional staff are ex-officio alumni, consequently, their entries also are welcome.

Jurors Ingrid Jenkner, curator, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre , Guelph.

Ian McKay, practising artist and lecturer, Department of Fine Art, University of Guelph.

Tony Sepers, Arts '79, private art instructor and proprietor of Sunspot Art Services, Fergus.

Categories and Specifications

Sales and Commission

For the first time, photography and video art may be entered. As in the past, prints, drawings and paintings are eligible for submission . All two-dimensional works must be totally dry and securely framed for hanging. Such entries should not exceed the dimensions of five feet by three feet.

The art show committee reserves the right to refuse any piece of work which does not meet these standards. All entries must have been created as recently as 1981.

Each entry must have a firmly-attached copy of the artist's registration form (see this page) stati ng the title of the work, the artist's name, address and phone number, and the artist's price if the work is for sale.

A $3 entry fee will be levied on each submission . Please make all cheques or money orders payable to the College of Arts Alumni Association. The Association will collect a 20 per cent commission from all works sold at the show.

All persons wishing to collect a purchased work must leave a 50 per cent deposit in order to ensure the sale. Local customers will be obliged to wait until the end of the show before taking possession of an entry. However, buyers from more remote locales may take the art on a cash and carry basis. The definition of "remote" will be at the discretion of the exhibition committee. Otherwise, all sold and unsold works must be collected by the buyer, the artist, or an accredited representative, on Saturday, June 30 between 1:00 p.m . and 5:00p .m. If sold works cannot be removed by customers at that time, it will be the responsibility of the artists to forward works to customers. Insurance coverage will lapse after June 30, so be sure to collect works withi n thhllotted time .

Entry Dates Deliveries of works can be made to the University of Guelph Faculty Club (519) 824-4 120, Level 5, University Ce ntre, on Sunday June 17 from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. The jurors wi ll make their selections after 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, June 19. Unaccepted work must be picked up at the Faculty C lub on Thursday, June 21 between 7:00p .m. and !O:OOp .m.

Awards Cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50 wi II be given for first, second and third place entries.

Exhibition Viewing The exhibit will be open for viewing on the evening of Friday, June 17, from 8:00p.m. to 10:30 p.m. All University of Guelph alumni, faculty and staff are invited to attend the official opening. 0

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Enriching Our Roots Four new minor scholarship awards for in-course students in the College of Arts will be presented at the June 1984 College of Arts Recognition Luncheon.

The Department of Drama and Fine Art will benefit from the four annuallyawarded cash prizes. These Departments were identified as areas of scholarship underfunding during a preliminary investigation by representatives of the Board of Directors of the College of Arts Alumni Association.

The Drama Awards Committee will supervise the distribution of two $250

minor scholarship awards. The College of Arts Drama Prizes will be awarded to two Semester 7 Drama students with the highest cumulative averages in Drama courses.

These awards may not be held in conjunction with major scholarships.

The criteria set for the two $100 Fine Arts Drama Prizes are quite diverse. The Fine Arts Awards Committee will arbitrate the selection of the DIMENSIONS Prize (art history) and the DIMENSIONS Prize (studio). The first award will be offered for the best art history research paper in any course at the 200, 300 or 400 level.

Alumnus Elected Mayor Paula (Kleiman) Andrews, '72, her family , and her supporters, were kept in suspense.until nearly midnight on election day 1983 waiting for the results of the Canmore, Alberta, three-way mayoralty race.

Finally, the October 18 results were released and Paula was declared Canmore's first woman mayor by a margin of 316 voters.

Canmore (population 3,484) is roughly an hour's drive west of Calgary and is within the area designated for the 1988 Winter Olympics . Consequently, Paula's term as mayor promises to be a very colourful and hectic initiation into politics.

Grad Ne ws Margaret Winslow, '71, is assistant director of psychodrama and art therapy at the Homewood Sanatorium, Guelph.

Kim Robinson, '72, is assistant head of Business Studies (Secretarial) at Emery Collegiate Institute in Weston .

Permanent faculty members will be invited to submit eligible student papers .

The DIMENSIONS Prize (studio) recipient will be chosen from entries submitted to the annual University of Guelph Jury Show. The selection will reflect the terms of reference for an individual's relevant course and need not comply with the work chosen as Best-in-Show by the show's jurors. A representative of the College of Arts Alumni Association will sit on the University of Guelph Jury Show Awards Committee.

The DIMENSIONS Prize (studio) recipient will be invited to hang the awardwinning work in the Faculty Club during the annual alumni-sponsored Dimensions '84 Art Show and Sale . D

After graduation from the University of Guelph , Paula moved to Toronto and worked as the program director at a recreation centre for underprivileged children.

She met and married Ray Andrews, CSS

'73, while she was living in Toronto.

Seven years ago they moved to Alberta and embarked on 路new careers. Ray became a provincial parks superindendent and Paula launched her own management and real estate business in Canmore.

Their experiences as career persons with two young children should equip them for the fast-paced lifestyle which is sure to accompany Paula's foray into political life .

The Board of Directors of the College of Arts Alumni Association was very pleased to be informed of Paula' s accomplishments. On behalf of all Arts alumni, we wish to offer Paula and her family our congratulations and best wishes. D

Ronald Thompson, '74, is a manager employed by Underwriters Adjustments, Orillia.

Scott McNie, '82, is teaching French at the Elma Township Public School, Perth County Board of Education.

Heather Hatch, '75; is curator of art at the City ofToronto's Market Gallery.

Phil Selt, '83, is pursuing graduate studies toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree at McMaster University, Hamilton. D

Her Worship the Mayor.

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Andrews, '72.

Ken Whittaker, '76, teaches for the Scarborough Board of Education.

Kathy Holmes, '77, is with the Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, as director of communications.

Juliane Geisler, '72, is employed as a compliance officer by Wood Gundy Ltd., in Toronto.

Joanne Halt, '78, is a programmer analyst at Delmaco Inc., Kitchener.

Keith Johnson, '72, is a sales manager for Protective Packaging Ltd., Toronto.

Rosemary Hilliker, '80, teaches at Sealt Bateman T. H. in The Pas, Man.

Elizabeth (Waddell) Jones, '74, is employed by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, St. George's Square, Guelph.

Andrew Hill, '81, is employed by the Caruscan Corporation, in Toronto, as a property manager.

Save$$$$ Incorrectly addressed mail returned to the University by Canada Post costs your Alma Mater money. Alumni can make a worthwhi le contribution simply by keeping their addresses current. Please advise us of an address change and, if possible, attach your old address label- it wi ll assist us in making the correction swiftly. Mail to: Department of Alumni Affairs , Records Section, Room 006, Johnston Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N IG 2Wl. D

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Editor: Dr. Cliff Barker, '41.

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This 1962 photo reiterates the welcome alumni will receive when returning to the University of Guelph campus for the 1984 CVMA convention, July 8- 11 . Welcoming in 1962 were L. tor: T.J. Alexander, grad. student, and Drs. Don Horney, '51; C.F. Fraser, '54; Larry Smith, '43*; Cliff Barker, '4 1; Chuck Roe, '50; Howard Neely, '51* and Larry Connell, '50*. Deceased are marked by an asterisk.

The complete veterinaryfacultyoftheOVC in 1940numbered 14 including A .A. Kingscote, who was on active service with the Canadian Army when thispicture was taken. Student enrolment totalled 250. L tor, rear: V.R. Brown, J .S. Glover, W.G. Stevenson, A.F. Bain , H.E. Ball , G. Cairns, F.J. Cote, R.T. Ingles. Front: F.W. Schofield, L. Stevenson, C.D. McGilvray, Principal; W.J.R. FowlerandR.A. Mcintosh .

Deadlines We must submit copy for O.!lr editions of the OVC Alumni Bulletin as follows: Summer '84, Vol. 17, No. 3 - no later than Aprill6 .

Fall '84, Vol. 17, No. 4-July 16 .

Winter '85, Vol. 18, No . I -November I, 1984.

Spring '85, Vol. 18, No. 2-February I, 1985.

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Museum During the OVCAA Annual Meeting last June a request was made for funds for the Association's establishment of an OVC museum. To date $925 has been donated . If you support this museum work please direct your · cheque, payable to the U . of G., to the Alumni Office, Room 103 , Johnston Hall, designated for the OVC museum fund.

Dr.JackCote, '51 Associate Co-ordinator, Externship Program Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph.

Dear lack: Stranger things have been known to happen, but not very often. Here I am at the Veterinary College, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.

The College is Located in the AL Hasa Oasis which is the largest oasis in the world. They have massive irrigation projects and Lots of mild weather to make this a pretty enjoyable place to spend the winter.

My work is now in two parts- assisting in the veterinary clinic and assisting in the Pathology Department. The veterinary clinic work is often dull and unrewarding due to the chronic nature of the cases, but about every second day we get some pretty interesting stuff (by Canadian standards) e.g. Babesia, Anaplasma, sheep pox, Botulism in sheep, sway-back, footand-mouth disease, rinderpest- plus lots more.

My work with the Pathology Department calls on my skills as a trapper and hunter in the capture of wild dogs and desert foxes. The dogs run in packs and are a real problem. We have found Leishman Lesions but no rabies or the common dog diseases. I captured a Large wild dog which seemed very easy, until I found out it was owned by a very angry Englishman.

I will be working at the Artificial Insemination Department in the Late winter, doing embryo transfers to help in the problem of summer infertility which is really serious in the Holsteins . Several herds of Ontario ca/1/e are in this region and adapt very well in most cases. We have several large dairy farms with 2,000 to 10,000 cows so summer infertility is very serious and costly.

The students, for the most part, wish to continue in some post-graduate training at an English-speaking veterinary college.

I would appreciate it very much if you

could send me a list of the post-graduate programs offered at Guelph in both Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture.

I plan to be in Guelph for the CVMA Convention, July8-ll.

Yours truly, Jim "Stud" Brown, '59 Box 2579, Hofuf, AI Hasa Saudi Arabia

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Dear Cliff: I thought you might use this brief resume of Year' 43's 40th anniversary reunion during Alumni Weekend' 83.

The reunion was organized by cochairmen Archie MacKinnon and fan Taylor, Archie being at that time the OVCAA president, and fan being the permanent class president.

There were 14 class members present, along with wives, girl-friends, etc. The members were: Don Christie, Port Perry; Ed Hanna, Stayner; Ross Kenney, Nobleton; Ron Lawrence, Lindsay; Bill Laos, London; Archie MacKinnon, Cambridge; Stu Magwood, Victoria , B.C.; Bill Martin, Milton; Leon Saunders, Wynnewood, Pa., U.S.A.; Leo Schuett, Chesley; Chilton Selke, Toronto; John Sheppard, Kitchener; Ivan Sparling, Mississauga, and fan Taylor, Wheeling, Ill., U.S .A. Dean Doug Maplesden, '50, was an honoured guest .

Of 42 members who graduated, II are deceased, thus 14 out of 31 possibles attended. fan Taylor acted as master-ofceremonies for the program following the banquet, and persuaded all those grads in attendance to rise and give a brief resume oftheir lives since graduation. fan had also arranged a display of memorabilia, dealing with the class during and since being at the OVC, which proved to be most interesting. During the weekend, the class was honoured, following a banquet , when each member was presented with one of the unique paperweights made from marble from the old school.

Regards, fan W. Taylor, 769 S. Milwaukee A venue Wheeling, Ill. , U.S.A.

Wanted The University needs copies of the U. ofT. Torbntonensis. Can you find or do you have , or know of, copies that are gathering dust? We would appreciate word from you. Please communicate with the OVC Alumni Bulletin editor.

Memorial Donation In memory of Alison Midanik, OAC '82, who had been accepted into the D.V.M . program just prior to her death in an automobile accident on August 30, 1982, a 19th century steeplechase etching has been presented to the University by her family and friends.

This work was done by Lady Eveline Marie Alexander who, in 1841, came to Canada from England to accompany her husband, Sir James Edward Alexander, on his Canadian tour of duty with the 14th

Regiment. The hand-coloured aquatint depicts the Grand Military Steeple Chase at London, Ontario, in 1843. The riders are attempting to hurdle the water jump on the Thames River flats . Lady Eveline was an accomplished horsewoman as well as an artist.

Alison Midanik was very fond of horses, interested in equestrian events, and the memorial aquatint has been acknowledged as an appropriate gift to the University. It has been on display for several months as part of the OYC museum display at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 0

Grand Military Steeple Chase , London , Canada West , 1843.

Alumni Retirements This latest list of alumni retirements may be incomplete. Please let us know if your name should be added.

Dr. Tom H. Allman, '48, R.R . #I, Lyn. Dr. Jim Archibald, '49, 35 Lynwood Place, Guelph.

Dr. Cliff A. V. Barker, '41, 61 Dean Avenue, Guelph.

Dr. Don A. Barnum, '41, 28 Colbome Street, Guelph.

Dr. Glen E. Downing, '45, 626 Salem Lane, N. Ft. Myers, Fla., U.S.A. Dr. Bill J, Gay, '40, 720 Kopavi Trail, Prescott, Ariz ., U.S.A. Dr. Roman M. Holiczek, '54, 185 Martin Grove Road, Islington .

Dr. Ed W. Krueger, '39, 20 South 3rd Street, Evansville, Wis., U.S.A. Dr. Nick A. Labzoffsky, '39, P.O. Box 247, Dorset.

Dr. Lloyd G. Levie, '43, 99 Pine #412, Sault Ste. Marie .

Dr. K. Alex McKay, '58, 129 Dovercliffe Road, Guelph.

Dr. Ron B. Middleton, '50, 236 Wincott Drive, Weston.

Dr. Dick C. Schofield, '38, I002 Ingraham Avenue, Delray Beach, Fla., U.S.A. 0

In Memoriam Dr. Jim N. Perry, '34, ofLipstan Avenue, Ottawa, died November 8, 1983 .

Dr. Russ S. McMahon, '50, of 14 Staniforth, Lachute, Que., died December 12, 1983.

Dr. Larry A. Campbell, '51, of 104 First Street, Bellaire Beach, Fla, U.S.A., died OctoberS, 1982.

Dr. J. Duncan Smith, '52, of 27 Colonial Avenue, Kentville, N.S., died November 10, 1983. 0 17

PEGAS-US Ed ito r: Dorothy Barnes. â&#x20AC;˘18.

Changes to the B.A. Program In an attempt to update alumni on changes to the B.A. program over the last little while , we offer the following: In 1982, it was decided by the University's B.A. Program Committee that students must take two courses in natural and/ or mathematical sciences from a list approved by the Committee.

This was a reasonable requirement, designed to enlist student participation in achieving a more realistic and balanced perception of human and social needs. The Committee was of the opinion that central focus was incomplete without these two areas which are of concern to everyone.

Ease of access to such courses was also a factor in the establishment of the requirement. Students have ready access to many more than the required two electives.

Nancy Bailey, chairman of the B.A. Pro-

gram Committee, when consulted on this, stated she believed "this requirement signa led to high school students that an integration of discip lines is not only desirable but encouraged on the Gue lph campus."

As an example of new courses created for the B .A . student without a science background, Nancy indicated Contemporary Physics and Chemistry Today.

Additional courses at the 300/400 level became requirements in 1983. The general and honors programs now include a new regulation for continuation of study simi lar to that which has been in effect for many years in other Gue lph programs. " For students entering the B.A. program commencing with Spring Semester, 1983 , in order to proceed beyond the specified number of course attempts, the minimum number of courses with a grade of' 'C'' or better must

A Case of Application Steven J. Green, '78, is a key account manager with Nabisco Grand Confectioncry Group, in Scarborough. Steve tells me this is a sales position and he has five national accounts. One of these is Shoppers Drug Mart and the others arc equally as large. Talking to Steve about his job certainly brings out his enthusiasm for it.

Steve graduated with a degree in Sociology although this was not his first focus . He came from Charlottetown, P.E .I. , with young a mbitions to enroll at the OYC; howe ve r, after half a year in the Sciences he realized he was making a mistake and changed over to the Social Sciences.

He was one of the many who had some difficulty obtaining full-time employment after g rad uating , but finally did after eight months of searching for a job in soc ial work. However, this was, and perhaps still is, an area where the greatest economic cutbacks were initiated.

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studies at Guelph to his present position , Steve says that , directly, they do not relate but indirectly they influence him tremendously. They enabled him to successfully hold his position with confidence. His studies forced him to discipline himself sc holastically in his train of thought influencin g his ''ability to coherently communicate in a viable and effectual manner and, more importantly , follow throu gh .¡' While at Guelph, Steve met Cathy Telfer, Arts '77 , and they were married some three years ago. Cathy is a modern-

be achieved."

In the opinion of the Program committee, "although most Guelph students have previously been meeting such a demand, there can now be no question about the B .A. not having as high a standard of excellence as other Guelph programs.''

Admission requirements for 1984 have been changed to include one Ontario Year 5 credit in English. Students are also strongly encouraged to offer a Mathematics or French (or other language) credit.

In recommending such changes, the Committee aimed at developing and maintaining the B.A. program 's reputation for high standards. However, it stresses there has been no change in its commitment to " the development of such skills as communication , organization and analysis, and of an intellectual curiosity about all things human that will enrich both a personal and a social life." 0

day wife and mother who works as a desk clerk for the Toronto Star during the day a nd then rushes home to be homemaker for Steve and their baby daughter , Mary Caitlin Alexis.

Steve re lieves the tensions he might experience professionally by playing hockey, a sport he loves , along with squash and wind surfing. To keep physically and mentally fit he lifts weights.

With all of this going for him , together with his enthusiasm, how can Steven miss? 0

.Ed's Note Your fellow alumni are always interested in what is going on "out there." Why don't YOU write and let me know so that I, in turn, can pass on your tidbits of information in our Grad News column?

Debbie (Biron) Bridge, '76, lives at 928 Brooke Street, North Bay, with husband Mark, CBS '76.

Grad News Jim Fink, '69, is a manager with Maple Leaf Mills, Otterville. He and wife, Mary, live in Tillsonburg.

Bill Honeywell, '69, has changed his address. He and wife, Anne, live at 47 Kilbarr Crescent, Ottawa. Bill is a partner with the law firm, Honeywell , Pascoe and Garay.

Henry Redman, '69, is back at Guelph again. He 's an undergrad in Microbiology.

Ervin Cressman, '70, has changed his address. He and wife, Joan , a grad of McMaster University, live in Priceville .

Brian Campbell, '74, is an assistant professor at Mount Allison University, Sackvi lle. He and wife, Joanna (Thole), Arts '74, live in Sackville, N .B. Ann (Thurston) McKay, '74, lives at 66 Tower Street, Kirkl and Lake, with husband, Gary.

Robert "Fast Eddie" Norris, '75, is sti ll chief cartographer at Phoenix Geophysics Ltd., Willowdale . Fast Eddie and wife, Sandra, live at 2499 Linwood Street, Pickering .

Dorothy Whittick, '75, is an analyst with the Hudson 's Bay Co., Information Services, Toronto.

Debbie Russell Boardman, '76, is an adult protective service worker with the Lakehead Association for the Mentally Retarded in Thunder Bay. Debbie and husband , Brad, live in Kaministiquia .

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Bill Haworth, '76, teaches in the Surrey School District #36 , B.C. He and wife, Tuula (Koponen), '74, live in Surrey.

Katharine (Laperle) MacDougall , '76, has experienced several changes recently.

She is now a library technician at Bibliocentre, Division of Centennial College, Scarborough. As the wife of Randy , she now lives at 77 Bellefontaine Street, Scarborough.

Jean (Simpson) Nichols, '76, is a homemaker. She and husband , Ian, OAC ' 78, live in Glencoe .

Judy Luker-Ciark, '78, is an itinerant gifted teacher with the Halton Board of Education, Burlington. She and husband , Bevin, live in Guelph.

Mary Yates, '78, is assistant director, Behaviour Management Services at York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill. She lives in Willowdale .

Deborah Lynne Dawe, '79, is a personal banking representative with the Continental Bank of Whitby. She lives in Toronto and commutes.

Brian Martin, '79, is a sales clerk for the Saskatoon Co-op in Saskatoon, Sask. Brian and wife, Margaret (Sheffield), Arts '79, live in Aberdeen.

Joseph McKenna, '79, is an engineering technologist with Dome Petroleum Ltd., Edson, Alta.

Seven College of Social Science students received the first-ever CSS graduate scholarships, established with seed money from the Alma Mater Fund. At the awards presentation were:front row , Ito r, Maryanne Bodig, '83, Guelph , Geography; Valda Gillis, Willmot, N.S., Sociology/Anthropology; Terry Mills , Collingwood, N.S., Economics and Mark McDonald, Timmins, Political Studies. Back row, Ito r: Dean John Vanderkamp, Jan Adrian Van der Horst, Gelderland, Netherlands , Geography; Brenton Salt , Thurso , Que., Political Studies, and Allan Kennedy, Guelph, Political Studies.

Chin Keng "Michael" Lee, '81, is director with Light Industries Development Corporation, Kelang, Selangor, West Malaysia .

David Philp, '81, is in educational marketing with Clarke, Irwin and Co. Ltd., Toronto.

Chris (Howe) Robinson, '81, is living in Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A., with husband, Andrew, '80.

Tony Sansotta, '81, is a store operation co-ordinator with Regal Gifts and Greetings, Toronto . He and wife , B.a rbara (Eagles), FACS '75, live in Markham.

Moira Skikavich, '81, lives in New Westminster, B.C., and works for British Columbia Television in Burnaby.

Christine (Schnell) Van Der Jagt, '81, is a mother and houseperson. She and husband, Michael, '81, li ve at Sharbot Lake .

James Wilson, '81, is president of Jim Wilson Motors Ltd ., North Bay. Margaret Elizabeth Weiser, '83, is enrolled in a Masters program in the Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Ham ilton . 0

In Memoriam Daryl V. Welsh, '70. We were saddened to learn , recently, of the very sudden death of Daryl on May 21, 1976. Daryl's mother feels badly about not letting us know earlier than this but we must put it down to the grief the family has experienced as a result of Daryl's death. This announcement is made at his mother's request.

After Daryl graduated he followed in his father's footsteps and became a member of the Ontario Provincial Police. He graduated from the Ontario Police College, Aylmer, in 1972, and was permanently posted to the Barrie Detachment where he worked until his untimely death .

Daryl's mother is recovering from a stroke and had difficulty recalling events.

She could only focus on his fight against polio at the age of 5, his slow recovery from it , and on his dedication to help those in need of help. She summed up his life in saying, " He was such a good son."

Daryl is survived by his mother and father and a younger brother. Although time has passed, it has not yet lessened the grief ofDaryl'sfamily. 0 19

The College of Biological Science Alumni Associat

810-ALUMNI NEWS

Edito r: Dr. Jo hn Powell.

A Spiritual Affinity with the Environment

By Andrea Baldwin R ick Beaver, '73, whose paintings are exhibited at the Windsong Gallery in Mississauga, Ontario, is an artist, poet and wildlife biologist. He is also a native Canadian, an Ojibway Indian, born in 1948 on the Alderville Reserve on Rice Lake, near Peterborough, in southern Ontario.

Rick's deep interest in the natural environment, and in the mechanics of nature

' Stormy Descent - White B Nuthatch" 9" x 8" original gouache.

- how landforms have developed; the causes for behaviour patterns in various species of animals, have given shape and direction to his own life. Like many native children brought up on reserves, he spent a good deal of time out of doors, camping and accompanying his father on hunting and fishing trips.

His father encouraged Rick's childhood curiosity in living creatures, and was a strong influence in Rick's decision to study Biology at the University of Guelph.

While he was a student, he worked summers for the Canadian Wild life Service, and for the Territorial Government of the Yukon.

The Wildlife Service later sent him back to school for his Master's. He earned the degree at the University of Alberta , studying the breeding behaviour of white pelicans with a view of assessing the impact of oil sands development on a northern colony of these birds.

As a professional biologist, Rick has worked for provincial governments and agencies involved in ecological research, and has had the opportunity to develop an intimate knowledge of widely different natural environments. His observations and impressions of terrains as diverse as tundra, prairie and the Pacific coastline, are re-

" Beneath an Arctic Swell" 20" X 16" acrylic on canvas.

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Alumni Artist Rick Beaver, 路路 '73. fleeted in both the subject matter and style of his paintings.

He began to paint in 1979. By this time he felt he was ready to move away from statistical analysis and to express his appreciation of the natural world in a more subjective way.

When he discovered the wide range of native art - his first contact was in a gallery in Alberta - he realized that the artists' visual interpretation of both the outer world and inner experience of the world corresponded to feelings of his own, and that this was the mode of expression which would permit him to comm unicate ina new way.

The influence of some of the major native artists of Canada can be seen in his work. He employs sty lized patterns, such as the wavy lines linking animals with the sun which symbolize the lines of energy extending from the source of all life to the creatures.

The bright, flat colours of Norval Morrisscau arc used well in Rick's work, but he also paints a subdued palette to describe, in a Zen-like manner, "the important tenth of a second when a trout jumps." Space

is always implied in his work, and so is time and motion. The eye of the biologist looking at early life forms is seen in cell-like shapes which appear as fish , and the geologist demonstrates, in form and colour, how a mountain has been pushed up from the earth's crust.

When he describes a painting by artist Lawren Harris, whom he admires, as a fingerprint of the landscape, he is using a phrase which could be applied to his own work. "Pic Island ," one of Harris's Lake Superior paintings which Rick is referring to, explodes, he says, like a volcano out of the water. The same mysterious power that he sees in Harris is felt in a landscape of an approaching storm painted on the coast of British Columbia. Waves and storm cloud are expressed in bold, patterned shapes which capture the somber dynamism of that rocky coast.

While the evidence of other artists' influence in his own painting is sometimes recognizable, it is indicative both of his responsiveness to what he sees and is moved by, and of his youth as a painter.

He is able to synthesize what he absorbs from the world around him and reproduce it in a way which, as he matures as an artist, becomes increasingly his personal expression.

His work as a biologist is inseparable from his vision as an artist. " These things feed one another," he says. "The vision, the memories of things natural, the force which made things what you see today.

I think it's possible to portray the mechanics of change; the dynamics of a changing landscape, the biological imperative of wildlife , in an artistic manner. Geological forces are always at work, in a rather passive way, I suppose, but they create landscapes which evolve as individuals just as we are individuals."

He has great respect for the natural sciences, and for environmentalists, and adds, "I would find it hard to break away from my commitment to the study of biology and the pursuit of the conservation ethic."

Rick attributes some of the revived interest in native culture to the ecological movement which flourished in the 1970s, when people became aware of路 ' what could ~appen if we don't exercise our stewardship of the environment." People are attracted now to a culture which has as its foundation awe and respect for the natural world.

"What I draw from native culture is the spiritual affinity for the environment,'' he says.

This vision, brought together with the scientific approach of an experienced biologist, produces in Rick an artist who has a great deal to tell us about the world we share with all other creatures. 0

Grad News Fisheries & Wildlife Biology John Joyner, '77, recently completed two years as a research associate with the Department of Zoology. He is now employed as a co-op co-ordinator, with Counselling and Student Resources, University of Guelph.

Laurie (Sleeth) Powell, '78, lives in Turner Valley, and is working for the Goverment of Alberta, Recreation and Parks, In Kananastis Provincial Park, Seebe .

James Smith, '78, is a special education teacher in Cayuga.

Nora E. Nixon, '79, resides in Terra Cotta. "A beautiful place", she tell us, "to visit!"

Mark Lazenby, '81, and his wife, Cindy, live in Saint John, N. B. Mark is an instructor of Computer Technology at the New Brunswick Community College.

Human Kinetics Dr. David Clow, '76, who received an M.D. degree in June 1983 from the University of Toronto, intends to practise family medicine on either the eat or west coast of Canada.

Ecology Don McDowell, '82, is working at the Makamek Research Station in northern Quebec as a research assistant in stream ecology. He expects to return to Guelph this fall for M.Sc. studies. Don, if you're already involved in grad studies, please forgive me for this late announcement.

Zoology Dennis Wright, '71, may be reached at the Arctic Resource Assessment Section, Department of Fisheries and Oceans , Freshwater Institute, 801 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N6, where he is an environmental co-ordinator.

Larry Powell, '78, has completed an M.Sc., in the Department of Biology at the University of Calgary, on the ecology of the eastern short-horned lizard in southeast Alberta. He is preparing aspects of his thesis for publication and searching for a likely place to study towards a doctorate.

LOST GRADS John Spencer Norwood, '70, Zoology .

Valerie Dee Walker, '77, Fisheries & Wildlife Biology.

Do you know of the whereabouts of the above life members of the CBSAA? Please help us locate them! 0

College Honour Roll- Fall '83 Semester OS: Margaret Docker Rebecca Halonen Gregory Barnes Rebecca Rodgers Craig Strathdee Debra Underhill Thomas Johnston

88.2 87.6 86.2 85.8 85.8 85.4 85.0

Marine Biology Human Kinetics Wildlife Bioi.

Human Bioi.

Microbiology Microbiology Fisheries

HomeTown Carleton Place.

Georgetown.

Hamilton.

Calgary, Alta .

Agincourt Kingston.

New Liskeard .

Semester 06: Douglas Hykle

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Pointe Claire, Que.

Semester 07: Michael Walter Gwen Hlywka Cynthia Mylrea John Thompson Melody Donald Tim Noble Laura Hazlett

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Genetics Microbiology Human Kinetics Unspecializcd B.Sc. Unspecialized B.Sc. Microbiology Botany

Sudbury.

Weiland.

Guelph.

Ingersoll.

Guelph.

Oakville.

Guelph.

Semester 08: Sandra O'Connor

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Burlington.

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ALUMNI NEWS Editor: Dr. Harvey W. Caldwell, '51.

John Wiley, '58, a Man With Many Hats

By Wendy Lindsay During the past four years, John Wiley, '58, has been farm manager and diplomat, boardroom executive and stockman, statesman and host, trouble-shooter and mediator. It's all part of being general manager of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. In one day he may host a reception for royalty and YIPs from all over the world and minutes later be out in the bam advising the dairy superintendent.

To say that there is never a dull moment is an oversimplification. His job involves co-ordinating the activities of some 200 employees, more than 700 volunteers, 20 or more committees, 2,500 or so exhibitors and keeping a watchful eye over as many as 12,000 exhibits. His hours, 7:00 a.m. to I :00 a.m. during the Royal, would test the endurance of even a die-hard workaholic.

During the Fair, John Wiley actually become chief manager of the largest indoor farm in North America, with 27 acres and over 10,000 cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats. There are also poultry, rabbits, tons of feed, mountains of flowers and busloads of visitors to look after. He keeps it all running smoothly.

we get to show off our work. It's a great feeling."

As he tours the barns and the showrings, you get the impression that the general manager of the Royal is still an Aggie at heart.

His keen interest in dairy and livestock judging dates back to his undergraduate years at the OAC when he was part of the international judging team for dairy and livestock. Wiley recalls touring the northem United States to compete. The Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo , Iowa, and the judging competition at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, are particularly clear in his memory.

Still Keeps in Touch Although the passing of time has scattered the judging team members around the world, John still keeps in touch with some of his former team-mates , all year ' 58 : Mac Taylor, who now lives in Dawson Creek, B.C.; Charlie Gracey, manager of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association ; Eleanor

(Townsend) Calder, a new member of one of the comittees at the Royal ; Earl Brown, who is soak ing up the sun in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and David Snyder, now with Agriculture Canada. Wiley really enjoyed seeing these and other familiar faces at the recent 25th class reunion .

One grad he doesn't have to go far to see is Grace Anne Chadwick, Mac '60.

They met at a University dance a few hours after John returned from the judging trip to Chicago. Grace Anne has been Grace Anne Wiley for 24 years. They have a family of two, Martha, aged 17, and Mark, aged 15 . During the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Grace Anne's duties include volunteer work, welcoming international visitors and acting as official hostess at many Royal functions. She, too, puts in long hours .

Other Guelph classmates who have become lifelong friends are Jim Wilcox , now with Maple Leaf Mills, and Bob Freure, now with Gulf Oil. Charlie Gracey of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association was

Largest Dairy Herd in Canada The Royal opens for ten days in November each year, when the largest dairy herd in Canada is formed in the heart of the largest city in Canada. It's then that John Wiley's OAC training and his 21 years of experience with the Western Fair in London, Ontario, the Ontario Beef Improvement Association and the Canadian National Exhibition, stand him in good stead.

Wiley is good at spotting potential problems and leading a team effort. He is quick to point out that much of the credit for the success of the Royal goes to his hard-working staff and the teams of dedicated volunteers that help put the Royal together. " It' s very much like being an engineer," he explains. "Over the year we plan and build . The day the Fair opens

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John Wiley, '58, giving the annual report for the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame of which he is secretary-treasurer. Note the gathering of University of Guelph people at the head table. Left to right: Dr. Pauline McGibbon, former Chancellor; John Moles , '36, retired general manager of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair; John Wiley; Grace Anne(Chadwick) Wiley, Mac '60.

John's roommate when they lived in Johnston Hall, then called the Administration Building .

Unlike most undergraduates of that era, John and Charlie spent only four months living off campus. At that time there was a ruling that all undergrads had to spend one year living outside a university residence. Thanks to some notorious members of Year ' 57, who cut down a tree in front of the old gym and who were kicked off campus, John and Charlie found there was room forthem back in residence life .

Stan Leuty, now an apple farmer near Mea ford, was John's roommate during their last year in Mills Hall. The two became best man for each other within a year.

The Fire Truck Caper John Wiley thinks some alumni will remember Year '58 for the famous fire truck crew. (If you think there's a story behind this, you're absolutely right.) Three students pooled their resources and purchased a red 1925 fire truck from the town of Newcastle for $150.

The fire truck crew happily spent the fall dispensing "cider" from the back of the truck at football games. However, word soon spread to other faculties and campuses and the " firemen" spent the rest of the year guarding their prized possession from marauding bands of students from McMaster, Waterloo and even their home campus.

That same fall, 1957, some of the "firemen" were sitting in the Massey Hall coffee shop considering the time when graduation would scatter them and wondering how best to leave their mark on campus.

"After deliberating for all of two minutes, we were slow thinkers, we decided to head

for Florida in our fire truck over the winter break ," recalls John.

He has a scrapbook full of pictures and newspaper clippings of that escapade.

They were front-page news as they travelled to Miami, Florida and back . Students of that era may not have known John Quinn, Stan Leuty, Don Brock, Charlie Gracey, AI Grunder, Mac Taylor or John Wiley by name , but everyone on campus knew about the" Florida Firemen!"

The group threatened their wives that they would make a 20th-year reunion run but , unfortunately , John Quinn has passed away and no one knew where the fire truck was. John muses , "it would have been great fun to make the run again, but getting new tires for a 1925 fire truck was hard enough even back in 1958."

Three professors stand out in John Wiley's mind from his days at Guelph. " Professor McNally was like a father to every member of our year,'' he remembers. " Prof. Raithby was one of the most knowledgeable livestock men I have ever met, and Professor Staples was a real character.

Everybody liked him."

He's a People Person As John Wiley recalls his former professors, we catch a glimpse of another side of this man. He is a sensitive, caring, people-oriented person.

He readily admits that working with people is the one aspect of his job that he likes best. It helps explain the steady stream of people moving through his office. Some have just popped in to say hello , but most have brought a problem and are here for John's advice.

His office is like the calm eye in the

middle of a hurricane . One gets the impression that a cool head, a personal yet decisive touch and limitless energy arc essential for this job.

The telephone rings continually. Often six to eight people are waiting to see him.

He seems to thrive on being at the centre of activity and he often leaves his office to stride through the 27-acrc site and attend to a problem personally. As crowds swirl around him, he talks with superintendents and foremen, spotting potential problems and dealing with minor crises.

He feels that one of his greatest achievements has been getting the different divisions of the Fair to work together as a team. Naturally each felt his division was the most important, be it chickens or horses.

Lately, however, there has been a greater spirit of co-operation evident among the different divisions , with everyone thinking of the Fair as a whole. One suspects John Wiley is largely responsible for this by being the mediator and catalyst.

As the general manager walks back to the office wing, he attracts people with problems the way a magnet attracts iron filings. Phone messages are piled on his desk. General Manager Wiley systematically deals with each, bringing tranquility where there was turmoil, control where there was confusion. Although the pace is hectic during the Royal, you can tell John Wiley is happy with his job.

One suspects that his boundless energy is the kinetic result of an Aggie very happily makin g the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair the showplace of agriculture for all of North America-and perhaps the world. 0

As this edition went to press , it was learned that John Wiley has been appointed General Manager of the Ontario Agricultural Museum , Milton , following the early retirement of General Manager Bob Carbert. John 's appointment was effective April/. Ed.

Travelling?

John Wiley was a member of Year '58's ' 'firemen''. Three members pooled their resources and purchased a 1925 fire truck from the town of Newcastle for the sum of $150.

The crew dispensed "cider" from the truck at football games. Seen with the well known vehicle are, I tor, Year '58's Charlie Gracey, AI Grunder, Don Brock , John Wiley, John Quinn , Mac TaylorandStanLeuty.

Planning to travel this summer?

Have you considered accommodation at a university residence? A new booklet outlining facilities available at several Canadian universities, and some in the United States and other countries, is available from the Alumni Office, Room 105, Johnston Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I, at a cost of $2.

(If requesting by mail, please add 50¢ for postage.)

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CASAS Meets in Cyprus

By Clay Switzer, '51 President, Agricultural Institute of Canada. Reprinted from Agronews, an AIC publication.

The second general assembly of the Commonwealth Association of Scientific Agricultural Societies (CASA) was held in Cyprus last fall. The meeting was hosted by the Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Pancyprian Union of Agriculturalists. I was privileged to attend the meeting as one of 24 representatives from 24 different Commonwealth countries. Funding for the meeting was provided by the Commonwealth Foundation of London.

CASAS was founded in 1978 in Regina at the time of the Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) annual conference. The founding meeting was sponsored by the Canadian International Development Association (CIDA) and by the Commonwealth Foundation. It was attended by representatives from 32 Commonwealth countries. A constitution was developed which, among other things, outlined the purpose of the Association: • To foster interchange and strengthen links among scientific agricultural societies in the Commonwealth .

• To foster the development of agricultural societies in the Commonwealth.

• To establish appropriate standards in the society so as to protect farmers and the public from inferior service.

Since 1978, several regional seminars have been organized by CASAS . These include one in Jamaica in 1979, one in Bangladesh in 1980, one in Fiji in 1981 and one in Sierra Leone in 1982 . The bulk of the financing for these seminars was provided by the Commonwealth Foundation with assistance from the local association and government .

CASAS has also organized and financed fellowship awards. One of the award winners, Dr. Ole Opeke, visited Canada in 1982, primarily to learn more about the activity and organization of the AIC . In addition, CASAS has been involved in the selection of students for short courses on grain handling (in Winnipeg) and on food preservation (in London , England) . The bulk of the funding for the fellowships and the short courses has come fromCIDA. CASAS publishes a regular newsletter, primarily through the efforts of Wes Henderson who has been secretarytreasurer of the organization since its inception.

A highlight of the meeting in Cyprus was the presentation by each representative of the recent activities of his particular ag-

At the CASAS meeting in Cyprus. L tor: Jim Ken , New Zealand; Clay Switzer, '51 , Canada; Mike Kinsella, Australia, CASAS president; David Joblin , New Zealand, past president; Ernest Nelson, Guyana , and Ole Opeke, Nigeria, vice president.

$128,450 Awarded At

the fall OAC awards ceremony held in War Memorial Hall, $128,450 from some 70 donors, was distributed to about 150 students . Three new awards were made including the Greig Muir Memorial Scholarship of $700 for a second-year student from Quebec who is entering food or dairy science .

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A new award from Monsanto Canada, Inc., provided $300 to a fourth-year student majoring in horticultural science, plant protection or crop science, and a new Ontario Food Protection Association Scholarship of $200 was given to a food or dairy science student.

The Amos and William Lowe Memorial Scholarship of $1 ,500, first announced five years ago for a student entering the OAC from Rainy River or Thunder Bay, was presented for the first time. 0

ricultural institute or society.

Although each one is organized in a slightly different way, all share common interests. For example, everyone agreed ' that all scientific agricu ltural societies should do more to increase public awareness of the importance of agriculture and of the value to society of the work of professional agriculturists.

Also, it was generally agreed that the CASAS organization should continue to function to help foster the development of agricultural scientific societies in the developing countries and the establishment of new agricultural scientific societies in other countries.

For example, there is no such organization in India or Bangladesh and several of the delegates felt that it would be very important to the future development of agriculture in those countries to have such an organization.

There was a strong feeling among the delegates .that CASAS could do more to help government officials in the developing countries understand the importance and complexity of agricultural science. Yet another area of concern of delegates was the status of farm management in the curricula of universities in many Commonwealth countries .

The number of members of the institutes in the various countries who were represented varies widely from 5,500 members in the AIC to 38 in Belize. In between are countries such as Australia (3,291), New Zealand (I ,200), Singapore ( 190) and Sri Lanka(l40).

CASAS will continue to function under the direction of a new executive with Mike Kinsella of Australia as president , Ole Opeke of Nigeria as vice-president, Wes Henderson of Canada as secretary-treasurer and directors from the UK , Malaysia and Canada. It is likely that all future meetings will be regional in nature due to the costs involved in having a general assembly .

It is hoped that the Commonwealth Foundation and CIDA will both agree to continue to provide funding for CASAS programs. 0

Regina Rieckenberg, Left, of Thunder Bay, received the Amos and William Lowe Scholarship from Professor Sandy Warley, School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education.

Denser is Better Hay could become an important cash crop for export for Ontario farmers if hay bale density is increased, according to University of Guelph agricultural engineer Professor Walter Bilanski, '52, School of Engineering .

There is a great deal of interest from the Persian Gulf oil producing countries and Venezuela, and Canada is already shipping hay to Florida . With low-density hay, shipping costs are prohibitive. "Hay, in its present form, is too bulky to ship. We are currently investigating processes for packaging hay into higher-density bales.''

Ontario hay is currently baled at a density of I 0 to 14 pounds per cubic foot.

For shipping, the density should be 30 to 40 pounds per cubic foot. If the density could be tripled, the cost of shipping to places like Saudi Arabia could be much

Receives Entomology

Award The Entomological Society of America , at its recent annual meeting in Detroit, announced that Dr. Angus J. Howitt, '49, is the recipient of its Recognition Award in Entomology.

Dr. Howitt is a professor of Entomology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, U.S.A. This award, sponsored by the CIBAGeigy Company, is one of the Society ' s most prestigious awards, given annually to an entomologist in North America for outstanding research in economic entomology.

In recognition of this award , the Michigan legislature, in a concurrent resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives, adopted a motion recognizing Dr. Howitt' s award and his contributions to the state of Michigan in fruit entomology.

He was credited for being a pioneer in low-volume spray technology and for single-handedly developing one of Michigan State University's experiment stations.

Dr. Howitt graduated from the GCVI and , during his early years in Guelph , was a member of the local militia, the 16th Battery RCA. During the Second World War he served with the RCAF. He received his Master's degree from Montana State College in Bozeman, U.S.A., and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in Manhattan, U.S.A. 0

lower.

"Shipping to Florida or the southern United States is economical only because they use the hay as ballast on the return trip after shipping fruit to Canada," notes Dr. Bilanski.

One solution to the density problem is the use of a cubing machine currently used in baling operations in California and Arizona where hay is shipped to Hawaii and Japan. The hay is baled in cubes about 1'14 X 1'14 inches with a density of 30 pounds per cubic foot. This is dense enough for shipping and a size that can be easily handled mechanically by conveyors.

In Ontario, the standard bale is about 16 to 18 inches on each side, weighing 40 to 50 pounds, but there is some research being done into compressing three or four standard bales into a one-bale size.

But the California cuber has its limitations. It is not suited to Ontario hay moisture levels and the hay must be 90 per cent pure alfalfa to take advantage of the best adhesive qualities. "To stick together, the hay must be dried to about I 0 per cent moisture - a percentage that is difficult to achi"eve under Ontario drying conditions.

If it is not dried below 15 per cent, the hay, at high densities, will atrophy and spoil," he explains. Ontario hay is currently dried to about 20 percent moisture.

Artificial drying is a realistic possibility for Ontario hay producers, says Dr. Bilansky, considering the world price for hay is above $200 per tonne, but more research must be done in this area.

Ongoing studies at the University include factors such as optimum pressure for the hay to stick together, the rate of application of force, moisture content, the length of cut for the hay and the use ofpreservatives . 0

Two New Graduate Awards The OAC graduate scholarships were presented recently at the University's Arboretum Centre. This was the first time that a separate ceremony was held for graduate students, and the event was marked by special recognition of Departmental Crop Science professor, Kenneth Kasha, the 1983 recipient of the E.C. Manning Award for research into haploid barley breeding.

Replying to Dean Freeman McEwen's congratulations, Dr. Kasha confirmed that the award would be used for further research "in view of the critical role played by technicians and graduate students in the discovery .'' He gave thanks to graduate students and colleagues who helped with the research.

The 26 graduate awards, totalling more than $280,000, included the Soden Fellowships of $5,000 each to 12 outstanding students and the 12 Mary Edmunds Williams Fellowships of $4,000 each .

Assistant to the Dean, Professor Mike Jenkinson, '63, notes that two important graduate awards were presented for the first time this year. Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited of Chatham, is providing two annual fellowships of $12,000 each to Crop Science graduates working on research related to soil conservation and management of land used for com production, or the physical or chemical qualities of grain com. The Pioneer Research Fellowships are unusual both for their high value and the fact that $2,000 of each award is allocated to the Department to assist with the operating

costs of research.

The second new award is the Grape and Wine Graduate Research Assistantship - $10,500 annually to support a graduate student who will provide leadership in research, teaching and extension in the area of viticulture and ecology . Funding is being provided by the Ontario Grape Grower's Marketing Board, the Wine Council of Ontario and the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario. Research for the thesis studies will be carried out at Vineland and the course work at this University. 0

Bill Parks, president, Pioneer Hi-Bred Company Ltd., congratulates Jane SadlerRichards of Brussels, Ontario, first winner of the Pioneer Research Fellowship.

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Named as President of ESC Ray Morris,

'47Aand'50 .

Grad News Donald Chase, B.L.A. '70, is program co-ordinator, Humber College, Rexdale.

David Brown, '71, is zone supervisor, southwestern Ontario, the Health Protection Branch, Food Inspection Division , London.

Lloyd Gatrix, '71, is engineering superintendent, Eldorado Resources Ltd ., Blind River.

Ian MacKenzie, '72, is president , In-Lyn Industries, Burks Falls.

Ray Morris, '47A and '50, entomologist at Agriculture Canada's St. John's Research Station, Nfld ., was named president of the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) at the Society 's Annual Meeting held at Regina, Sask., October 1983 . He joined the St. John's staff in 1950 as a research officer specializing in vegetable insects and, in 1955, received an M.Sc. from the University of Maine.

Ray brings considerable experience to his position. He served as ESC second vicepresident in 1982 and first vice-president in 1983 . He was a regional director of the Society, 1968-71 ; a director at large, 197679; chairman, Scholarships Committee, 1977-80; Achievement Awards Committee, 1982; Science Policy Committee; 1983 ; associate editor, Canadian Entomologist, 1973-82; and president of the Acadian Entomological Society, 1968-69. In 1981 , he was elected a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada.

For his scientific research , public relations , and as an honorary lecturer at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ray was awarded the Canada Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 . He is a member of many scientific societies, a past president of the St. John's Branch of the Professional Institute of Canada, and served as a member of the Management Committee , Canada!

Nfld . Agriculture Development Subsidiary Agreement, 1978-1980.

His special interests include volunteer work with Radio Station YOWR, St. John's. He has been a member of the Governing Board of the station si nce 1963 ; secretary of the Board, 1971-75 , and 198083; and Chairman, 1976-79. He presents a bi-weekly agriculture program entitled "Gardening Time" through the facilities ofYOWR radio .

Ray is married to the former Daisy Strange and they have two sons: Wayne, director, Plant Health Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa; and Keith, a corporal with theRCMPatCapPele,N.B. 0 26

. Clair Heinbuch , '74, is product manager, Chemagro Ltd. , Mississauga .

Robert Whitfield , '74, is tropical agriculturalist and livestock specialist, Acres International Ltd ., Hamilton . He is presently working in Ghana and will be there for the next two years.

Allan Ellingham, '76, is area manager, CanadaStarchCo.lnc., Burnaby, B.C .

James Fallwell, '76, is energy planning co-ordinator, Prince Edward Island, Department of Energy and Forestry, Charlottetown, P. E. I. James Klaas, '76, is with the Navigators of Canada and will be working overseas for a number of years.

Kerri-Lee (Jackson) Turgeon, '78, is secretary/treasurer, J & K Contracting, Wetaskiwin, Alta.

Richard Gott, '79, is farming at R. R. #I, Feversham .

Ralph Kikkert, '79, is loan review officer, Farm Credit Corporation, Guelph.

Brian Giffen, '80, is a dairy farmer at R .R.#2, Stayner.

Michael McLelan, '80, is a grad student at the University of British Columbia.

Paul Neals, '80, is an environmental planner with Ontario Hydro , Toronto.

Philip Armstrong, '81, is farming at R.R.# I, Inglewood.

Jennifer (Mattocks) Bowles, '81, is lab supervisor, Dominion Dairies , Toronto.

Lauranne (Sanderson) Mapplebeck, '81, is a lecturer at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro.

Robert McDonald, '81, is farming at R.R.# I , Dungannon.

Edward Pidgeon, '81, is an economist with Agriculture Canada, Ottawa.

Romas Pavilonis, '81, is a design engineer with Caterpillar of Canada Ltd., Brampton.

Russell Clark, '77, and his wife, Mary Ellen (McDonough), '78, are farming at R.R.#6, Guelph.

Henry Vander Wielen, '81, is production manager, Cargill Hybrid Swine, Mount Lehman, B.C. His wife Kathryn (Benner) is also a graduate of '81.

Maurice Egan, '77, is crop production officer with Agriculture Canada, Ottawa.

Dean Anderson, '82, is technical representative, Chipman Inc. , Stoney Creek.

Robert McDougall, '77, is farming at R.R .# I, Smithfield.

Patricia Bell, '82, is a field officer with the Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Association, Toronto.

Brian Coolis, '77, is a regional dairy specialist with the Alberta Government, Lethbridge.

Mark Edward, '78, is a grains analyst, with Statistics Canada, Ottawa.

Mark lshoy, '78, is beef byproduct manager, Lakeside Packers Ltd., Brooks, Alta.

Linda Kasienko, ' 78, is a student in the D.V .M . program at Guelph.

Andrew Reynolds, '78, is a scientist , with the pomology and viticulture section, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, B.C.

Jean Saunders, '82, is a research technician with Griffith Laboratories, Scarborough.

Linda (Newland) Stather, '82, is farming at Ameliasburgh.

Brian Van Doormaal, '82, is a graduate student at the University of Guelph.

Stephen Wilson, '82, is lab supervisor, Kraft Ltd., Ingleside.

Glen Bird , Ph.D. '83, is a visiting fellow, Canadian Forestry Service , Chalk River. 0

Macdonald Institute / College of Fam ily and Consumer Studies Alumni Association

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

From

the Dean

Dr. Barham.

In a college the size of FACS, and with the range of interests represented within our teaching and research programs, it is not easy to keep you in touch with all that's going on. I've been glancing through some previous issues of the Guelph Alumnus and realize that I really should bring you up-todate on the developments which have been taking place within the graduate programs.

Let me focus on the overall program in the Department of Family Studies in this issue and I'll let you know about the program in Consumer Studies in a future issue.

Many of you will know, I imagine, that in the Department of Family Studies we offer graduate work in Applied Human Nutrition at the Ph .D. level, and that Applied Human Nutrition, Family Studies and Child Studies are fields for graduate study at the M.Sc. level. Students may gain admission, sometimes following some makeup work, from a wide range of majors and degree programs completed at the honors level or its equivalent.

One of the more immediately visible . points about the graduate program in the Department of Family Studies is its size.

Of the faculty in the department, 22 are members of the graduate faculty. Their research programs provide a strong element in the academic environment within which graduate studies are pursued.

At present there are 36 students registered as regular graduate students, with 31 of these being full-time students and the remaining five being on a part-time basis.

This makes the Department's program among the larger of those on campus .

Size, of course, is not itself an indication of quality, though there are many other

indicators that the program is establishing a reputation for its excellence.

Among the externally-awarded scholarships which students have been holding over the last few years have been the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship, together with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Scholarships, Ontario Graduate Scholarships and both Canadian Dietetic Association and Canadian International Development Agency Scholarships .

It is important within a graduate program that there be a real diversity in the origin of the students. Otherwise, it's all too easy for scholarships to become narrowed in vision and weakened in originality and creativity. It has been typical, in recent years, that there have been some students from overseas in the program, currently one from the United Kingdom and another from New Zealand. Students also come from right across Canada; British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are among the more distant provinces represented at present.

The diversity, however, lies not only with the country or province of origin of our students, but also in the range of programs from which they come. Right now there seems to be something of a trend in the return of some students who have spent a reasonable period of time in the home or work-force, and who wish to extend their qualifications into a new speciality.

Some of our own grads choose to do this too and, at present, we are delighted to have Nan Chapman, '74, and Leslie (Good) Snell, '64, as alumni who have chosen to return for a period of graduate study and research .

Further recognition of the reputation of the program, and of its suitability to contemporary needs, can be found in the number of people who seek special admission to just a few of our courses while being enrolled at a campus elsewhere or, as is more commonly the case, while already holding a Masters or even Doctoral degree.

Such special enrolments have been particularly notable in the areas of gerontology, human sexuality and family planning, and marital and family therapy.

The Department's interest in Applied Human Nutrition is long established. In this area, the Department has built up a particularly visible reputation over the years in community nutrition , including nutrition education.

Perhaps less widely known yet, among our alumni, might be the laboratory-based studies being conducted by Professors Rosalind Gibson and Nina Mercer, respectively on trace elements essential in human nutrition, and on lipids and proteins in cardiovascular disease.

Their work is attracting considerable interest among prospective students and one of the hurdles we face is finding sufficient laboratory space for the students who wish to be involved.

Beyond the nutrition field just described, two of the areas within the program which seem to be commanding a particularly high level of interest among prospective students just now are gerontology, and marital and family therapy. Obviously enough, both of these areas relate to social concerns which have been given a good deal of prominence in recent years.

The graduate program, like the Department however, sti II retains its strong interest in what we might call "normal" development, the well family and the promotion of health.

We have some attractive new brochures describing the graduate programs, both in the Department of Family Studies and also in the Department of Consumer Studies. We are particularly grateful for college advancement funds, made available annually from the Alma Mater Fund, which made the development and publication of these brochures possible. Do write to us if you would like us to send you a copy of any of them.

There is a great deal more news of the College and our activities than I can pack into this article . One further point which I must mention before I close, however, is to let you know of our enthusiasm for the new Co-operative Education (co-op) options which have been opened up recently in the Child Studies and the Family Studies cant' d. over majors .

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We have moved to introduce co-op options within the program not because we are worried about enrolments, they continue to be very strong within the College's two undergraduate degree programs, rather, we see the principles which lie behind co-op study as fitting very well with the applied interests which are pursued within FACS.

We expect that students will have a considerable interest in these co-op programs and I would appreciate your helping us get the word out that they are now available in both the Child Studies and the Family Studies majors .

Looking ahead, I wish to extend to you a hearty welcome to Alumni Weekend, June 22-24. I do look forward to meeting

Association Hosts '84 Grads The FACS '84 grad party hosted by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was a great success. Lois (Ferguson) Arnold, ' 7 I, chairman of the event , presented the guests with the opportunity to meet new friends as they moved around the room getting I 2 signatures for a party mixer game.

Everyone enjoyed hot mulled wine and croissants prior to presentations, by several Association board members, regarding the role the Association will play in their future.

The value of Association membership, and support of alumni activities, was pro-

moted by Rosemary Clark, ' 59 , assistant director, alumni programs, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. Dean Richard Barham took the opportunity to congratulate the students on reaching their goal and offered best wishes for interesting and satisfy ing careers following graduation day , June I , I 984.

At Spring Convocation, there will be 194 students graduating with B.A.Sc . degrees from FACS, and 80 will receive B.Comm . degrees from the School of Hotel and Food Administration. 0

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Reception commillee and guests. L tor: Liz (Sinclair) Bell, '73, director, Mac-FACS AA; Lois (Ferguson) Arnold, '7 1, Association director and chairman of the FACS '84 grad party; Iris Sawchak, Consumer Studies (Foods); Rita (Klassen) Weigel, '77, president, Mac-FACSAA;TammyMcLeanand Kim Carr, botb withFamilyStudies.

Involved in the party mixer game, 1 to r: Diane Kaufman , Child Studies; Lisa Quinn , Family Studies; Debra Batman , Nutrition, and Darlene Moran , Nutrition.

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and visiting with you at the Mac-FACS AA Annual Meeting Saturday morning June 23.

A special note of congratulations to all alumni as they celebrate special anniversary years - this will be an especially memorable event for each of you. Do have fun, and I shall look forward to bringing you more up to date in our College programs and activities at this time. 0

You Are What Y ou W ear

By Betty Bean-Kennedy Professor Grant McCracken believes that your clothing te ll s others more about yourself than you might wish. That doesn't mean the assistant professor in the Department of Consumer Studies agonizes over what to put on each day, but that he's intrigued by what clothing tells us about the way we deal with the special, and even the ordinary, even ts of daily life.

Dr. McCracken, who began teaching at FACS in September 1983, has impressive credentials. He earned a B.A. in Anthropology from Antioch College (now Antioch University) Ohio, followed by an M.A. from the University of Chicago in I 976.

He then spent two years as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge under a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship and earned hi s doctorate at the University of Chicago in I 981.

Before coming to Guelph, Professor McCracken studied in the Department of Anthropology at the Un iversity of British Columbia as a Killam Post-Doctoral Fellow. He is the author of eight articles in scholarly journals, four of them on the topic of clothing.

Clothing as Related to Human Behavior, and History of Costume are two underg raduate courses Dr. McCracken teaches . They are part of the clothing specialization which focuses on clothing product development. It encompasses textiles and fibres, design and production, accou nting, apparel merchandising, market research and retailing and product development management.

"The subject of clothing is interesting to students because it's personal," he says, "but I want them to be aware of clothing as more th an an interestin g topic. The study of clothin g ca n teach us much about the nature and complexities of ou r society.''

Although hi s doctoral dissertation was on dress in Elizabethan England, Professor McCracken is pursuing research now that

is totally modem. With fourth-year student Rosemarie Golob as research assistant, he is probing the attitudes of southern Ontario residents to clothing.

If clothes convey messages to others, then do various socio-economic, occupational, age and ethnic groups receive the same message? And do these groups use clothing in the same way? Professor McCracken is attempting to answer these and other questions in this study.

In addition to his own research , he is supervising the research of undergraduates Kathy Croxall and Rosemarie Golob, who are studying the dress of professional women, and of Heather Bryan, whose thesis subject is Toronto as Canada's Centre of Fashion.

The Department of Consumer Studies views Professor McCracken's research and teaching interests as key to the area of clothing and human behaviour. He expects the social significance of clothing to become increasingly apparent. Indeed , he is especially keen to see his students anticipate and contribute to this appreciation of the significance of clothing .

FACS students can't help but be infected by Professor Grant McCracken 's excitement and keen interest in his area and will, no doubt, begin to see clothing and its social messages in a different light. 0

Grad News

Catherine (Rushak) Rice, '79, is dietitian/nutritionist with St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener.

Nutrition/Dietitian/Food Service

Kimberley Coulthart, HAFA '81, is food services manager at C .F. B. Shilo, Man.

Shirley (Mcintyre) Van Nostrand, '58, is cafeteria manager, Cornwallis District High School, Canning, N.S. Margery Edwards Sieber, '64, is director, Nutrition Division, City of York Health Department, Toronto.

Barbara Morris, '76, is assistant manager, Vancouver General Hospital, B.C. Florence (Kilgour) Selin, '78, is cafeteria supervisor, ARA Services, St. Mary's Hospital, Troy, N.Y ., U .S.A .

Christine (Brown) Bean, '79, is a clinical dietitian with the Lynwood Extended Care Centre, Edmonton, Alta.

Patricia (Feryn) Shite, '81, is self-employed as a dietetic consultant, Queensville.

Post Graduate Students Patricia Urbantas, '76, is a C.A. student with McGovern Hurley, Toronto .

Beryl (Holtam) Wood, '79, is a student at the Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto.

Susan Zimmerman, '80, is presently completing an M.Sc . at the University of Toronto.

Laurie Bast, '83, is completing her B.Ed. at Queen's University.

Jane (Dawson) Lalonde, '79, is dietitian/ food service manager with Versa Services , Ottawa.

Mary (MacLean) Cordukes, '83, is a student at the University of Ottawa .

Deborah McElroy, '79, is nutrition director with Racquet Sports Group of Canada, Toronto.

Daphne Dowler, '83, is attending the College of Education, Brock University, St. Catharines.

Grads Gather in New Brunswick

Debra Sweetman, '83, is attending the University of Western Ontario.

Janet (Massie) Williams, '83, is a dietetic intern at Kingston General Hospital. 0

In Memoriam Marjorie (Williams) Delahaye, '16D, April21, 1983, in Kingston .

Jeanne (Black) Dewar, '27D, December 23, 1983, at 55 Belmont St., Toronto.

Mary Eleanor (Manning) Hill, '23D, May 8, 1983, in Etobicoke.

Mary Helen (Elder) Howe, '31D, July 21, 1983, in Niagara Falls .

Graduates of Guelph enjoyed a get-together breakfast at the Canadian Home Economics Association (CHEA), conference, held .in Saint John , N.B., in July, 1983 . This year the CHEA conference will be held in Ottawa , July 5-8. A warm invitation is extended to graduates to meet in the nation's capital. Back row, I to r: Barbara Weese , '67; Elizabeth Tschirhart , '81; Lois (Ferguson) Arnold, '71; Noreen Bennell, '51; Anne Marie McHugh, '82; Marjorie Wall, '68, and Eleanor Hart, '68. Centre: Pam King, '72; Patricia Walker, '79; Susan Zimmerman , '80; Mary Toms , '68; Eleanor Wein , '67; Ann Echlin, '73; Shirley Jones, '62; Juanita James, '85, and Patricia Foster, '72. Front: Sharon Channer, '69; JeanSteckle , '52; Nancy (Morris) Cook, '59, and Grace Porterfield, 54.

Rowena (Clarke) Eagan, '33D, in Fort Erie. Notification was received December 8, 1983.

Marceline (Allendorf) Gibson, '35D, November 12, 1983, in Stratford.

Jean (McClintock) Stehr, '35D, November I, 1983 , in Ottawa. 0 29

SCIMP Editor: Bob Winkel

Take Lessons &om a Crab

By Ann Middleton One of earth's longest surviving species, the horseshoe crab, has important lessons for today ' s scientists. Department of Physics professor George Renninger is currently working on the circadian rhythms of the animal's vision which are controlled by a biological clock in the brain . Circadian clocks have been found iri many animals , Dr. Renninger explains . In keeping with the word's origin, from circa dies, the Latin for "about a day," they regulate waking, sleeping and other aspects of physiology.

The horseshoe crab, named for the shape of the front half of its shell, has been in existence for more than 300 million years, in contrast to man who, with his hominid ancestors , has probably walked the earth for less than five million years .

Like insects , horseshoe crabs have compound eyes, in their case made up of 500 or 80 lenses, each designed to feed light into a cluster of 12 photoreceptercells.

These cells surround another type of cell which conveys information about light from the photoreceptors to the brain by way of the optic nerve . Humans, in contrast, have two " simple" eyes where light enters through a single lens .

George Renninger's initial work on the eye began five years ago with research on lateral inhibition , a process described by Nobel laureate H.K. Hartline about 40 years ago, which enables one part of the eye to signal the other parts to turn down their activity , thought to enable the animal to see patterns and shapes.

During the past year, he has concentrated on the circadian changes in the crab's visual sensitivity , first noted by R.B. Barlow, one of Dr. Hartline ' s students . The Guelph biophysicist explains that , every evening , the clock communicates with the eyes through the optic nerve , increasing the sensitivity to light.

A fellow researcher in this area of physics, Barbara Battelle of the U .S. National Institutes of Health, has found that this communication involves the release of 30

a chemical, octopamine, near the photoreceptor cells. The sensitivity lasts until just after dawn the next day .

To examine the intracellular response of the photoreceptor cells to light and to observe the changes occurring when the clock switches on, George Renninger uses glass micropipettes to penetrate the visual cells. In this way he can examine, in minute detail, the cell's response to light generated by the movements of ions across the cellular membrane .

The predominant ion inside photoreceptor cells is potassium, whereas outside the cells the principal positive ion is sodium, although some calcium is also present. When light is absorbed , sodium and calcium enter each cell, causing a change in voltage across the membrane. This voltage change allows potassium to pass out

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The Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus

of the cell which, in turn, partially offsets the initial voltage. This sequence of voltage changes in the cell's response to light.

When the clock is active and octopamine is released, the photoreceptor' s response increases. At the same time , levels of the chemical cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate) increase within the cell.

George Renninger, together with R.B . Barlow and Leonard Kass, both based in the U .S .A. , are now trying to determine the link between the photoreceptor cell response and the level of cAMP .

Previous work in George Renninger's laboratory suggests that if the outflow of potassium is shut down , the cells increase their response to light , mimicking the action of the circadian clock .

The Guelph biophysicist thinks that the octopamine-induced increase of cAMP probably causes a blockage of the potassium ions , leading to an increase in the response to light. If this is the case , he says, the system is very similar to those of other invertebrates where a neurotransmitter like octopamine increases cAMP production with a resulting modification of the characteristics of nerve cell membranes.

In other invertebrates this sort of system is used in associative learning and adaptive behavior, whereas in the crab it acts as a control system for visual activity .

George Renninger's next step will be to study the path between increased levels of cAMP and the closing of the potassium channels . One of his students , Jane Anne Horne , is investigating the mechanisms by which the natural light cycle adjusts the clock's internal time . It is hoped that all this research will lead to a deeper understanding of how the clock in the crab' s brain controls circadian rhythms in physiology and will eventually contribute to a better understanding of how circadian rhythms are controlled in other animals, including man.

Meanwhile, George Renninger will continue to nurture his horseshoe crabs in their simulated sea environment. The animals live in an aquarium filled with'' Instant Ocean." The solution comes in boxes labelled "add water and stir well." D

Math for a Lifetime

By John Hearn At one time, high school students who were not bound for university needed only enough mathematics to know how to make change-but not any more.

Managing the numbers that have become commonplace in today's society calls for a more sophisticated grasp of mathematical principles than ever before. Young people entering adulthood without a sound grasp of mortgages, annuities, income tax, insurance and investments are at a disadvantage in the struggle for survival.

This was the problem that confronted Jack Weiner, now department co-ordinator, student relations, Department of Mathematics and Statistics when, a few years ago, he found himself teaching math for math's sake to general level Grade 12 students.

His ears rang with a constant chorus of: "What good is this stuff?-I hate it! " The realization that these students could go out into the world lacking an essential like skill resulted in an innovative teaching program, ''Math For Life.''

"There is nothing new about using a familiar application to illustrate a specific math problem," explains Jack, "but that application is often restricted to serve the needs of the principle."

His students study relevant, topical applications that are demonstrably important in themselves. In that context, the math becomes secondary-an investigative tool, he says. Moreover, since the application is not tied to a particular piece of mathematics, the topic generates any mathematics necessary to do it justice.

For example, with mortgages, students must solve an equation involving fractional exponents, sum a geometric series and solve an inequality-a lot of solid math. "They do this and more, not to show math in action, but to answer questions raised in class about home ownership."

The focus of the course is a Math for Life (MFL) book which each student must generate out of personal research. The book is a collection of special assignments material culled from newspapers , magazines or information sheets issued by banks, trust companies and insurance and investment houses .

Students are expected to complete the book which must be mathematically correct, grammatically sound with opinions clearly stated and defended, well organized, carefully assembled and tastefully embellished.

The MFL book becomes far more than a class assignment; it is the student's own

Grad News Zahiruddin Mir, '70, Ph.D. '83, of Melfort, Sask., is a research scientist at the local Agriculture Canada Research Station.

Adrian Kempe, '71, is assistant manager of the credit section of the Bank of Montreal, Kitchener.

Chin Shen Chang, M.Sc. '71, is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. Dr. Robert Johnson, '72, of Senneville, Que., is orthopedic surgeon at the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children in Montreal.

Jack Weiner.

reference manual-a self-written textbook for survival in a consumer society. "Years later these students will use their MFL books when they buy houses , apply for loans or consider alternative life insurance programs," believes Jack.

All the course material and teaching notes have been gathered together in a single manual, Mathematics for Life, published by the Grand Valley Mathematics Association. Some 500 copies of the first edition are in the hands of high school mathematics teachers across the province and a second printing is in the works.

During the past year, Jack Weiner has been invited to several high school professional development days and mathematics meetings to discuss the "Math for Life" program. He will address a meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Winnipeg, Man., in October. 0

FREE For the Asking Volume 3 of 路'Selections from the Science Corner,'' by Professors Jim Hunt, Department of Physics, and Nigel Bunce, Department of Chemistry, is now available. If you wish a personal copy please send your request to Professor Robert Winkel, Dean's Office, College of Physical Science, University of Guelph, Guelph,Ont. NlG 2WI. 0

John Lambert, '72, of London, Ont., is plant manager at Kellogg Salada of Canada, London, Ont. Jim Leonard, '72, of Vancouver, is teaching in the Delta School District, B.C. John "Jaker" Markle, '73, ofTavistock, is teaching in Stratford for the Perth County Board of Education.

Randy Armstrong, '75, now living in High River, Alta., is a programmer-analyst with the Alberta wheat pool.

Margo (Loosley) Millman, '77, Ph.D. '80, is proceeding with medical studies at McMaster University, Hamilton.

Patricia Hu, M.Sc. '78, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A., is a research associate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

Ralf Pohlak, '78, is a project analyst for Imperial Oil at its head office, Calgary, Alta.

Debbie Stacey, '78, of Guelph, is doing grad studies at the University of Waterloo while also directing their PAM I lab.

John Bowler, '79, of Stoney Creek, is a senior lab technician with M & T Chemicals of Hamilton.

Susan (Bishop) Graham, '83, is continuing medical studies at the University of Toronto.

Jason Smith, '83, of Downsview, is sales administrator for Radionics Scientific .

Allan Johnston, Ph.D. '83, is a research associate at the Department of Chemistry, UniversityofVictoria, Victoria, B.C. 0 31

II :00 a.m.

COLLEGE OF ARTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

Faculty Club Boardroom, University Centre

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

Lennox-Addington Hall, Fireside Lounge

II :45-1:00 p.m.

ALUMNI PICNIC LUNCH

Massey Library Lawn

12:00 noon

CBS ALUMNI BARBECUE

Guelph Lake Conservation Area

12:00 noon

OFFICIAL NAMING OF THE J.D. MacLACHLAN BUILDING

Agricultural Economics & Extension Education Building. (Ceremony at Picnic)

!2:15p.m.

RECEPTION AND BUFFET LUNCHEON Alumni of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education

Room 103, University Centre

!2: 15p.m.

CLASS REUNION LUNCHEONS: OAC '24 60th Class Reunion OAC & Mac '29, 55th Anniversary Luncheon OAC '32A & '34 and Mac '34 50th Anniversary Luncheon Mac '54 Luncheon Reunion FACS ' 79 Luncheon Reunion

Room 430 , University Centre At the picnic, Massey Library Lawn Lennox-Addington Hall Cafeteria Room 441, University Centre Room 442, University Centre

!2:30p.m.

CSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION "BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC" - followed by Festivities Day

Athletics Field

1:15p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Awards Presentations: 1984 Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement

Rrrom 105 , Physical Sciences Building

1:30p .m.

OAC '49 CLASS MEETING

Room 117, MacKinnon Building

2:30-4:00 p.m.

CAMPUS WAGON TOURS (continuously)

Departure from Branion Plaza

3:00p.m.

DEDICATION OF A SUGAR MAPLE to the memory of the late President Donald F. Forster and of a White Pine , the tree of Ontario, by President Burton C. Matthews, OAC '47 .

Arboretum

3:30p.m.

RECEPTION SPONSORED BY OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Wine Tasting)

Alumni Carriage House (old sheep barn)

4:30p.m.

CPS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

Room 334, University Centre

4:00p.m.

OVC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECEPTION and ANNUAL DINNER- Awards Presentations

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Lecture Room

5:30 p.m.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY DINNER

Creelman Hall

6:00p.m.

CLASS REUNIONS , RECEPTIONS AND DINNERS (Order tickets under "Class Reunion dinners")

6:30p.m.

OVC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECEPTION and ANNUAL DINNER - Awards Presentations

Room 442, University Centre

9:30p.m.

ALUMNI DANCE- Music by Kenneth Tinnish Quartet

Peter Clark Hall

OAC '39 and Mac ' 39 OAC ' 39A OAC'44 OAC'49 OAC '54 OAC ' 59 and Mac '59 OAC ' 64 Mac '64 OAC'69 OAC'69A FACS ' 74 OAC ' 79A Der Keller Dinner (non-reunion)

Room 441, University Centre Room 429, University Centre RoomOOlA, University Centre Peter Clark Hall Room 103, University Centre Lennox-Addington Hall Cafeteria & Patio Whippletree Room 430, University Centre Room 001 B, University Centre Prairie Hall To be announced Maritime Hall Cafeteria Der Keller

See over for Program of Events, Sunday, June 24

Sunday, June 24 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

8:30a.m.

BREAKFAST

Der Keller, Johnston Hall

I0:30a.m.

CHURCH SERVICE- Speaker:

War Memorial Hall

10:00a.m.4:00p.m.

DIMENSIONS '84 ART SHOW Everyone welcome to view the alumni art

Faculty Club, University Centre

11:30a.m.

OAC '69 BRUNCH

Room 103, University Centre

12:00 noon

BARBECUE

Creelman Plaza

1:30p.m.

CONCERT

Room I07, Arts Building

2:30-4:00 p.m.

CENTURY CLUB RECEPTION (By invitation)

President's Residence

ARTS

css

COLLEGE OF ARTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Special emphasis for Arts alumni during Alumni Weekend will be on DIMENSIONS '84, the third art show sponsored by the Association. (Complete details are in the Spring issue of the Guelph Alumnus attached.)

Following a Friday evening dinner for alumni, faculty and friends, DIMENSIONS '84 will be officially opened in the Faculty Club, Level 5, University Centre. Public viewing will commence from then until June 25 during regular Faculty Club hours and during Alumni Weekend on Saturday evening and all day Sunday.

Jurors for DIMENSIONS '84 are Ingrid Jenkner, curator, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; Jan McKay, practising artist and lecturer, Department of Fine Art, University of Guelph, and Tony Sepers, Arts '79, private art instructor and proprietor of Sunspot Art Services, Fergus.

Delivery of works for the show should be made to the Faculty Club on Sunday, June 17 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 6:00p.m. Cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50 will go to works placing first, second and third in the show.

Notice is hereby given of the Annual Meeting of the Association to be held Saturday, June 23 at 11:00 a.m. in the Faculty Club, University Centre. Members are encouraged to exercise their privileges by participating.

The College of Social Science Alumni Association has planned an informal program for Alumni Weekend to encourage alumni to return to the campus with their families. Activities during Saturday afternoon wi II include slow pitch baseball, three-legged race, sack race, egg toss, races for the kids and others.

Start Saturday with a Pancake Breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00a.m. sponsored by the Association at Johnston Plaza.

Following breakfast, alumni are invited to the Association Annual Meeting which will be held in the Fireside Lounge, Lennox-Addington Hall at II :00 a.m. All alumni are welcome.

At noon alumni families are invited to bring their own picnic lunch, lawn chairs, blankets, refreshments, sports equipment, etc. and meet at the games field east of Alumni Stadium off East Ring Road near the East Residence. (The Athletic Centre will be the rain location.) A registration fee of $1.00 per family will be charged to cover pop and prizes. There will be a prize for the CSS alumnus who comes the farthest distance. Use the reservation form to indicate your attendance.

Babysitting arrangements for CSS alumni staying in residence may be made through John Currie, CSS '70, at the Annual Meeting Saturday morning. Alumni are invited to attend the dinner on Saturday night in Der Keller.

OAC

Mac-FACS

OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Mac-F ACS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on June 23. President Don Risebrough, OAC '77, has called the meeting for 10:30 a.m . in Room 105 , Physical Sciences Building.

During Saturday afternoon everyone is invited to a wine tasting of Ontario wines at the Alumni Carriage House (the old sheep bam located on Arboretum Road) from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m . Wine tasting has been arranged by the Niagara Grape Growers Action Committee of St. Catharines . Stop by and sample the new varieties . This will also be your opportunity to observe the progress of the restoration. Wagon tours will stop at the Carriage House during the afternoon.

Highlight of the day will be the Golden Anniversary Dinner in Creelman Hall at 5:30p.m . when OAC and Mac grads who have graduated 50 or more years ago will be guests of their respective Associations for dinner. A special welcome is extended this year to members of the classes of 1934 who join the ' ' golden'' group celebrating their 50th anniversary .

The Annual Meeting of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association will be held Saturday , June 23 at I 0:00 a.m . in Room 106, Macdonald Institute . A slide show on the history of Mac and FACS which was prepared during College Royal will be shown at the meeting , followed by a tour of the building .

All members of the Association are invited to attend.

Mac ' 34 class members will celebrate their 50th anniversary and will join the group of " golden " alumni who are honoured each year at the Golden Anniversary Dinner. All alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago will be guests of the Association at the dinner to be held in Creelman Hall at 5:30 p.m . June 23 , sponsored jointly by the Mac-FACS and OAC Alumni Associations.

ARCHIVES Alumni interested in visiting the OAC Archives in the McLaughlin Library may do so on Friday , June 22 from I :30 to 4:00 p.m . As we ll, donations of OAC memorabilia will be welcome .

EXTENSION EDUCATION 25th ANNIVERSARY ALUMNI REUNION This year marks 25 years of exi stence for Exten sion Education on the Guelph campus. Saturday , June 23 has been chosen to mark thi s historic milestone in the development of our program .

As indicated on the program of events , a barbecue and social evening will be held on Friday , June 22 and a seminar program has been arranged for Saturday morning .

9:00a.m.

9:30a.m .

!0:30a.m.

!2:15p.m.

Coffee " Extension Education - Then, Now and in the Future" Speaker: Dr. Helen C. Abell , Mac '38D Room 102, Agricultunil Economics Bldg .

Reaction panel Moderator: Professor Glen Warlow, OAC'42 Members: Don Groff, M .Sc. '67 Lynn Brennan, M.Sc. '80 Henry Stanley, OAC' 55 Reception and Buffet Luncheon Room I 03, University Centre

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