Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Spring 1985

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH ALUMNUS Spring 1985 Vol. 18, No.2

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORARY PReSIDeNT: Dr. Bun Matthews. OAC '47.

PReSlI)cNT: Glenn Powell. OAC '62.

PAST PRESIDENT: Barry Stahibaliin. CPS '74.

SeNIOR VICE-PReSIDENT: Ross Parry. CSS ·SO. SeCRETARY: Linda IVleKenzie-Cordiek. An, '81.

ASSOCIATe SeCRETARY: Rosernary Clark, Mac '59.

TReASUReR: To be ,,"nounced.

VICE-PRESIDeNTS: Sue (Beatty) Davidson. CSS '82, Dr. Ron Downey. OYC '61: Jean (Fuller) Hume, Mac '64: Robeli Munson, ODH '0:1: GalY (Kolak) Selby, Ans '70; BaiTY Sillith, CPS '7Y:.Ian Watson, CIlS '75.

DIReCTORS: David Airdrie, CBS 'K2: D"ve Barrie, OAC '51A; Rob Barmn, CSS '7X: N'"1 Chaprnan, FACS '74: Dr. Peter Fane, CPS M,Se '711, Ph.D. '74: Ginty Joeills, OAC '70; Grant Lee, CSS 'n: Bill Madonald, Alis, '7X; Rob Milne, CBS 'BI: An Peppin, OAC '41; Dr. Harold Reed, (We. '55: Rosel11alY (Schillidt) Smith, FACS '70: Jim TI111111",n, CPS '70: Dr. Don Wihon, OVC '60.

eX-OFFICIO DIReCTORS: Marjorie E, Millar. diretlor, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development; John Currie, CSS '70, pre~id('n(, College of Social Science Alumni Association; l:3aro<Jra Finnic, HAFA '7X: president, Hotel and Food Administration Alumni Association; Connie (H<luka) Ja:-,insk'ls. H.K. "76. president,

Human Kinetics Alumni Association; Ginty Jociu,>. OAC "70. president, OAC Alumni Assodation; John King. president, Central Student Association; Gail Murray, FACS '78. president, Mac-FACS Alumni Association; Dr. Wendy Parker, OVC '71, president, OVC Alumni Assodation; Bridn Rennie. president, Graduate Students Association; i'Vlargo Shoemaker, AI1S ·7l). president, College of Arts Alumni Association; LlIC<J\ Van Veen, CPS '74. president, CPS Alumni Association; Dr. Chri" Wren. CBS""77, Ph.D. 'X], president, College of l3iological Science Alumni Association.

The (JI/('!el! AlwI/IIIIS is published lour tilllcs c<.Jch yC<.J1". ill Febru<.Jry. [\/larch. August and NoveJnbcr, by tile Depal1ment or Aluillni Affairs and Devcloplllcnt in co-operation with Inl()rmation Scrvicc'i. University 01 Guelph.

EDITOR. Derek J. Wing, public<.Jtiolls m<.Jllager. Dcpal11llcnt or AIUJlllli AII~lirs ,1Ild Dcveloplllent.

The Editorial l'omminec i~ comprised of Derek Wing, editor: Marjorie E. Ivlillar. director: Roscmary Clark. M<.Jc ')~. {l\sistant director. all with the Depal1lllcnt or Alumni Affairs <.Jlld Development. and Erich Barth. al1 Jircctor: DOI1<.JIJ Jose. OAl' "49, meJia relations. and Douglas Wakrston. Jirector. all with Information Services.

The l-:dllori,JI Advisory B()urJ oj' the University or Guelph Alumni A".\ociiltlon i\ comprl\ed or Ros'.; Parry, CSS ·~O. chuirnl<.Jn: Dr. O. Bnan Allen. CPS '72: Prok,,\or Jame" Harri"olL Dr. DOI~alLl Barnum.

Oye AI, Rieh;rru Moccia, CBS '76: Janice (Robenson) Panlow, Ans '711: Olive (rholopson) Thompson, Mac '15: S;rnur;r Webster. CSS '75: Ex-ol'lleio: Mar)orie e Millar: Barry StahlbalilTl, CPS '74,

Undelivered topics should be returned to the Departmenl of Alumni Affairs and Development, University of Guelph. Cuelph, Ontario, NIG 2WI.

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At Col/eRe Royal, Professor jock Winch, OAC '5/, Deportment of Crop Science, left, boughl a copy of History of College Royaljio/11 Alf Hales, OAC '34 and C o!lege Royal president in 1934,

CoUege Royal History It's all there - 75 pages of history from day one, with six pages of illustrations, inc Iud ing pictures of each of the past presidents of College Royal since 1925, The picture of the first College Royal executive, including Professor Wade Toole, the founder, leads you into interesting reading of some of the early executive minutes with many a good laugh, The progress of this successful annual student spectacular can be followed as well as the improvements that were made Ihrough the years, The covers of this tastefully ring-bound book are complete with College Royal pictures, including club exhibits, stunt night, fashion shows, vets performing an operation, champion show persons and much more, You may find yourself pictured or in print. Professor John Walker, and the executive of the College Royal Past PresidenlS Club, spent many hours putting it all together for your enjoyment.

The book will be on sale for $5 during Alumni Weekend, June 14-16, It is also available by mail. Write to Dr. Gordon Macleod, Departmenl of Animal Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. NIG 2WI. Please add $1 for mailing, 0

On the COVER

A proud Suzanne Hornemann, CBS '87, College Royal, '85 Novice Reserve Grand Champion, with partner Personal Touch, one of a trio of world-champion American Saddlebred mares wilh a combined worth of over $500,000 that were donated to the University in 1983 by Benjamin p, New­ man, president of Newman Steel Ltd" St. Catharines, A native of Brampton, 20­ year-old Suzanne was sold on Guelph in 1980 when, as a pony club tllember, she visited the campus with her Welsh pony, Johnny Reb, to take part in riding and stable-management tests, She plans to at­ tend the Ontario Veterinary College,

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Alma Mater Fund Passes Milestone

Half Million DoUar

Target Exceeded

By John Hearn, Information Services t must be that time again. It sometimes seems that we have hardly mailed our response to one Alma Mater Fund (AMF) campaign appeal when, suddenly, there in the mail-box, is another stirring letter produced

by Jim Elmslie informing us that another year has gone by and please don't put that cheque­ book away.

Jim, who very properly capped a dis­ tingui shed career by being appointed director of the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, retired March I of this year. We could hardly believe it because, observing his constant drive and infectious enthusiasm, we all thought he was still a young man. Could this indicate that we, too, are getting older') Also capping his career was the dramatic achievement of a Fund milestone - a cam­ paign target of half a mil/ion dollars' But that's not all' The target was not only met but was exceeded, reaching an all­ time high of $522,325, a truly remarkable

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achievement on the part of the members of the AMF Management Committee, the 488 alumni and faculty volunteers who solidly backed them up, and all the other alumni , facu Ity and friends who donated. A grateful and heartfelt "thank you" to you all.

The Alma Mater Fund ca nvass is only an annual event to the extent that one end s - on January 31, and another begins - on Febru­ ary I. Imagine the scene. The curtain rises; it's late winter 1984. Barry Stahlbaum, CPS '74, has , some time ago, handed over the presidency of the University of Guelph Alumni Association to Glenn Powell. OAC '62, and the whole fund-raising process starts allover again. Campaign chairman for 1985, Bill Sargant, WelJ'69'; takes over from 1984 campaign chairma;:Jack Gallin, OAC '47. A new campaign management committee is se t up, comprised of the new chairs for the various areas of responsibility, and a string of meetings starts allover again.

As football coach John Musse lman said followin g the Gryphon's Vanier Cup victory, "Championships are won during the off season. " Thu s the first piece of mail ("Howdy folks, guess what, it 's 1985 and time once more to. .") does not spring from the soil fuJly grown, so to speak, but is the product of months of tillage, planting and cultivation - or rather, planning meetings, discu ss ions and the drafting of literature and mail ing-piece layouts.

But then comes the harvest , and ju st as the agricultural harvest should be measured in full bellies , good health and rosy cheeks , rather than bushels, tonnes and bales, so too should our Alma Mater Fund harvest be measured in scholarships, books, paintings, equipment, field trips and winners, rather than mere dollars and cents.

But the dollars were there - over half a million of them this time, which may be minuscule compared with , say, the nat ional cOl1ld. over

1984 and 1985 AMF Management Committees

The joint meeting of the 1984-85 Alma Mater Fund Campaign Manag ement CliIl1mil/ees, I to r: 1985 Campus Co-chairman, Ron Stoll z; ll11medi{f/e Pasl President, UGAA, Barry Slahlbaum, CPS' 74; 1984-85 Ex-ojjicio member, Dr. Burl Mal/h e ws , OAC' 47; 1984 COli/pUS C elllUfT Club Chairman, DI~ Tim Lumsden, OVC '60; Mwjorie Millar, DireClor, Alumni Affairs and Development; 1984 Campus Co -chairman, Dr. Murray McGregor, OAC '51; 1984 Campaign Chairman, Jack Gallin, OAC '47; 1984 GrvphOI1 Club, Kim Miles , CBS '76; rec(' ntl" r('{ired DireC/or, Alumni Afjairs and Development, and Fund Direclor, Jam es 1. Elmslie; 1985 AssislWl1 Fund DireClor, Alumni Affairs and Deve/opml'lIt, Joe Brooks, CSS '69: 1985 Campaign Chairmun, Bill Sargwll, CSS '69; Pres idenl, UGAA, Glelln Powell, OAC '62; 1985 Major Gilis Chairman, Barb Dell, Ma c '68; 1985 Major Gifls DepUly Chairman, D/: WaYll e Gerrie, OVC '56; Assislant Director, Alumni Afjc/irs, Rosemary Clark, Mac '59; 1985 Campus Cel1lury Club Chairman, Dr. Len Conolly; 1985 Gryphon Club , Dave Copp; 1985 CampaiRI1 D eputy Chairman, John Currie, CSS '70, Missing: 1985 Campus Co-chairman, Dr. Don Homey, OVC ' 51; 1985 College and Class Agents Chairma/7, Tom Morris, OAC '5 1.

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deficit but, skillfully managed by a properly cautious Alma Mater Fund Advisory Council. they can be made to fertil'izc an astonishing array of campus activities without which our Universi ty would be a poorer place indeed.

Ju st take the Vanier Cup as an example.

So the Gryphons made it to the top of the national heap - not bad for little old Univer­ sity of Guelph whose main claim to fame in the world of inter-varsity sports is the posses­ sion of an inadequate athletic fac ility.

Alumni Boost Gryphons So we have somethin g special - drive, spirit. will, call it what you like - but we al so had new weight-lifting equipment which Dave Copp, direc tor of athletics, de scribes as " absolute ly central to the whole trainin g program. " It is presumably extremel y well made or by now it would be showing signs of metal fatigue as a result of being in a lmost continuous use, seven day s a week, by literall y th ousa nds of athletes, and asp irin g athl etes. rangin g from the giants of the gridiron to the newest member of the women's weight-training program.

National championships are won by a hair. The runners-up are far from failures but, however fin e the margin , they're still only runners-up. There are many factors whi ch might be claimed for Guelph's competitive edge, but one of them was undoubtedly the weight-training equipment which , thanks to donors to the Alma Mater Fund, will continue to stoke the fire s of future victories.

The li st of current AMF project s is far too long for a detailed account here. The restorati on of John sto n Hall continues - an

cxercise in fine craftsmanship calling for the meticulous reproduction of period doors, the rebuilding of antique pane lling and some sensitive restoration of ornate plasterwork all carried out by specialists. Stonework and tile are being cleaned, ru gs replaced and period furniture refini shed.

This ca pital projec t of the Alma Mater Fund will take its place with the Carriage House, major renovations to the Macdonald Institute on the occasion of its 75th anniver­ sary, the Arboretum Centre and Alumni Stadium, all earlier projec ts of the fund. The con tinuation of Gryphon Football at the intervars ity level in 1967 was contingent upon the co nstruction of a safe stadium for stu­ dent s. Th ankfull y, fan s and the Alma Mater Fund came to the resc ue by sponsorin g the stadium.

An Athl eti cs Centre rejuvenation pro­ gram ca lls for the spending of $10,000 to upgrade the old facility, $10,000 to construct a Gryphon Room and a wei ght-training centre at Alumni Stadium, plus a further $20,000 to provide the equipment to com plete the job.

The OVC is the rec ipient of new state-of­ the-art opthalmology equipment for carrying out microsurgery or detectin g functional inherited lesion s of the retina at an early sta ge of deve lopment. These two pieces of equip­ ment are the major instruments required to outfit an opthalmology suite in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. In addition to creating a major area of diagnostic and treatment excel­ lence for di seases of the eye, this equipment assists the College in recruitin g and retaining faculty with expertise in veterinary opthalmology.

Dean of the College of Arts, David

Bill Sli rg 11 11 I , CSS '6 9, 1985 AMF cOinpaigll chairmall; Marjori e M ilillr, dirl'C10r, Deparlil1l'l1l oj'A llIlIlIIi Ajjilirs lind Deve/opml.'lIl; Jim Elmslie, reamlv reliredfulld direclOr and direcllir, Alumni Alfilirs; Jac/.: Glillin, OAC '47, 1984 AM F cOIl1pllign chairmw/, and Prl.'Sidenl 8111'1 Mallitell',\', OAC '4 7.

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Murray speaks of the enthusiastic res ponse to the new Donald F. Forster Fe llowship which will serve an important need in the arca of faculty development. The high quality or the applicants, he report s, is impressive. Madc available from the Alma Mater Fund, $20,000 will be allocated annually, on a rotational basis, to the University's seven constituent colleges. The College of Arts has been selected as the first to receive the award.

It is interestin g to note th at sc holarship programs have been the princi pal beneficiary of the Alma Mater Fund during its brief 16­ year history, with grants totalling nearly one million dollars. Library acq ui sitio ns follow at close to $364,000, College Advancement projects recei ved $221,000, the Visiting Pro­ fessor program $195,000, Art Acquisitions $181,000, and a host of other programs have all shared in th e generosity of alumni, staff and friends of the University.

Allocations for 1985 Project proposals for 1985 are already in.

They include a two-year $60 ,000 developmcnt program to improve the Mac -FACS Child Studies Lab School facilities, the object of which is to provide a mode l unit with enhanced research potential. Child Studies is the largest major in the Department of Family Studies and it is within the practicum experi­ ence that students are able to place the theoretical aspects of their discipline under direct obse rvation.

Another Geography field co urse in Bri­ tain is planned and the OVC is to receive a Tec hni co n ti ss ue processo r whi ch will be used by man y individuals , in all department ~ of the College, in both undergraduate and graduate teachin g research and diagnostic work.

The Depa rtme nt of Psyc hology is plan­ ning new courses as part of the Women's Studies Program , and an artist has bee n commissioned by Chief Librarian Dr. John Black to paint a portrait of philanthropist Colonel Robert Samuel "Sam" McLaughlin for the McLaughlin Library.

These, of co urse. are only a few of the AM F-funded projech now under way. or due fo r impl emen tat ion in the near future .

The AMF cam paign annually secs a ncw cam pai gn chairman but, since the Fund's inception in 1969 , every AMF eilairnHln has been able 10 call on the cxperiencc. fund­ rai si ng ski lls and ge neral know-how or Jim Elmslie.

Jinl came to th e University of Guelph in 1966 after 25 years with th e Canadian Armed Forces in personnel administration. Typically, he left the service at Tren ton on a Frid ay and took up his duties in Admini strative Planning at the University on the following Mond ay In sh0l1 order he joined the Development Fund stall as a loa ned executive. then moved

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over to the newly-created Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, in 1967, where he continued his work on the capital fund until it topped its goal of $9 million. He launched the first Alma Mater Fund campaign in 1969 .

Gifts th at year totalled $70 ,000. Now, 16 years and some $3.7 million later, the annual total has soared past the half million doll ar mark and Jim Elmslie has been involved every inch of the way.

Those, however, were not his only duties.

He has been involved in the supervision of variolJs alumni association investment port­ folios , has been treasurer of the University of Guelph Alumni Association since the Asso­ ciation's establishment, and has also been active with the Friends of University of Guelph Inc. He also had a strong guiding hand in the development of a number of special develop­ ment fund campaigns such as those that led to the founding of the School of Hotel and Food Administration in 1969, and the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre some ten years later. More recently, he was part of the team respon sible for ,the organization and launching of the $3 .2 million fund-rai sing campaign for the Guelph Centre for Equine Research.

Keeping the Tradition During hi s years of involvement with the AMF, Jim has done his fair share in creating much of the Fund's promotional literature, and the theme for the 1982 campaign, "Keep the Tradition," was dear to his heart. One of the mailing pieces produced that year quoted: "Attending the University of Guelph has become a tradition for a growing number of families, and we are proud of those families in our expanding alumni body who are maintaining that tradition."

Though not Guelph grads themse lves, Jim and his wife, Kay, have indeed helped to establish that tradition in the Elmslie family.

Three of their family of four are Guelph grads - Tom, CBS B.Sc.(HK) ' 74 , M.Sc. '77, who went on to earn an M. D. degree at McMaster University, Hamilton ; Ron, CPS ' 75 , manager, systems development, Admin­ istrative Information Services, University of Guelph , and John, Arts '78 . Their daughter, Linda, preferred the business world and is already firmly established in that area .

Jim has left the Department but has left many friends behind. As a people person, always at least as interested in the individual as the institution, Jim Elmslie looks back over the formative, and therefore, historically, the most important years of alumni contribution to the health of our University. He has taken the well-deserved break he didn't get in 1966 , and looks forward to playing a little golf. a little bridge, doing some more photography and travelling. He'll be missed. 0

Highlig hts

• A new campaign record of $522,325 from 6,653 donors was established.

• Overall participation was 19.6 per cent with a gift average of $78.5 I. • Major gift donors contributed 1,858 leadership gifts totalling $324,516 or 62 . 1 per cent of gift total.

• Faculty and staff participation in the Campu s Fund was 5 I I per cent with a gift average of $107.

S u mmary of Allocations

1984 $163,116* 54,000 44,527 39,000 42,000 35,981 t 25,000 20,000 15 ,000 14 ,000 14,000 61)00 5.000 5,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 3,000

Scholarships and Awards Library Acqui sitions . . . . .. .. . ... .

Athletic Program//Equipment .

Ophthalmology Equipment.

College Advancement Projects ..

Johnston Hall Restoration . .. . .

Instructional Development Faculty Development .

Visiting Professor Program Arboretum Development.

Art Acqui sitions .... .. . .

Music Program .... . .... .

London House Grants ..

Research Grants. . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. . . . . . .

Sculpture Park . .

Mac-FACS Projects . .... .

Drama Program ...... . .... .

Learned Society Project .. .. ... .

Carriage House Restoration ... .

Large Animal Clinic Equipment .... .. . ... .

Alumni Stadium ....

Geography Field Course.

OAC Arboretum Centre Mac-FACS Capital Project OVC Capital Project . .

Memorial Hall Improvements.

Sundry Projects .. '"Im: hllks

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$522,325

1969/84 $995,352* 363,423 111,750 39,000 221,000 35,981't 105 ,000 20,000 195,000 163,479 18 1,5 36 68 ,782 53,S 19 35,946 5.000 5,500 8,750 3.000 95,000 50,000 270,391 12 ,000 253,230 100,400 95,000 60,000 150,301 $3,698 ,340

Alumni Support 1984

Total Gifts OAC OVC Mac-FACS .

Arts CSS .... . .. . .. .

CBS.

2,673 673 1,167 317 428 485

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Other gifts and credits .

412 349

Alma Mater Fund 1984 gift total. .

6,653 Alu,:,ni related gifts ..

Alumni and faculty bequests and endowments .

Total alumni support in 1984 . .. .

Change '83/'84 % + 9.4 0.9 1.9 3.1 + 0.3 + 31. 8 + 1.4 + 0.5 + 17.1

Amount Given

Change '83/'84

182,360 50,867 57.493 9 ,880 13.590 14,973 5,338 65,727 122,099

+ 15.5 1.5 + 0.2 + 7.7 + 11. 8 +79 .9 +20.7 + 2.4 +20 .0

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522 ,325 I, ISS 208,475

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The Strike at

c hurch work. If other springs of supply ran dry the Putneyites enthusiastically got up a "tea" or a "social," and so rai sed the money.

Natura.lly the "heft" of this work fell on the women, but they did not mind-in very truth. they enjoyed il. The Putney women had the reputation of being" great church workers," and they plumed themselves on it, putting on airs at conventions among the less energetic women of the other churches.

They were especially strong on societies.

There was the Church Aid Society, the Girl's Flower Band, and the Sewing Circle. There were a Mission Band and a Helping Hand among the children. And finally there was the Women's Foreign Mission Auxiliary, out of which the whole trouble grew which con­ vul sed the church at Putney for a brief time and furnished a standing joke in Presbyterial circles for years afterwards. To this day ministers and elders tell the story of the Putney church strike with spa rkling eyes and subdued chuckles. It never grows old or stale.

But the Putney elders are an exception. They never laugh at il. They never refer to il. It is not in the wicked, unregenerate heart of man to make a jest of his own bitter defeat.

It was in June that the sec retary of the Putney W.F.M. Auxiliary wrote to a noted returned miss ionary who was touring the country, asking her to give an address on mission work before their society. Mrs. Cot­ terell wrote back saying that her brief time was so taken up already that she found it hard to make any further engagements, but she could not refuse the Putney people who were so well and favorably known in mission circles for their perennial interest and liber­ ality. So, although she could not come on the date requested , she would , if acceptable, come the following Sunday.

This sui ted the Putney Auxiliary very well. On the Sunday referred to there was to be no evening service in the church owing to Mr. Sinclair's absence. They therefore appointed the missionary meeting for that night, and made arrangements to hold it in the church itself, as the classroom was too small for th e expected audience.

Putney

By Lucy Maud Montgomery This story, by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), a Canadian author known around the world as the creator of "Anne of Green Gables", is only one of hundreds of her short stories in th e University of Guelph's extensive L.M, MOl1lgomery Collection.

In 1975 , Professor Mary Rubio sent to Dr. E. Stuart Macdonald, son of Lucy Maud Montgomery, a copy of Guelph's CCL, (Cana­ dian Children's Literature) a j ournal of criticism and review, which was devoted 10 his mother's books. This contact led to the McLaughlin Library's eventual acquisition of an enormous coliection of literary and other materials, including the ten volumes of per­ sonal journals which Lucy Maud had kept from 1889-1942.

Approximately half of Lucy Maud MOnlgomery's life was spenl as a minister's wife in Ontario (Leaskdale-Norval-Torolllo) and she gave several lectures in Guelph, including some at the Ma cdonald Institlll e.

Professors Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston , both with the Department of English at Guelph, are now preparing the first volume of these diaries for publication with Oxford University Press in the fall of this year.

In addition, Dr. Rubio hopes to find corporate fundin g so that the University can publish Lucy Maud's handwrillen cookbook, together with some of the short stories that deal with the theme of cooking; the proceeds would be used 10 endow the L.M. Montgom­ ery Collection.

Drs. Waterston and Rubio traveled to Poland last summer to do research on Lucy Maud's extraordinary popularity there , and th ey are amassing documentation from all over th e world about her phenomenal and continuing appeal. 0

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church at Putney was one that glad­ • dened the hearts of all the ministers in the Presbytery whenever they thought about il. It was such a satisfactory church . While other churches here and there were con­ tinually giving trouble in one way or another, the Putneyites were never guilty of brewing up inte rnal or presbyterial strife.

The Exeter church people were always quarrelling among themselves and carrying their quarrel s to the courts of the church. The very name of Exeter gave the members of presbytery the cold creeps. But the Putney church people never quarrelled.

Danbridge church was in a chronic state of ministerlessness. No minister ever stayed in Danbridge longer than he could help. The people were too critical and they were also noted heresy hunters. Good ministers fought shy of Danbridge and poor ones met with a chill welcome. The harassed presbytery, worn out with "supplying, " were disposed to think that the milleunium would come if ever the Danbridgians got a minister whom they liked.

At Putney they had had the same minis­ te r for fifteen years and hoped and expected to have him for fifteen more. They looked with horror-stricken eyes on the Danbridge theo­ logical coquetries.

Bloom Valley church was over head and heels in debt and had no visible prospec t of ever getting oul. The mode rator said under his breath that they did over much praying and too little hoeing. He did not believe in faith without works. Tarrytown Road kept its head above water but never had a cent to spare for mission s or the schemes of the church.

In bright and shining contradistinction to these the Putney church had always paid its way and gave liberally to all departments of

The Elders Take a Stand Then the thunderbolt descended on the WF.M .A. of Putney from a clear sky. The elders of the church rose up to a man and declared th at no woman should occupy the pulpit of the Putney church. It was in direct contravention to the teachings of SI. Paul.

To make mailers worse, Mr. Sinclair declared himself on the elders' side. He said that he could not conscientiously give his consent to a woman occupying his pUlpit, even when that woman was Mrs. Cotterell and her s ubject foreign mission s.

The members of the Auxiliary were aghast. They called a meeting extraordinary in

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th e classroom and, di scarding all form s and cercm onies in their wrath , talked th eir indig­ nati on out.

Out of doo rs the wo rld bas ked in June sunshine and preened itse lf in bl osso m. The birds san g (l nd chi rped in the lichened mapl es th at cupped the little church in, (lnd peace was over all the Putlley v(liley. Ins ide th e c lass­ room d isgusted women bu zzed like an gry bees. " Wh at on earth are we to do?" sighed the sec retary plain tive ly. Mary Kilburn was always pl aint ive. She sa t on the step s of the pl atform , bein g too wro ught up in her min d to sit ill her chair at the de sk , and her thin, fad ed littl e face was twi sted with an xiety. " All the arran ge ment s are made and Mrs. Cottere ll is coming on the tenth . How can we tell her that the me n won't let her speak ')" " There was never anythin g like this in Putney church be fore," groaned Mrs. Elder Knox. " It was Andrew McKittric k put them up to it. I always sa id th at man would make trouble here yet , ever s ince he moved to Putney from Danbridge. I' ve talked and argued with Thomas un til I'm dumb , but he is as set as a rock. " "I do n't see what bu siness the me n have to interfere with us anyhow, " said her daugh ­ ter Luc y, who was s itting on one of the window sill s. " We don't meddle with th em, I'm sure. As if Mrs. Cottere ll would con ­ taminate the pulpit l" " One would think we we re still in the dark ages," sa id Frances Spenslow sharpl y.

Frances was the Putney sc hool teacher. Her fath er was one of the recalcitrant elders and Frances felt it bitterl y - all the more th an she had tri ed to argue with him and had been sat upon as a "child who couldn't und er­ stand. " ''I'm more surp rised at Mr. Sincl air tha n at the e lders ," said Mrs. Abn er Keec h, fannin g herself vigorously. " Elders are sub­ ject to queer spe ll s periodi ca lly. They think they as sert their authority that way. But Mr. Sinclair has al ways seemed so .libera l and broad -minded. " "You never can tell what crotchet an old bac helor will tak e into his head," sai d Ale thea Crai g bitingly.

The othe rs nodded agreement. Mr. Sin­ clair's in veterate ce libacy was a st(lndi ng gri evance with the Putney wo men. " If he had a wife who could be our pres ident this would neve r have happened, I warrant you," said Mrs. Kin g sagely.

"B ut wh at are we going to do, ladies?" said Mrs. Robbins briskl y. Mrs. Robbins was the preside nt. She was a big, bu stlin g wom an with clear blue eyes and crisp, inci sive ways.

Hitherto she had held her peace. " They must talk th emselves out before they can get down to bu siness," she had refl ec ted sage ly. But she thought the time had now come to speak.

" You know, " she wen t on, " we ca n talk and rage aga inst th e me n all day if we like.

They are not tryi ng to prevent us. But that will do no good . Here's Mrs. Cottere ll invited, and all the nei ghbourin g au xiliaries notified ­ and the me n wo n't let us have the church .

The po int is, how are we goi ng to get out of the sc rape?"

A he lpless silence descended upo n th e classroom. The eyes of every woman prese nt turned to Myra Wil so n. Eve ryone could talk ; but whe n it cam e to acti on they had a fas hi on of turnin g to Myra.

She had a reputation for cleverness and origina lity. She never talked much. So fa r to­ day she had not sai d a word . She was sittin g on th e si ll of the window across fro m Lucy Kn ox. She swung her hat on her knee, and loose, mo ist rin gs of dark hair curled around her dark, alert fac e. There was a sparkle in he r gray eyes th at boded ill to the me n who we re peacea bly pursuin g their avoc ations , rashl y indiffere nt to wh at th e women might be sayin g in the map le-shaded c lassroo m. " Have you any sugges ti on to make, Mi ss Wil son ?" said Mrs. Robbin s, with a return to her offi c ial voice and manner.

Myra put her lo ng, slender index fin ger to her chin . " I think ," she sa id dec idedl y, " that we mu st strike."

acce pted it very th ank fully. " Th at's ri ght - that's ri ght ," he said

heartil y. ' 'I'm glad to hear you co min g out so

sensible, Maria. I was afraid you'd wor k

yo urs elves up at th at mee tin g and let Myra

Wilso n or Al ethea Craig put you up to so me

foolishness or other. Well. I guess I'll jog

dow n to the Corner this evenin g and order

th at barrel of pas try flour you want. "

"Oh, you needn 't," sa id Mrs. Kn ox

indifferently. " We won 't be ne edi ng it now."

" Not needi ng it ! But I thou ght you sa id

you had to have some to bake for the social

week after next. "

"1l1ere isn' t go ing to be any soc ial. "

" Not an y soc ia!')"

Elder Knox stared perplexedl y at his

wi fe. A mo nth previously th e Putney church

had been recarpeted , and they still owed fi fty

doll ars for it. Thi s, the wo men dec lared, th ey

. wo uld speed ily payoff by a big cake and ice­ cream soc ial in the hall. Mrs. Knox had bee n one of the foremost promoters of the enter­ pri se. " Not an y soc ial ?" re pea ted the e lde r

again. " Then how is the money for the carpet

to be got') And why isn 't there go ing to be

any soci al?"

" The men can ge t the mon ey somehow, I

suppose," sa id Mrs. Kn ox . "As for th e social

wh y, of co urse, if wo me n aren 't good enou gh

to speak in church they are not good enough

"We'll Not Interfere At All" to work for it e ither. Lucy, dear, will yo u pass.

me the coo kies ')"

When Elder Knox went in to te a that "Lu cy dear" passed th e cookies an d

then rose abruptl y and left the tabl e. Her

evenin g he gl anced somew hat apprehe nsive ly fa ther's face was too mu ch for he r.

at hi s wife. They had had an alterca tion before " Wh at confound ed non se nse is this') "

she went to the mee tin g and he supposed she had talked herse lf into another rage while demanded th e elder ex plosive ly.

there. But Mrs. Kno x was pl acid and smil ing.

Mrs. Knox opened her mell ow brown

She had made his favorite soda biscuit s for eyes wide ly, as if in a mazement at her

him and inquired ami abl y after hi s progress in' hus band's tone.

" I do n't understand you," she sai d.

hoe in g turnips in the so utheast meadow.

She made, however, no reference to the " Our position is perfec tl y logical. "

Au xiliary meeting, and , when th e bi sc uits and She had bo n'owed that phrase fro m Myra

the mapl e sy rup and two cups o f matchl ess Wilson and it floored the e lde r. He got up,

tea had nerved the elder up, his curiosity go t seized his hat, and strode from th e roo m.

That ni ght, at Jacob Wherri son 's store at

the betler of his prude nce - for even e lde rs are human and curiosi ty know s no ge nder ­ the Corn er, the Putney me n talked ove r the

and he as ked wh at they had do ne at the new deve lopment. The socia l was certainl y

mee ti ng. off - for a time, any way.

" Best let 'e m alone, 1 say, " sai d Wh er­

" We poor me n have been shakin g in our ri son. " They're mad at us now and doin g this

shoes, " he said Facetiously. " Were yo u?" Mrs. Knox 's voice was to pay us out. But they'll cool down later on

calm and fa intly amused . " Well, you didn't and we 'll have th e soc ial all ri ght."

" But if they do n't, " said Andrew Mc Kit­

need to. We talked the matter over very quietly and ca me to the conclusion that the tric k g loomil y, "who is go ing to pay for that

carpe t?" sess ion kn ew best and that women hadn 't an y ri ght to interfere in church business at all."

This was an unpleasant que sti on. The "Lucy Knox turned her head away to hide others shirked it. a smil e. The e lder bea med. He was a peace­ " I was always opposed to this ac tio n of loving .man and di sliked " ructi ons" of an y the sess ion, " sai d Alec Crai g. " It wouldn 't have hurt to have let the wo man speak . 'Tisn't sort and domes tic ones in parti cular. Since the decision of the session Mrs. Knox had made as if it were a re gular se rmon. " hi s lik a burden to him . He did not " The session kn ew best, " said Andrew sharply. "And the luinister - you're not understand her sudden chan ge of base, but he See page 12 for conclusion 7

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Sheer Persistence Bred Resistance B y Mary Cocivera, Information Services

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ignificant development s in agriculture can depend as much on cross fe11i1ization of ideas and insights as on cross fertili zation of cultivars. The recent development at' OAC Tri­ ton, th e world 's first triazine-tolerant can ola cultivar, is the culmination of a decade of re­ markable communication, s hared in sights and the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by acciden t, extending from the Province of Quebec in Canada to Washington State in the U.S., and involving farmers, exte n­ sion workers, researchers and crop breeders.

Thi s development is the first successful transfer of herbic ide tolerance from a weed to an eco­ nomic crop.

OAC Triton represents a distinctly Cana­ dian acc ompli shm ent. Th e ge netic material im­ parting triazine resi stance was di scovered in Quebec. Researcher s at the University of Guelph interpreted the phy siology and ge netic ~ of triaz ine re sis tance and bred an economically important crop.

Canola is a major oilseed cro p in Canada and Europe. Farmers in western Canada are limited to growing spring ca nola varieties, while Europea n fa rmers, with th eir milder win­ ters, grow higher yie lding winter varieties. Be­ tween 1965 and 1980, sig nifi ca nt improvements in rapeseed , achieved primarily by researchers in western Canada, reduced the levels of harm fu l erucic acid and glucosinolates by 90 per cent. These improved rapeseed varieties are marketed as canola.

of faculty in the University's Departme nt of Crop Science.

Rick Upfold, in turn , contacted th e OMAF seeds and weeds specialist Douglas McLare n, who recails, " We we nt to the Eme rson farlll and , from what we could see, he had don e a good job applying the herbicide. It stru ck us that there were no ot her weeds besides the lambsq uart ers . Bob had used tria z ine he r­ bi cides in those fie lds for about te n years. " Doug mentioned to th e late Professor John Bandeen, OAC '57, the weed spec ia li st in the Depa rtmen t of Crop Science, th at th e lambs­ quarters seemed to be immune to atri z ine, one

Dr. Souza Machado, OAC '76 .

His findings amazed il1lerna­ lionai weed sciel1lisls.

of the triazin e herbi c ides. Although he was sk e ptical, Dr. Bandeen agreed to grow lambs­ quarters plants from seed collected ~rom th e Bruce co unty farm and compare them to plants grow n from seed co llected at the Elora research station.

When Ii'eared with triazine herb icide, there wa s a dramatic and c le ar cut difference. The Bruce county plants were un scat hed while the Elora plants were dead. Obvious ly, something s ignificant was being o bserved.

An Unbelieva ble Story Th e weed scie nce group, led by John Band ee n, jumped right into research to discover why lambsquarters was triazi ne re sistant. Doug McLaren co mmends th e weed scientists for lis­ tenin g to the extension report s, even thoug h they were skeptical. "We saw each other over coffee a lmost daily. They had en ough respec t tor o ur work th at they li ste ned when we told an unbelievable story. " Th e story was also told during relaxation periods when va riou s im­ promptu ga therin gs would form in suc h likely places as hospitality s uites and refre s hment areas provided at vari ous meet ings such as those of the Expert Committee on Weed s and the Weed Society of America.

Professor Gerald Stephe nson, Depal1ment of Environmental Biology, jo ined Dr. Bandee n on the research into atrazine resistance. They hired Dr. Vince Souza Machado, OAC Ph .D. '76 , a recent graduate in hort iculture who had done hi s Ph.D . research int o the genetics of herbicide to leranc e in tomatoes. Dr. Stephen­ son says that at that time plant physiologists believed that if one plant species was more tol e rant , it was beca use less of the herbic ide was able to get to the site of action. In this case, the ac tion occ urs in the chloroplasts, where tria z ine

Crop Science Program Shepherds purse [?TowinR amonR rutabaRa lhal doesn'l have resistance OAC Triton is a product of the ongoing oilseed-breeding program in the Department of Crop Science, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). Al s o in­ cluded in thi s program are soybeans, white beans and winter canola varieties. While spring canola dominates on the prairies , there are areas in Ontario where winter canola can be grown.

The crop breeders played quarterback in the OAC Triton development, but the rest of the team , the weed scientists, extension workers, ge neti c ists and physiologists, played crucial roles in its deve lop ment.

Herbicide resista nc e was an unknown ph e­ nom enon when Bob Emerson, OAC '75 , a farmer in Bruce county, noticed lambsguarters , a weed, thrivin g in field s he had sprayed with triazine herbi cides. He contacted Richard Up­ fold, OAC '68, who was th e local extensio n represe ntative at the time and is now a member

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herbicides inhibit photosynthesis.

Dr. Souza Machado dctermined that the chloroplasts in the resistant Jambsquarters were fundamentally different than the chloroplasts of the sensitive plants. The resistance occurred at the site of the action and had very little to do with the amount of herbicide reaching the chlo­ roplasts. The Souza Machado findings amazed not only John Bandeen and Gerry Stephenson, hut the entire international community of weed scientists.

Professor Souza Machado. now a member of faculty in the Department of Horticu Itural Science, explains that his approach was three­ pronged. He set out to determine the phys­ iology of resistance, to work out the mode of genetic inheritance and, finally, to incorporate the herbicide resistance into economically im­ portant crops. Thus, the research sought to transform a weed-control problem into an eco­ nomic benefit.

Herbicide resistance in weeds was re­ ported in scientific literature simultaneously by the Guelph group and by a California group that had found triazine re sistant groundsel in Wash­ ington State. The University of California group submitted a paper desc ribing the resistance, but a reviewer delayed the acceptance of the paper because he was skeptical of their re port. When the Guelph weed scientists mentioncd their findings at the annual meeting of the Weed Science Society of America in Dallas , the skep­ tics began to be believers.

By January 1978, Dr. Souza Machado had determined that resistance in Jambsquarters is passed alon g through true maternal inheritance.

This means that the gene controlling triazine resistance resides in the cytoplasm of th e cell.

Dr. Souza Machado, looking back on the chain of events, says it's ironic that a paper be submitted in April 1978, describing the inheri­

tance of resistance, discu ssed the potential for using this trait in crop breeding. The revi ewer, believing such speculation was premature. had him excise th at section of the paper before pub­ lication.

Caused an Uproar While th e Guelph weed sc ientists were causing an uproar on the international weed sce ne, two ex tens ion / re se arc h worke rs in Quebec found triazine resistant bird's rape in a farmer's field near Sherbrooke, Quebec. Dr. Souza Machada requested seeds of that weed, Brassica campeslris. during an eastern Canada weed meeting in Fredericton. N. B. He recog­ nized the potential for transferring resistance from the wild bird's rape to canola, a Brassica crop.

Dr. Bandeen, Professo r Wally Beversdorf, Department of Crop Science. and Dr. Souza Machado applied for a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council to transfer triazine resi stance from broad leafed weeds of the ge nus Brassica to rape. Chinese cabbage and rutabaga.

At this point in the story, a key actor, Pro­ fessor Souza Machado, exited the Guelph re­ search stage to take a faculty position at the University of Florida. The oilseed-breeding group in the Department of Crop Science car­ ried on the rapeseed breeding segment of the project which led to the release of OAC Triton.

When Dr. Sou za Machado returned to Guelph a few months later to join the Department of Hor­ ticultural Science, he pursued the same line of research with rutabaga.

Dr. Beversdorf. who co-ordinates the can­ ola breeding effort. says that OAC Triton can still be improved. The oil content and yi elds are lower than in other canola varieties. It also ma­ tures too late for some areas of western Canada.

Conseq uently, if the field s are hit by an early fro st, the harvested canola has a high chlo­ rophyll content.

In spite of its shortcomings, OAC Triton is a crucial development for about 20 per cent of the canola-growing ac reage in Canada where stink-weed and wild mustard are a major prob­ lem . By growing OAC Triton, farmers can con­ trol the weeds with triazine herbicides and produce a better quality canol a oi I that is not contaminated with weeds.

The oil seed-breeding program continues.

New varieties of canola are under increase now in Beli ze, Central America and in New Zea­ land. About now, cultivars are being selected for agronomic performance in Canada. By utili zing the growing season south of the equator. the Guelph breeders are able Ie tel escope a breed­ ing program into fewer years. During the Cana­ dian growing season , canola varieties are grown across the province in test plots at the provincial colleges of agricultural technology, at Agri­ culture Canada test stations and on pri va te farm s.

High Tech Plant Breeding Plant breeding is becoming more high tech with each passing day. Breeders are now using biotechnology processes such as micros pore culture and protoplast fusion that e nabl e more exact control over th e genetic material.

Reflecting on the development of a triazine resistant canola variety. Dr. Stephenson says it's significant that it happened at the University of Guelph. Herbicide resistant weeds have been di scovered all over Canada. the United States and Europe. yet the early definitive research into the mechanism of resistance, unraveling the genetics. and developing resistant crops were done at Guelph. He attributes this to the right combination of expertise and the fact that an informal. yet effective. communication net­ work linked the OMAF extension workers. the physiologists, geneticists and crop breeders.

Ruwbagll. wifh resisw/lce !(erres. fhal hav!' been sprayed wifh weed killel:

Importance of Feedback Dean of Research Bill Tossell. OAC '47. observes that the development of OAC Triton occurred within an integrated system. "At Guelph. sc ientists try to look at the total farm ­ ing system. not Just the individual picces ." he says. " thus. the weed scientists. crop produc­ tion experts and crop breeders work closely logethcr and maintain good communicalion.

We are concerned with the cntire process from basic sc ientific research to application in the farmer's tield . but the process also involves get­ ting feedback from the farmer to the scientist.

Few places do this as effectively as Guelph."

Never underestimate the power of inlormal colke break conversations. and the power of "shooting the breeze" in hospitality suites.

OAC Triton had its origins in just such informal exchanges. 0

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CoUege

Royal '85

Th e' official opening, Ito r: Dave Trivers, OAC '85, president, College Ro\'al '85; Lori McBride', OAC '85, Celebrant, Chancellor Bill Ste'warl, LL.D. '76, CBC co足 hosts Bill M cNeil ond CyStran ge; Pres iden t Burt Multhews, OAC '47, ul1d TaJ11l11i Harron, OAV '88 , vice-president , College RO.ml '85.

It Was a Busy Open House Weekend

A lmost 40.000 people got to know LIS bet足 ter I(lst M arch. Joining them were thou 足 sa nd s across Ont ario and Qu ebec who li stened to CBCs "Fresh Air" program. I cong ratul ate the students and organi ze rs ()I Co ll ege Roya l and University Open the 6 1st in the history HOllse Weeken d 足 olt his University. You have served li S well.

Yours sincerely.

Burt M atth ews.

OAC '47, Pres iden t

Ch(lll/li' lfI'ed IOllr.

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CBC's " Fresh Air" broadcast, I 10 r: Andreu Mudry FalVcelt. II/ formution Services; co -hosts C-" S tran ge and Bill McN eil; Professor Willson Woodside, retired. (lnd David Trivers, OAC '85, president, College Roy{{1 '85, Alice Meems, Counsellillg and Student Re,lOurc(' Ce'llIre, lind dl/ughter KI/rt/ .

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In Ihe OAC hoorh, Frank Van Hoeve, OAC '86, lefr, Norm Casloror, OAC '86, and "Ram", wirh visitors Laura Hobbs, FACS '86, lefl, (lnd Cheryl Greenlees, FACS '86.

DIPLOMA

II was a greal day for campus Slrolling.

AI Ihe liveslock show.

The dan cinR -slipper. celJlre, belonlis onlhefool, lefl.

Liz Luke, OAC '85A, makes an offa H elen Woodside wilh "Gruesome" (Don Callaghan. HK '86).

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The Strike at Putney (con/d, }rom p. 7) goin g to set your opinion up again st his , are you. Cra ig? " " Didn 't know they taught such reveren ce for mini sters in Danbridge." retorted Craig with a lau gh, " Best let 'em alone. as Wherrison say s ." said Abner Keech , "Don't see what else we can do," said John Wilson shortly.

On Sunday morning the men were con­ sciou s of a bare, deserted appearan ce in the chu rch , Mr. Sinclair perce ived it himself.

After some inward wondering he concluded that it was because there were no flowe rs anywhe re , The table before the pulpit was bare. On the organ a vase held a sorry. hided bouquet left over from the previous week. The floor was unswept. Dust lay thickly on the pulpit Bible, the choir chairs, and the pew backs. " This church looks disgraceful," said John Robbin s in an angry undertone to hi s daughter Polly, wh o was president of the Flower Band. " What in the name of common sense is the good of your Flower Banders if you can't keep the place looking decent 1 " "There is no Flower Band now, father," whispered PoJly in return. "We've disbanded .

Women haven't any business to meddle in church matters. You know the session said so . .. [t was weJl for Polly that she was too big to have her ears boxed. Even so, it might not have saved her if they had been anywhere else than in church.

Meanwhile the men who were sitting in the choir - three basses and two tenors ­ were beginning to dimly suspect that there was something amis s here, too. Where were the sopranos and the altos? Myra Wilson and Alethea Craig and several other members of the choir were sitting down in their pews with perfectly unconscious faces, Myra was look­ ing out of the window into the tangled sunlight and shadow of the great maples.

Alethea Craig was reading her Bible.

Presently Frances Spenslow came in.

Frances was organist, but today, instead of walking up to the platform, she slipped demurely into her father's pew at one side of the pulpit. Eben Craig, who was the Putney singing master and felt himself res pons ible for the choir, fidgeted uneasily. He tried to catch Frances' eye, but she was absorbed in reading the mission report she had found in the rack, and Eben was finally forced to tiptoe down to the Spenslow pew and Whisper, .. Miss Spenslow, the mini ster is waiting for the doxology. Aren't you going to take the organ?"

Frances looked up calmly. Her clear, placid voice was audible not only to those in the nearby pews, but to the minister.

"No, Mr. Craig. You know if a woman isn't fit to speak in the church she can't be fit to sing in it either. ..

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Eben Craig looked exceeding ly fooli sh.

He tiptoed gin gerly bac k to hi s place. The minister, with an unu sual flu sh on hi s th in, ascetic face, rose suddenly and gave out the o pening hymn.

Nobody who heard the s inging in Putney Church that day ever forgot it. Untrained basses and tenors , unrelieved by a s ingle female voice, are not inspiring.

There were no announce ment s of society meetings for the forthcoming week. On the way home from church that day irate hus­ bands and father s sco lded, argued o r pleaded , accord ing to their several di spositi o ns. One and aJi met with the sa me calm stateme nt that if a noble, self-sacr ificin g woman lik e Mr. Cotterell were not good enough to speak in the Putney church. ordinary. every-day women could not be fit to take any part whatever in its work.

Sunday School that afternoon was a harrowing failure . Out of all the corps of teachers only one was a man. and he alone was at his post. [n the Christi an Endeavor meeting on Tuesday night the feminine ele­ ment sat dumb and unrespons ive. The Putney wome n never did things by halves.

The men held out for two weeks. At the end of that time they " happened" to meet at the manse and talked the matter over with the harassed mini s ter. Elder Knox said gloomily: " [t's this way. Nothing can move them women. [ know, for I've tried. My authority has been set at naught in my own household.

And ['m laughed at if I show my face in any of the other settlements. " The Sunday School superintendent said the Sunday School was going to wreck and ruin, also the Chri stian Endeavor. The con­ dition of the church for dust was something scandalous and strangers were making a mockery of the singing. And the carpet had to be paid for. He supposed they would have to let the women have their own way.

The next Sunday evening after service Mr. Sinclair arose hes itatingly. His face was flushed, and Alethea Craig alway s declared that he looked "just plain every-day cross."

He announced briefly that the session, after due deliberation , had con c luded that Mrs. Cotterell might occupy the pulpit on the evening appointed for her address.

The women all over the church smiled broadly. Frances Spenslow got up and went to the organ stool. The singing in the last hymn was good and hearty. Going down the steps after dismissal Mrs. Elder Knox caught the secretary of the Church Aid by the arm . .. [ guess ," s he whi s pered anxiously, "you'd better call a special meeting of the Aid s at my house to-morrow afternoon. [f we're to get that social over before haying begins we've got to do some smart scurry­ ing."

The strike at Putney was over. 0

First Grads

of the U. ofG. Co-operative Education Program Our s incere con g ratulati o ns go to nine brand new alumni, the first graduates of the Counselling and Student Resource Centre's Co-operative Education Program, The ir first work term in 19 82 was followed by alternat­ ing tenns of study and work resu lting in four work terms prior to graduation. This work­ re lated experience has placed them in very favourable career positions, as noted be low.

Th e Univers ity now offers 18 co -oper­ ative education majors that provide students with the opportunity of gaining practi cal experience in their disciplines, together with a greater degree of finan c ial indepen­ dence. The success of the Program is a result of the offering, by both the public and the private sec tor, of c a reer-building oppor­ tunities . and by the University offering mature, academically prepared students, anxious to contribute to an organization.

Audrey L. Atkin, CBS '85, Mississauga.

Honors Mi crobiology.

Audrey will be employed by the National Research Council, Ottawa, until September and then will enrol in graduate studies in Microbial Genetics. She has plans to operate her own business in the future.

Dwayne Barber, CPS '85, Shelburne.

Honors Applied Chemistry.

Dwayne is employed at Guelph in the Department of Chemistry and Bio-Chemis­ try, working under Dr. Ed Janzen. Research is being carried out towards the separation of mixtures of compounds by high perfor­ mance I iquid chromatography. Dwayne hopes to proceed to graduate study in Bio­ c hemistry in September [985.

Janet Brown, OAC '85, Newcastle.

Honors Food Science.

Janet has returned to the Canadian Canners Research Centre, Burlington, to continue re search and development work ­ a position she held during her last work term. Janet's research will be aimed at new products in canned fruit, vegetables and soups.

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Jane Cressman, OAC '85, Peterborough.

Honors Food Science.

Jane is e mployed by Robin Hood Multi-foods Inc. , Rexdale, as a food techni ­ cian at th eir tech nical ce ntre. She is con­ cern ed with produ ct development of cons umer products , primarily gra in -based foods and beverages.

Cheryl Meacher, CBS '85, Coll ingwood.

Honors Microbiology.

Che ryl is continuing studies at the Uni­ vers ity of Guelph in Psychology an d Fami ly Studies, and doing vo lunteer work . Sh e intends to pursue her interest in clinical counselling, tent ativel y in the area of famil y therapy.

Peter Kurkimak i, OAC '85, Sudbury.

Honors Food Science.

Peter has production respo nsi bilities at the Ge orgetow n plant of Smith an d O'Fl aherty, Inc ., a diversified supp lier of ingredients to the food ind ust ry.

Petra Pausch , CBS '85, Midland.

Honors Microbi ology.

Petra is a microbiologi st at the G. H. Wood Compa ny's research ancl development labora tory, Toronto. where she spent two work terms. She is respo nsible for the ant i­ microbial evaluation of di sinfec tants and saniti zers using standa rd lest methods. and for subm itting written laboratory rep orts.

Leslie Brown, CBO ' 85, Deep River.

Honors Microbi ology.

Leslie is working with the exotox­ cicology section of the Nati onal Research Counc il. Ot tawa. ass ist ing with a research project in ves ti gati ng the to xic effects of mercury in the environment.

ThefirSI graduales oflhe Co-operal ive Edumlion Program al Cuelph reeeil'ed Ih eir degrees Winl er Conv(}calion. Lefr 10 r(~hl. ii-on I /'Ow: Sue POSI, B .Se. Ch em islrr. Oahille: Pel er Kurkimaki. B.Se. Food Science. SudhUlT; Janel Brown. B.Se. Food Science, N e ll'caslle: Jane Cressman . B.Sc. Food Science. Pelerborllug17; Am/rev A lkill . B.Se. Mierohi%gr.

Mississauga. Back row: Dwa,l'lle Barber. B .Sc. HOll evwood: Presidelll Burl Mal/hell's. OAC '4 7; Pelra Pall.H'h, B.Se. Microbia/oKv. Mid/and: Chen-i Meacher, B .SI'. Microbi%gl·.

Thorn bu rv. and Leslie Brown. B.Sc. MIC/'Obi%g,l'. Deep Ril'er.

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Alumni Day at the Ballpark Toron to members of the UGAA in vo lved in th e Volunteers in Support of Admissions (V.I.S.A. ) Program have reserved a limited number of ti ckets for the Toronto Blue Jays game on Saturday, June 22 . 1985 - Dom inion Watch Day, when all attending youn gsters 14 and unde r will receive a fre e watch . Ticket costs are $7.50 for adults

Susan Post, CPS 85, Oa kvill e.

Applied Chem istry Su san is em ployed in the research lab of Po lyres in s Inc. He r work in vo lves developing low foaming emu lsion poly­ mers. Later this year, she wi ll be staning a Master's program in the Departm e nt of Clinical Biochemistry at th e University of Toronto. 0

Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston June 22

and $3.75 for youngsters 14 and und er.

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The College of Social Science Alumni Assoc iation

PEGAS-US Editor: Dorothy Barnes, '78.

Good Food - Good Friends

I can almost hear yo u muttering to your­ se lves , as you glance at the above headline.

Wh at does this have to do with Social Sci­ ence? Well, now th at I have your atte ntion , do read on and you'll find the co nnec tion.

Carol (Aiken) Cooper, ' 62, a charter member of the fonn er Wellington Coll ege, has proved th at good food leads to good friends - if you go about it in a ce rta in way.

Good Food , Good Friends is the title of a book co-authored by Carol and Hu­ guette Khan, a good fri e nd Carol met while enj oyin g good food.

I! happened thi s way. After graduatin g with a B.A. from Wellington College, Carol headed west to the University of British Co­ lumbia and obtained a Master of Social Work degree. She worked at a ca reer in soc ial wo rk . married and, when re ady to start a famil y. took time out from her caree r.

Later. Caro l and famil y moved to the Mississa uga area, They found it di ffi cult to ge t to know people so they joined a New­ comers Club and through that beca me in­ volved in a dinn er club . They were me mbers of a dinn er club for four years. with Carol running it for two of those years. Some 80 couples belonged to the club . It was through this involveme nt that Carol met Huguette.

Later. the couple organi zed a smaller group of ci ght coupl es closer to ho me be­ cuuse .. you see people. wuve to them. recog­ ni ze them gcnerully but don 't rea ll y ge t to know thcm . .. A dinner club is u great wuy of getting to know pcople.

The uuthors of thc book recommend the dinner club concept us u g reat way fo r people to mee t. to get to rea lly know one unother and e ntertain, to feel comfortable whil e putting on a complete dinner for u group. und to be abl e to ufford to put on ex pensi ve dinne rs.

The couples meet reg ulurly to try new me nus und shure not only th e work but the fun as well. Euch couple is ass igned u purt of u meul to prepure. with reheuting und finul touches bei ng done at the home of the host couple. Thi s meuns less time, indi viduully, in the kitc hen prepuring for the party and mor<: time ·to SflCRd with guest~ durin g the 14

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Carol (Aikm) Coop('/". '62.

eve nin g. Sharin g in volves not only the work but the expense, says Carol, and the enJ OY­ ment co mes fro m tryin g new foods, ex peri­ me ntin g with new rec ipes and. naturally, from new fri endships.

I asked Carol if she hud any word s of advice o r wisdom to impart to new grads Oil reac hin g for and ac hievin g success. Carol's advice is to use yo ur B. A. as a steppin g stone to grea te r thin gs; try not to get ti ed up in ex pec tations th at are traditi o nul.

There ure lots of o ption s und, for wome n specifi call y. Cum I suggests ge ttin g a deg ree and a couple of yeurs of ex pe rie nce in u chosen held before con siderin g marr iuge und children. Huvi ng this will give yo u more options when yo u re-enter the job Ill urket.

She stresses thut the re are a lot of choices , so think and pi un wcll and always keep un open mind to r options. Be involved in whuteve r is going on - keep acti ve !

The book. Good Food. Good Friends . is selling well throu gh Penguin Books C in­ ud<J Limited, Murkhum . If you would like to kn ow more ubout the dinner club concept write to Curol. She lives <Jt 234~ Dorothcu Co urt, Mississuug<J. Onturio. L5B 2B7 Keep your options open Carol und wc m<JYbe enjoy ing more of yo ur publications.

With yo ur philosoph y, HOW -c<m you lail'! 0

A Party!

It was in 1984 that , for the first tim e, your Associati o n held a party to mee t new gradu­ ates of the College of Soc ial Science. It was a success, and we decided to es tablish a tradition.

We held our second venture in January of this year and it, too, was a resound ing success, with appro ximately 90 students at­ te ndin g.

Dean John Vanderk amp we lcomed the new graduates and thanked both the Asso­ ciati on and the student bod y for th eir sup­ port. He also recomme nded th a t grads beco llle in vo lved in their Associati on ­ take out a membership and give acti ve sup­ port . We are always on the lookout for new exec uti ve me mbers.

Associatio n Pres ident John Currie, '70, addressed the group and discussed the tent ative pro posa ls for the B.S .Sc. degree and ex panded on the Association's aim . As well. John focll sed on a proposa l to establish a careers speake rs burea u.

Preside nt of the CSS Student Gove rn­ ment , Audwin Trapman, '86, welcomed ull grads and outlined the need fo r involve­ me nt in o ur Assoc iuti on. Audwin mefl­ tion ed recently relea sed s tati s ti cs th a t reveul ed that th e College of Soc ial Sc ience has the hi ghes t pe rcent age of g radu ates whose whereubouts are unknown.

Whut ure we going to do about it') I guve the situati on some thou ght and con­ cluded that I couldn't do much more th an uppe ul to ull you grads who are readin g thi s, who have relati ves . fri e nds or colleagues wh o are CSS gruds and who have failed to keep in tou ch. to ple<Jse puss th is mess<Jge: Where ure you ') Pleuse contact us, let us know where you are. If you wi sh to renwin u nume und uddress o nly, we will res pect yo ur wishes, but if you wunt to let yo ur colleug ues know how your curee r is go ing the n pleuse write to mc, your editor, c/o the Alumni O ffice rec­ ords secti on. Their uddress is o n puge 2. If you do send in un urticle ubout yo urself. don't I()rget to enclose a photogruph . It's surprising how muny res ponses I get where prnlt ogruflh~ .have been forgotten. 0

A Means to a Beginning

In Memoriam

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It wa;, with deep regl'et thut we learned of

He obtained a job with the Minist ry of Corrections and was so influenced by the humanistic approac h to the less fortunate that he broke hi s serv ice with the Minisliy to enro l at Guelph and ea rn a B.A. in So­ ciology, In 1981 he took a leave of absence from the Ministry and attended the University of Ottawa in the Master's program in crimi­ nology. He gradua ted F!'Om Ottawa in '84 and returned to Guelph and the Ministry.

He and his wife, Rachpal, recently we l­ co med their first born , a so n, Gurjeet Pal, into th eir world. A world , Gurnam say s, th at is much better economically and soc ially than th at of his homeland, He jogs reg ular! y eve ry ot he r day to keep in shape and enjoys camping and cy­ cling. He is an advocate of human rights, the

the s udden death of fichael Edward "Mike" James . '72, on Fcbrua ry 2llth , 1985.

He was pre~idellt of the interim ex­ ecut ive co mmittee that worked hard and dil ­ igently to org<J nizc yo ur Alumni Assoc ia­ tion, and l'ealized th e wi shes and drea ms of m<Jn y when the CSSAA came into bein g.

He was pnceived to be a modest man by many, and especially by his mother. She had no idea of the work he did toward s achieving the aims or the steering cOllllllit­ tce, nor or his hard work and acti vities as president of th e first elected Board 0 [' Direc­ tol'S th at guided LIS to the successful, but still growing, alumni as~oc iati o n we have today.

Mi ke had a short life by tod ay's stan­ dard s, but it was a life tilled witl) di vers ifi ca­ tion that led to his tinal succcss as a law yer in Gue lph. He came to Toronto from England with his parents at age o ne. After high school he so ld cars: drove an am bulance: work ed in a bank: as a barman , and wit h a law firm whi ch whetted his desire to becomc a lawye r. Thi s he achieved when he was ca lled to the Bar in 1977.

Those of us who knew Mike will miss him but tind solace in the fac t he did not go thro ugh life unsuccessfully. He left hi s "mark" on yo ur orga ni zati on. We can pay t1'ibutc to his memory by continuing hi s hopes and aspirations in building a strong, positive alumni as~oc iation .

Our condolences go out to hi ~ mother. sister Alison an d nieces EI izabeth and Cathy in their loss. Pel'h aps the knowledge that Mike was a quiet but dedi cated "doer" will help ease thei r sorrow and add pleasure to memories. 0

first met Gurnam Singh. ' 77 , in the: mid -70s while both or us were un de rgradu­ ates. We found we had two important things in comn)on. We were both workin g on de­ gree s while holding down t'ull-time jobs , and both of us worked for the Provincial Ministry of Corrections.

It was obvious from the course being attended that we both had a more than pass­ ing interest in criminology. While I veered away from thi s field after graduatin g, Gur­ nam strengthened his interest by ob tainin g a certificate in corrections from McMaster University and, recentl y, a Master's degree in Criminology. [n 1970 , Gurnam ca me to Canad a from his home in India to start a new li fe. He arrived here with some anx ieties to say th e least. He was in a stra nge country with strange ways. He had a B.Sc. (Agr.) degree and $80 in his pocket.

Cumw/l Sillgh. ' 77.

rights of minoriti es and the nucl ear freeze.

Hi s firm belief is in a Just soc iety although he realistica ll y agrees that, in practice, it's almost impossible to achieve, To future grads Gurnam says educati on is the key to constructive me ntal power which can help resolve human proble ms and help one achieve se ll-worth , se lf-pride and se lf: es teem as well as selt:contide nce, [t would seem that Gurn am has ac hieved all of the above through hi s deter­ mination to succeed and his dedication to a course of stud y th at would see him wel l on the way to succ ess, So mehow, I don't see his actions as a mea ns to an end but rather to a beginning­ of a new li fe, in a new cou ntlY, with a new famil y. 0

Volunteers Needed Your College of Social Science Alumni Association is establishing a careers speak­ ers bureau as a service to high schools and vocational institution s in the Kitchener- Wa­

terloo-Guelph areas who plan careers days,

If yo u are prepared to speak about your career and are prepared to share your knowl ­ edge with futurc studen ts, and if you enjoy public speaking, please complete the fo llow­ ing sec tion and return to John Currie, Presi­

dent CSSAA, c/o Department of Alumni Affairs and Deve lo pment, University of .

Guelph, Guelph , Ontario N IG 2W I, as soon as possible. We need you! 0

CSSAA Careers Speakers Bureau

o Yes, I wo uld like to take part in the Careers Project.

I am available: (schools will be asked to contact you we ll in advance) Days, by appo intment.

0 Evenings only.

0 Days or evenings.

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If there are day s when you are not avail ab le, please specify:

NAME: (Please print), .. . , , . . .. , . , , COLLEG E & YEAR

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OCCUPATION: Note: Attendance at training/briefing sess ion s will be ob ligatory.

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association

BIO-ALUMNI NEWS

Editor:

Marie (Boiss onneault)

Rush, '80.

An Outstanding Scientist

by Ann Middleton , Infol'mation Services.

Micro biologi st Dr. Terry Beve rid ge has bee n named winn er of the prestigious Steacie Pri ze, awa rded annually to an out­ standin g Canadian sc ie nti st under age 40.

Thi s is th e first time in the 20 years of its ex istence th at the award has bee n made to a microbiologi st and the fi rs t time the ho nour has come to the University. The annual prize is admini stered by the National Research Council (NRC) in memory of one of Canada's foremost sc ie ntists, E. W. R. Steacie, a physical chemist and a form er president of th e NRC. Professo r Beve ridge's work is with mi cro-orga ni sms, bacteria so small that hundreds of millions would be needed to cover the head of a pin. The microbi ologis t explains th at he uses bacteria as a model to understand how molecules fit together to form cells. They are easy to grow and manip­ ulate and are made up of the same basi c materials as man.

Through the development of new tech­ niques, he can now label the components of the organism with spec ific heavy metal probes, making it possible to study struc­ tures such as bacterial walls and mem branes under the sca nning transmi ss ion electron microscope. Throug h this te ch niqu e the sci­ entist can specifically label biolog ical mole-

cules for the first time.

Terry explains that a mag nification of a million is commonly used to examine the molec ular stru cture of bacteria walls and membranes, whereas a magnification in the nei g hbo rhood of 100 ,000 is sufficient to examine th e whole organi sm.

This work in vo lves cons iderab le chem­ istry and biochem istry for th e researcher to make sure the co rrect compound has been tagged by the metal probe. As a res ult of the tagg in g, he has come to understand the physi cal che mist ry of bacterial surfaces , confirming that these su rfaces are usually hi g hly cha rged and, he nce, react very stro ngly with th eir e nvironment.

For example, bacteria in natural wate rs react with heavy metals by taking the m into the bacterial wall and there by swee ping them ou t of the e nviro nment to fo rm a metallic covering which Terry compares to a fur coat.

These coated bacteri a tend to flo ck togethe r, then sink to the sedime nt at th e bottom of the lake or ri ve r. Thi s is a possible explanation for the fact that heavily polluted bodies of water like Lake Ont ario's Bur­ lington Bay do not have the metal load that might be expected.

In an int e restin g sideline on thi s

l'm/i'.I.lor 7i'UT [JlTeritigl' , Ol'fI({I'/III<'1I1 oj Microi>i%gr.

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research, carri ed out in co njunction with geo logist s at the Un ive rsi ty of Wes tern Ontario, it has been disc overed that the met al-coa ted bac teria eve ntu al ly form metal-rich rock.

Terry explains th at there has bee n co n­ siderabl.e co ntroversy amo ng geol ogists as to whethe r very old rock co nta ins micro­ fossils. The Guel ph- Wes tern tea m feels their simulation of diagenesi s (the formation of rock from sedimentary mate ri als during mil­ lio ns of years) proves that the form s seen in early cherts or shales are, in fac t, micro­ fo ssi ls, demonstrating that life was es tab­ li shed 3.6 billion years ago, a mere billion yea rs after the planet came into existence.

A further aspect of Terry 's researc h looks at the structure of the hol es that are part of the bacterial wall. He exp lains that pha rmaceutical companies have developed thou sands of antibiotics over the yea rs that have absolutely no effect o n bacte ri a. Hi s look at molecular structure leads him to believe that holes penetrate through bacte­ ri al walls. Thi s means that for antibiotics to reac h the underl ying cells to carry out their killin g ac tio n, they must be tailo red to the shape of the hol es. Since bac te ri a can change very quickly, eve n initially effec ti ve an tibiotics can soo n be repelled by changes in the sieving quality of th e wall.

Scienti sts come from aro und the world to stud y the tec hniques deve loped by Terry so that there are ofte n from two to ten vis­ itors queuing up to use the microscope, one of onl y three in Canada and the o nl y one devoted to this type of research . Terry is director of the Guelph Regional Natural Sci­ ences and Enginee ring Council of Canada Scanning Tra ns mi ss ion E lec tron Mi c ro­ scope Facility. The huge instrume nt , wi th its accompanying co ntrol unit and television sc reen, is located in th e Department of Microbiol ogy.

The $5,000 Steacie prize is awarded annuall y to a you ng scient ist nominated by his peers. Vice-President Dr. Howard Cla rk expressed the delight or the University com­ munity in the recognition 01' an outstanding I'aeulty me mber at a dinner when the presen­ tati on was made. Dr. Clark al so noted that all previous winners of the awa rd have achieved great distincti on in their latcr careers. 0

College of Biological Science Alumni Association

presents

SHOW & SALE June 15 t h & 16 th 1985 1:00 plIL - 5:00 plIL

The Cardio- Vascular Club galhered on reliremel1f ofjillll1i1er Dr. John Pu\\'eff. celllre./i'ul1l.

5 th floor University Centre

University of Guelph No admitta nce

Avian and Aquatic Grants The Ontario Waterfowl Research Founda­ tion (OWRF) presented a cheque for $130,000 to the University of Guelph, and another for $130.000 to the Niska Wildlife Foundation of Guelph , at a ceremony on campus la<;t November. Making the presen­ tation was Elgin H. Card. vice-chairman of the OWRF At the University, the grants will en­ dow two establ ished research fellowships and a new one concerning animal behaviour.

Niska will utilize the funds for the enhance­ ment of the Kortright Waterfowl Park.

The two established fellowships at the University are the Elgin H. Card Avian Ecology Fellowship and the Norman G.

Refreshments

James Aquatic Mammology Fellowship.

Both have annual awards of $S,OOO and are currently being held by graduate students in the University's College of Bio,logical Sci­ ence. The new scholarship will be directed to a graduate student working in the area of animal behaviour.

The granting of these fund s was occa­ sioned by the di ssolution of the OWRF. The purpose of grants to the University of Guelph and the Niska Wildlife Foundation, said Elgin Card, is to further the aims and objectives of the OWRF. "It is our desire that both organizations utilize the funds in a manner which will be most beneficial to mankind and the environment." 0

CoDege Honour RoD · FaD '84

Semester os: Rubina Malik Nancy Van Oosten Amber Gardiner David Wilkinson Andrew Reaume

88.6 87 .6 86.4 86.4 8S.2

Dana Ross

8S .0

Human Biology Zoology Marine Biology Toxicology (Biochem) Genetics Minor - Microbiology Human Biology

Semester 06: Scow Chua

86.8

Toxicology (Biollled)

Kelang Selangor.

Malaysia.

Semester 07: SUl.anne Tyas

X7.2

Ajax

Alexander Hankc

XS8

Lisa POulancn

8S .2

Robert Fotheringham

8S .0

Human Biology Minor - Biomed ZOol(lgy Minor - Statistics Nutrition & Biochc mi stry Genctics

Semester 08: Cheryl Meacher Paul Malon

X7 .X 8S.4

Microbiology Tox icology

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Niagara Falls.

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TakingBuU

By Horns This year the CBS Alumni Association is taking the bull by the horns and holding its first-ever Wildlife Art Show and Sale. We've rounded up a number of wildlife artists from the Department of Zoology. from Guelph and from farther afield. Some are well known, others are not quite so well known. but all are super artists.

At this time. we know that there will be woodcarvings. paintings . pen and pencil works and photography If you would like to exhibit your work during this show contact Krista Soper at (S 19) 821-1026 or at 22 Aber­ deen Street, Guelph. Ontario. NIH 2M9 .

So. those of you who like to see wild lite in art, come to the graduate lounge on Level S of the University Centre during Alumni Weekend ·8S. June 14-16. and see our di s­ play Most of the pieces there will be for sale. so bring your cheque-book in case you see something you would like to take home.

Admittance is free and refreshments will be avuilable. We would love to see you there. 0

Grafton.

Windcrmcre.

Thornhill.

1l10rnbury l(.Jronto.

Please help us to help you .

When corresponding, or up­ dating information or address , do tell us not only your year of graduation but your discipline.

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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association

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

Farm Study

by U. ofG. A

contract [or a $100,000 study of farm­ family incomes has been awarded to the Univers ity, one of three applicants seek ing to conduct the study for the Agricultural Council of Ontario.

Delbert O'Brien, chairman of the re­ cently-appointed council , sa id las t week that while all the proposal s were "excellent, " the se lection committee was of the opinion th at the proposals put forth by the University would best address the issue.

"We were very critical in our examina­ tion," O'Brien said , " but we're sati sfied that the University is going to take a look at this from the farmer's perspec ti ve. " O'Brien said he believes the study wiJl be a first of its kind. " In the past, all the factors that weighed aga inst the farmer were considered." Thi s stud y will di ffe r from others in th at it will attempt to pinpoint the often ove rl ooked areas relating to farm in­ come, he sa id.

The public may be too well informed of

Award T he Essex County Assoc iated Growers thi s yea r honoured Lee Weber, '62, Essex Count y Agricu lt ura l Repre se ntative, wit h the Outstanding Ser vice to Agric ulture Award .

This award which is made annually in conju nction with th e Associated Growers Convention is used to recog nize indi viduals who have made significant contributions to agriculture and the rural peuple of Essex County.

Lee was born and raised on a mixed farm, ou tside Merl in, in Kent County, and was ac tive in 4-H and high school sports.

Now in his 23 rd year with the Ontario Mini stry of Agriculture and Food, Lee worked in Durham, Brant and Elgin Co unt­ ies before coming to Essex County. As Agri­ 18

issues like farm tax loopholes and su bsidiza­ tion programs - all the thin gs that "calcu­ late against the farm er" whe n considering income, O'Brien said - and ye t often ig­ nores the lack of social programs such as unemployment insurance and paid overti me.

"We'll be considering all the over­ looked issues," the chairman sa id, such as asset depreciation and absence of subsidies enjoyed by urban peopl e, which include transportati on, sewage and water. Also, the study will attempt tu quantify the ex tent of unpaid farm labour of children and spouses.

"All these matters are go ing to be stud­ ied for the first time," O ' Brien said. Indeed, in all of the proposals received, a common theme was that the mandate of the st udy "was very different from anything under­ take n before," he said.

The progress of the study will be re­ viewed by the Agricultural Council peri­ odicall y, and upon its completi on it will be the Council's duty to presen t the report and make recommendations to th e agriculture mini ster.

"As a farm er I'm delighted there's been this commitment of fu nds made avai labl e to examine th e issue," O'Bri en said, "par­

ticularly when farm income is so critica l. " The Council hopes to use the study as leve r­ age to "encourage the introduct ion of pro­ grams to reli eve - at least what I presume to be - the critically low level uf farm in­ comes." he sa id .

By choosing the University to condu ct the study, O'Brien said that the coun cil wi ll be "getting full value for the dollar" due to the expertise and ex tensive computer capac­ ity in existence at the Univers ity.

Much of the University's work will en­ tail collating existin g information, O ' Brien said. " Much of this data is ava ilable, but it 's locked away in government vaults."

0' Brien said he would make no pre­ dictions as to the outcome of th e study, however, he conceded that "we know farm­ ers are un de r a great financial stress."

Once th e report is conc luded, the Co un cil will attempt to "bri ng the fact s to the urban community," which all too uften "doesn't wa nt to understand" the issue faced by farmers, O'Brien said.

Studies suggest that farm income is less now than it was ten years ago, O ' Brien said. Urba n people, he suggested, "wouldn't put up wi th that for a day." 0

cult ura l Representative, he has worked with many farm groups to he lp develop far m safety, farm manage ment, cro p production and other edu cati onal programs. A weekly news co lumn calle d "A grisco pe" was started in the ea rl y 1970s and appea rs re g­ ularl y in many newspapers.

The Sun Parlour Food Tour and Sun Parlour Food Fair both had their beginnings throu gh Lee's assistance. Man y individual farmers have visited his office fo r counse ll­ ing, advice and guidance on farm problems.

Many others . whom he has never met, hear him reg ul arly on one of three local radi o stations.

Lee is a member of the Southwes tern Ontario Branch of the Ontario In stit ute of Agrologists and is a past president. He has also served as a member and secre tary of the Town of Essex Planning Board.

Over the past several years he has acted as a Board member, secretary, director or

advisor on several farm asso ciati o ns and committees.

Lee and his wife, Marion , have been married for 21 years and have five daughters between 12 and 20 years of age. Mari on is manager of the Forsy th Trave l Bureau, Essex, 0

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DorO lhv

Holev.

OAC '80.

She's the First Ever.

By Bernadette

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COlli.

Dorothy Haley, OAC '80, B.Sc. (Agr.) Crop Science, never gave much considera­ tion to the fact that she was in an occupation traditionally held by men.

"I guess you're more concerned about your performance when you start ajew job," she says.

Appointed a soils and crops special ist by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) about a year ago, Dorothy was the first woman ever to receive the posi­ tion with OMAF - and although that in itself was different, she never felt it.

Maybe, she admits, some farmers view working with a woman as so mewhat of a novelty, but she points out she doesn't look for chauvinism on the job. And any time she may hear the odd critical comment, she has to consider that the remark may have been made to any new, youn g person. " I've been fortu nate .

I've never had sexual discrimination on the job, " she says.

Dorothy believes her role in agriculture is somewhat insignificant when compared to the roles played by women on the farm.

Their function . she points out, is "often underestimated. " Women on farms are raising families. working out side of th e operation, some­ times on a full-time basis, and coming home in the evening to do farm work, she says.

Because of the demands of home life, they find it difficult to get out to seminars and producers' meetings where decisions affect­ ing farmers can often be made. " I think we need more rural day care, .. she says. With additional day care. farm women could wor k freely around the farm wi·thout having to worry about which child is playiflg a.round with w-hat .p4eGc ·of

machinery. As well, day care would free women for meetings.

Right now, she says farm women are risk ing burn-out.

Dorothy was immersed in agriculture at an early age, being raised with seven sis­ ters and two brothers on a farm. Perhaps because th ere were so many gi rls, she notes, she, along with her sisters, was encouraged to work in all aspects of farm life.

Her mother, too. participated in all farm work. "Maybe, " Dorothy says , "if there had been lots of sons, the boys would have been the only ones to work in the barns and the gi rls wou Id have been assigned to the kitch en...

As it turned out, she never thought twice about doing all kinds of farm work and grew up in an environment where duties were not assigned according to sex.

"I'm not traditional," she notes, adding that she is definitely not a radical feminist either.

Dorothy was ap pointed a soils and crops specialist with OMAF's Plant Indus­ try Branch in September. 1983. and covered Stormont, Dundas, Leeds and Grenville. after working as assoc iate agricultural repre­ sentative in Renfrew county for about three years.

Later. she to ok over the position of Jerry Winnicki, OAC '78, who had been covering Lanark. Carleton and Renfrew Counties. Last October, she moved from the Kemptville office to the Carleton office to be closer to her assigned territory and her Ottawa hom~.

Dorothy was not always sure she wanted to make agriculture a career. and she struggled with severa l options during her 1ast high school years. To a large extent,

opportunities just turned to agriculture and it, in tum, opened doors for her.

After graduating from high sc hool. she was totally undecided about a career choice.

She had applied for agriculture, nursing and journalism courses, she recalls with a laugh.

Instead of go ing back to school after high school , she participated in an exchange program wi th Canada World Youth, and it was during her five months in Colombia that she was better ab le to focus in on her desired career choices.

It was there, she says, that she " lea rned the importance of agriculture to the develop­ ment of any eco nomy. To develop. a country first has to become self-sufficient in food, a goal Colombia had not achieved. That's wh e n I realized agriculture was for me, " she says. "You sort of see that it's the core of society and its development."

Most Colombian land, she ex plained, was put into coffee, bananas and marijuana for foreign markets. Colomb ians felt that they could import food with the money they raised from exporting cash crops. But that prevented them from farming basics. like corn. Dorothy says. that could be used to develop a dairy industry. " As an agri c ultural sector beco mes more and more developed. the same amount of food can be produced by fewe r people.

Then. there are more people to take jobs in the food proce ss ing indu s tries. " s he remarks. " But too much of Colombia's food was being exported for process ing. " Having learned a great deal of Spanish while away. Dorothy returned to Canada to study an inte nsive Spanish course and became flu e nt in that language. Although interested in agriculture. she had not been able to get rid of the idea of becoming a journalist. and she knew that having a sec­ ond language could be helpful to reporters.

"I had it in the back of my mind to be an agricultural reporte r." she says. So after taking Spanish. Dorothy studied agriculture at the University and received her degree in Agriculture with th e hope of meeting requirement s to enter a one-year journalism course offered by an Ottawa university.

While at Guelph. Dorothy decided to major in crop science. one of 12 women among 70 students to do so. The animal science major saw many more women. she notes . supposing that a substantial portion of the women there were hoping to so me day become veterinarians. It was in the 1970s. she says. when women started to study agri­ culture in a big way.

After graduation. Dorothy applied to the University of Ottawa to start on the last leg of her studies. but was turned down.

Today. it doesn't matter to her. As she points out. the career she chose has been good to her. allowing her to achieve the goal of having a satisfying job . ·0

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Computers in the Greenhouse "This is th e decade of the computer arid if you don't believe it, you have your head buri ed in the sand."

That was the message a large group of greenhouse growers received from Dr. Bob Langhans, Cornell Un ive rsity, New York . at the sixth annual Canadi an Greenhouse Co n­ fere nce at the Universi ty of Guelph.

Dr. Langhans has done ex tensive wo rk wi th computers as they relate to the gree n­ hou se indu stry. At Cornell, resea rch has been go ing on for a number of yea rs . and has in vo lved many New York State growers.

According to Dr. Langhans , there are three areas that greenhou se growers can uti­ li ze a computer in: bu siness records, crop and spaci ng schedul es , and monitoring and contro l 01' the greenhouse environment.

He sa id th at using the computer for business record s is vcry simpl e and that costs are relatively low Ca lling th em "e lec­ tro nic spreads heets". he said that all busi­ ness informat ion. such as billing, can be at a grower's fin gerti ps rath er tha n scatt ered aro und in manu al ti ling systems.

He knew of one New York State grower who kept over $500 .000 in assets ti led away in a shoe box th at was take n on annual trips to the grower's account ant.

" I can't understand why every grower isn't using a computer," he sai d. " They' re so easy to use."

Research at Cornell Un ive rsity shows th at effi cient use of fl oor space for cro ps is an area tha t growe rs can benefit in most by adding it compu ter. The studies show that most utilization of Roor space, worked out on paper rather than a comp uter, is only 80 per cent at bes t and 50 per cent at worst.

He said the reason for the inefficiency is due to va riables tha t pop up durin g the growing season that force shifting of the grower's Roor pl an. Thi s ma kes it di ffi cult to plan on paper, whereas computers ca n be progra mmed to shift th ings arou nd as vari ­ ables are introduced.

The studies show that a square inch of space costs the grower about lO to 15 cents a wee k in o perating costs. At thi s rate th e un­ utili zed space end s up costing th e grower quite a bit of mo ney.

The savings a grower co uld obtain by using a computer would more th an pay fo r the equ ipment. Orde ring in of pl anting ma­ terials would al so be im proved th ro ugh the use of a computer.

The " hottes t" item rig ht now in green­ house computers is in enviro nmental control

Ozone D amage in Ontario

O zone damage to Ontari o crops, accordin g to a Ministry of the En viro nment study, is costing farmers close to $23 milli on in lost yield s annuall y. However, Professo r Douglas Ormrod . Department of Horti cul tura l Sci­ ence, Uni ve rsity of Guelph , feels th at the study is somewhat short -s ighted and th at the esti mate should be about 50 per cent hi gher.

Accordin g to Dr. Ormrod, not enough crops were considered in the stu dy aimed at assessing how muc h money long-range air­ borne pollutants are costing Ontar io agri­ culture.

He noted that the stud y di dn't consider any ce real crops other th an wheat. Other areas that were overl ooked altogether in­ clude forage crops, oil crops other than soy­ beans, fruit crops oth er than grapes, and several vegetable crops.

The stud y, releaseu late last year, is an attempt by the Ministry of the En viron me nt to get some hard data on the ex tent of air­ borne po llutant uamage. It considered onl y ozone uamage and will be followed, in about two years , by a report on acid rain.

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Dr. Ormrod, speak ing at a recent OAC conference, said that ozo ne influences plant growth by causing visible injury, reducin g the effecti ve leaf area, caus ing biochemical and ph ys iolog ical effec ts, causin g a change in the allocati on of photosy nthisents in the pl ant, and interactin g with other pollutants.

The cro p is usually rejected by consumers because of the spotty appearance.

The study also shows th at th ere has been a general decrease in ozo ne damage since 1974. Dr, Ormrod said that thi s may not mean much becau se the ozone may have di sap peared into ac id rain production. He sa id th e amounts of nitrogen ox ides that are leavin g the stacks co uld have re mained th e same or have even increased.

Ozone forms naturall y in the Eart h's atmosphere through chemical reactions with pollutants th at come from high industrial .,moke-stacks. Most of the ozone that fa ll s on Onta rio starts out in the Ohio River Val­ ley industrial area.

The main po llutants from the stac ks are sulphur di ox ide and nit roge n ox ide. They

and monitoring. Computers can be used for closing ve nts , turnin g the heat on or ofL pulling thermal blanket s ove r seedlings and controlling humidi ty in va ri ous sec tions of th e gree nhouse.

Another item that he wou ld like to sec incorporated into the control and monitor functi on is some form of redund ancy. He said th at too many companies don 't bother to build a back up system into the co mputer fo r ti mes of powe r shortage s.

A grow ing tre nd in th e horticulture indu stry is pl ant modellin g. Bas icall y, it mea ns th at plants will be " modelled" after a set of stan dards th at have been established by research.

Items such as the correct amount of sunli ght for th e specifi c time of day and co rrec t amount s of carb on d ioxid e for growt h will be taken into acco unt. He sa id that using a compu ter will be the onl y effi­ cient way to operate it gree nhouse when modelling comes into full sw ing.

Dr. Lang hans took a hand co unt of growers at th e co nfere nce and di scovered th at onl y about 10 per cent of th ose altend ing were using co mputers. He predicted that th e number would increase to 50 per cent by th e same ti me nex t yea r.

"The biggest prob lem seems to be fear of the systems by the grower," he said. "But there is re all y no problem. Most computers are user-friendl y." 0

eventually end up fall ing back to earth in the fo rm of gas , aerosol, fo g cloud s, acid mist or ac id rain. Ozo ne, one of the first gases to arise in the wh ole process, can stay in its gaseo us form or go on to help for m acid rain.

According to the study, 0 .08 parts per milli on of ozone is damaging to crops.

Ormrod said that monitoring stati ons that are located in the Simcoe area detected close to te n oc c urre nce s of thi s le vel be in g reac hed , or exceeded, by early June of las t yea r.

Th e re port showed that most of the ozone fe ll in so uth wes tern Ont ar io and around Toront o. It was also in thi s area that the most da mage to crops was reported.

Dr. Ormrod said th at it was not likely th at anything would be done about cutting down ozo ne leve ls. He pointed out that sul­ phu r di ox ide could be cut down co nsider­ abl y with the proper tilterin g equipment but that the cost was the prohibiting fac tor. He es timated that the cost to outfit one power stati on would be $23 million.

"The story is onl y part way along," he said. " I th ink we have to add some add,i­ tional estimates of the values of our own health in a polluted environment vers us that of a cleaner environment. " 0

In MemoriaDl

We regret to report the following deaths.

Allan Fraser Ross, '35, on Dece mber 4, 1984, at Pake nham.

Henry M cDouga ll Robertson, ;36A, in May, 1980. His son, Henr y, '66 , farm s at R.R. #2, Meaford .

Winston C harles Fischer, '39, on Sep­ tember 2, J984, at Niagara Falls. He had been a government inspector, Canadian Im­ migration. His widow is Doris (Deten­ beck), Mac '39.

Alexander James McTaggart, '39, on Jan­ uary 27, [985, in Calgary, Alta.

Neil King Maynard, '32A, on November 21, 1984, at Leam ington. He had been a member of the Leamington Lions Club, and had served many years on the session of Knox Presbyterian Church. His widow is Catherine (Walker), Mac '32.

Grad News Palmer Neil, '42, retired a year ago from Ayerst Laboratories Inc., Rou ses Point, N. Y., U.S .A .. and continues as a consultant with the company on matters relating to the manufacture and quality control of conju­ gated estrogens and conjugated estrogen tablets. He writes that he is al ways pleased to hear how the Gryphons Football team did ­ especially this year.

Tom Graham, '50, is director, Ontario Milk Marketing Board, Streetsville P.O. , Mississauga.

Edward Klos, 'SO, is a professor at Michi­ gan State University, East Lansing, Mich., U.S.A.

E d wa rd Lorne "Ted" Woodley, '35, on December 5, 1984, in Chatham , aner a val ­ iant fight with cancer. Ted had been prin­ cipal of Ridgetown Coll ege of Agricultu ral Technology, from [957 to 1968, had retired and was living in Ridge town. He was Dis­ trict Governor, Rotary [nternational, District 638 (1978-79) and served on many Rotary committees. He is survived by hi s wife, Mildred , o ne daughter and three sons.

Douglas Haig Miles, '42, September 28 , 1984. Doug was an area co-ordinator, Exten­ sion Branch, OMAF. until his retirement in December 1983. 0

It is with a re al se nse of loss th at we report the death of Susannah (Chase) Steckle, '21, the first fe male admitted to the degree course at the OAC. Su sannah Steck Ie grew up in Green­ wich, Nova Scotia, and after graduation set­ tled in Ontario rol lowing her marri age to the late John Sleckle, ' 20 , of R .R . #2 Kitch­ e ner, whose fath e r, the late Oscar Steckle gradu a ted fro m t he OAC in 1882.

Susannah Steckle was well known for her many contributions to not only the agri­ cultural community but to society in gen­ eral . She was the first woman presid e nt ot' the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association; was tor many years on the Kitchener Water­ loo Council. of Friendship ; with the Wate r­ loo County Children's Aid Society and supported the Kitchener YWCA. Susannah Steckl e was followed at Gu elph by her dau ghter, Jean, Mac '52, and her son, Robert, '52. A bronze sculp­ ture of Susannah, by artist W. Yamamoto, which graces the OAC dean 's office in Johnston Hall , was presented to the Univer­ sity, by Jean, in her mother's honour in October 1974. 0

Lloyd Barnes, '76, is a poultry specialist, Department of Rural Agriculture, Northern Development, Government of Newfound­ land and Labrador, St. John's, Nftd.

pliers to the Telidon system. Grassroots is an interactive videotext computer program that has been in use in Canada since 1981 with head office in Toronto.

Denise (Fachereau) Wiley, '77, is senior operations officer, customer service, Bank of Nova Scotia, Vancouver, B.C.

Andrew Bruce Martin, M.L.A. '77, is park planner, Saskatchewan Parks and Renewable Resources, Regina. 0

William Orville Kennedy, ' 40, s uddenly, o n November 28 , 1984, at Cambridge. Pro­ fessor Kennedy had continued to serve as farm manager for the Univers ity of Guelph 's Cruikston Park Farm in Cambridge since retir­ ing from the Department of Animal and Poul­ try Scie nce. He leaves his wife, Elsie, and three daughters, Margaret LaFo ntaine of Richmond, B.C ., Lynda Godwin of Guelph and Patricia Brown of Saskatoon, Sask.

Herbert Patrick Harrington, '41, in Sep­ tember, 1984, in Kenmo re, N.Y., U.S.A.

Diploma 'JYson Smith, '63A, is senior driver, Travel­ ways, Barrie.

James Hedge, '65A, is leasing manager, Ideal base Division, McLeave International Trucks Inc., Mississauga.

James Caldwell, '66A, was elected to the House of Commons, Ottawa. His home ad­ dress is Wheatley.

Terry Clarke, '65, is vice-principal, Hunt­ sville High School, Huntsville.

James Paterson, '72A, is owner of Pater­ son's Lawn Care, Oshawa.

Robert Lougheed, '68, is senior staffing member, Bank of Montreal, Toronto.

Peter Hohenadel, '75A, has been working for the past five years as Eastern Canada field editor for the Country Guide magazine and, in January, became the Ontario Grassroots editor for Infomart, the information sup­

Raj Sivendra, '70, is a dentist, Parkway Mall, Scarborough.

First Female

OACDegree

Appointment Ken Campbell, B.Sc. (Agr.) '71, Ph.D. '75, has been appointed manager of re­ search in Canada for Funk Seeds, a division of CIBA-GEIGY Seeds, elBA-GEIGY Canada Ltd. His previous experience in­ cludes responsibility for cereal breeding programs with both CIBA-GEIGY and Ag­ riculture Canada in Brandon, Man. He will be responsible for the overall management of Funk's research program which is primarily involved in the develop­ ment and evaluation of corn hybrids for the Canadian farm market. Ken 's appointment is part of a major expansion in Canadian corn research being undertaken by Funk Seeds and CIBA-GEIGY. 0 21

At long last we have sufficient quantity for you to have one of you r own. Guard it with your life! These tuits are ha rd to come by, especially the round onesl For years you've been saying "I'll do that as soon as I get a ro~nd tuit". Now that you have a round tUlt of your own, many things that you meant to do just may get donel So get tuitl

alarm clock to jog us from a deep sleep.

One of the obstaces that might jeopar­ dize my plan can be overcome by setting out physical reminders: appointments sc heduled with bankers, accountants , agroJogi sts, other spec ialists, or just largc "X "s on the calendar.

Some managers I know have a record­ ingjournals , with large desk calendars, not­ ing plans and reviewing accompli shments to date. Each of us is different, when rising to a new day some of us do it naturally, some require a soft alarm - some need someone to kick them out of bed.

If all el se fail s, use your "round tuit. " Remember, if you fail to plan, you're plan­ ning to fail. 0

Ontario

inBlooDi

T ouy Hogervorst, '78, rural organizations

By John A. Anderson. '12.

Farm Business Advisor. OMAF Kingston.

Recently, I got a gift that ha~ presented me with a very large problem, I received a "round tuit." I now have it placed on the wall, in front of my desk.

You may well ask "So what's the problem?" The problem is that now [ must look for another defe nce when certain tasks are not performed. Before, I made the weak excuse that I would finally do it as soo n as I got "around to it."

Perhaps my best defence would be to eliminate the problem entirely and use the presence of my " round tuit" to remind me to make better use of time, to be a better plan­ ner, to set goa ls and objectives, combined with steps to achieve them.

I believe that a farm manager must set goals and objectives, for the shon te rm , the intermediate and the long term, must be a planner, and, definitely, must make effective use of time.

The total farm management package is a combination of production and financial management tasks and responsibilities.

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Being human, we all enJoy doing those tasks that come easily to us, and those that give us the most personal and physical sati sfaction.

The other tasks too often fall prey to the time when- we get a "round tuit."

Now you too can have a problem . I've finally got my own "round tuit" and, if you cut out the above reproduction - you'l! have yours too. With the thought that others may well el ec t to be faced with thi s problem, I decided to put the following thoughts down on paper.

I'm going to list all those tasks that I enjoy, those that I have to do, and those I should do. I'I! then set out a plan of attack, a road map of where I want to be - and when.

Basically, I'll set a pl an by objectives. I'll not let myself be robbed of my most valuable and rapidly-reducing gift - time.

I'll try to blend the tasks, wherever possible, so that they don't tire me or bore me and send meto sleep. I will plan the tasks in such order so as to maximize my time and my management, with the ultimate goal of maximizing profit or reward.

I'll also set down the obstacles that I know will be jeopardizing my plan. With that in mind, I'll list what help I'll need and what I might need. Now all this planning sounds wonderful , but you and I both know that the plan could end up in the filing bas­ ket, and I won't get back to th at flle until next year at this time, when I'm looking for a topi c to write about. That is the beauty of my " roundlUit. " It's a reminder of my promise.

As I mentioned, it's on the wall in front of my desk. We all need reminders, like an

co-ordinator (honiculture) with the Rural Organizations and Services Branch of the Ontario Mini stry or Agriculture and Food, reports that Ontario gardeners put their skills to the test last summer in an Ontario in Bloom bicentennial gardening contes t.

Ellch garden entered had to have a bi­ centennial or historical theme and was judged by the local honicultural society.

Twelve grand champion gardeners across Ontario have been named. Each re­ ceived an Ontario in Bloom bicentennial plaque, made available through OMAF. Among those 12 winners was garden­ ing enthusiast Eric Purves of Guelph who was more than pleased with the win.

"I was really surprised and delighted.

It 's marvellous to be recognized because I take pride in what I do. I love to hear some­ one complimen t me on my flower beds ­ and I'm conceited enough to enjoy their praise," he said.

He tells novice gardeners that the se­ cret to successful gardening is planning the garden on paper. He spends a lot of time just thinking llbout what he's going to do and spends the winter months looking through nursery catalogues.

The other secret , he says, is getting good advice from the local gardening cen-, tre's hOI1icuiturist or from a honicultural so­ ciety member.

The bi centennial ga rdening co nte st was one pan of the Ontario in Bloom pro­ gram which was sponsored by the Ministry and aimed at promoting horticulture during th e province's bicentennial year. It al so of­ fered a way I'or local horticultural soc ieties to promote civic beautification. 0

Macdonald Institute/College of Family and Consumer Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor: Carol Telford-Pittman, '75.

Alumni Needs Assessment Survey

Res ults Establishing future direc tions 1'01' the Mac­ FACS Alumni Associa tion was a priority this ye ar. With this goal in mind. the Alumni Allilirs Comll1illee launched a "Needs As­ sessme nt Survey."

Members: Sur vey questionnaires were mailed to ISO members and 92 (i ncluding 9 wh o were not currently member(s)) were returned. For those responding the lo llowing protilc was established :

Returns by years.

Employed. Unemployed.

(5Wi'c) (42 %)

'20s- '40s , 50s '60s '70s ,XOs

15 12 29 25 II

2 7 20 14 10

13 5 9 II

1.)2"

53

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Annual meeting

"' X3 Association members; 9 non-members Non-Members: Survey questionnaires were sent to IS O non-members and 54 were returned: Returns by yea rs.

'20s '40s 6 , 50s '60s

'70s '80s

CONCLUSIONS

30 13 54

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Guelph Alumnus

The Muc-FACS A/l1l11l1i Neil'S section 01' the Cue/pli Ahfll1/lUs is read frequently or al­ ways by the great majority of the responding' members.

Members of th e ' 60s ask tlJr more space tor the Association, while graduates of the '70s w<Jnt informati on on new

Four Years Later

By Lori Holloway, B.Comm .• '84. and Dr. Elizabeth Upton.

The first grmJu<Jte in In stitutional Foodser­ vice Managc me nt (IFM), th e newer of the two majors in the Sch()ol of Hotel and Food Administration. comp leted the program in 19XO. Since that time there have been 42 graduates from thi s major.

Of the se. th e fecords show that IX (43 pCI' cent) have completed . or arc completing, either a post -graduate or an integrated ad­ ministrati ve dietetic IIltern ship. These grad­ uates wi ll quality as prorcssional ad min ­ istrativc dietitians. No documentation regarding the type s of positions held by other IFM maiors has been recorded.

In February. 19X4 the addresses of 34 graduates (XO per cent of alllFM graduates) were availahle. A survey ()f these graduates

co urses, wh at average grads <lre doing. wha t alulllni activities al'e being sponsored and a revi ew of activity results.

resulted in 22 (67 per cent) returned ques­ tionnaires replying to th e types of positions they currently hold . The results showed that six (27 per cent) of those who return ed the questionnaire had taken an administrative internship and 16 173 per cent) had become employed without an administrative dietetic in ternsh ip.

Of those who qualitied as protessional ~Idministrative dietitians. lour we re elll­ ployed in Illodservice in healt h care facili­ ties. The remainder were employed in posi­ tions of fllOd service in educat ional facd ities, with one of them in a posi tion for the de ­ ve lopm ent of computer applications flH fllOdse rviccs.

Of the 16 unqu<Jliticd graduates, six (37

Annual Illeetings have been attend ed only by gl'ads who al'e present for reunions, or those currem ly serv ing on the Association's Bmrd of Directors.

01' the 92 re spo nding , 65 stated that th ey wou ld not atte nd the annual meeting, eve n i I' a new I'ormat was adopted.

Annual seminar Of th ose 92 respo nding members, 57 have not attended the annual sprin g seminar.

Orthe grads from the ' 70s, some tlO per cen t an:; not coming back because of timing and lack of intuest. Nine said they would come if changes to the selllinar were madc.

Some 30 per cent of the members had attended seminars, compared to on ly 10 per ce nt of non-menlbe rs. The maiority had re­ turned because of professional deve lopmen t reasons, relevancy of the topic. and for the soc ial aspect. Man y of those who saiclthey had attended. nevertheless, tick ed otT th e statemenl. "in co nve ni ent timing." 0

per cent) were employed in a varie ty of res­ taurant positions. Other types of positions included: • lood production - catering company • teaching - co mmunit y college • educational program co-ordinat o r ­ large loodservice company • catel'ing co-ord inator - educational faci lity • foodservice manager - residential col­ lege • to()llservice administrator - long-term h c~i1t h care facility 111is information indicates lhat there are challenging positions in i(lodservice to be located, both in and beyond health care facilitics. Illr IFJ\tJ grad uates.

For those graduates who aspire to a prolessional career in fooclservice in hea lth care facilities, it would seem wise to com­ plete an udillinistrative dietetic internship.

The interns hip is not essential for employ­ men t in other sectors of the industry. 0 23

From

the Dean

Dr. Barham.

Compute rs and the ex plosive growth in information technology seem to be touching our lives now in virtually uncountable ways.

While we have, at FACS, for a long while had faculty and graduate students using the large, central campus computers, especially for working through the analyses associated with their research programs, we are now moving along rapidly with the wave of the microcomputer revolution.

These are fast-moving times, insofa r as information technology is concerned, and we are finding it exciting and stimulating to probe the opportunities which are opening u[) for us through the new technology.

If you were to wander around our Col­ lege building, you would likely immediatel y notice the microcomputers being used in the administrative offices. In these areas, word processing is by far the most common application, and this use has proven to be an extraordinary blessing in the preparation of scie ntific papers and manuscripts, not to mention our more routine office work .

In the De[)artment of Consumer Stud­ ies, for example, Dr. John Liefe ld has stu­ dents using microcomputers within their research methods course. There are three aspects to eom[)uter use in this course. First. the comp uter is used as " tutor" in prese nt­ ing. in an individuall y se lt~paeed seq uence, a number of course modules.

Students work through these at their own pace. Second, student mastery of the material in the modules is tested by means of a computcr-based tcstin g progral11, with equivalent test items varying, within lil11il s. from studcnt to student or occasion to occa­ sion. And finally in this class. Ihe I11icro­ com[)uters arc being used by st ude nts in so lving real re search problem s.

Dr. Anne Wilcock, Consumer Studies, h'ls an attractive and interesting com­ [)uterii'.ed system [or assisting student learn­ ing of the rather dry detail s of tex tile legislation. She has developed abo ut 70 pages of video-tex t. presented by means of Telidon .

By thi s means she can expose students to a colourful, self-paced teaching module which is followed up with a sell~admin ­ istered test. Dr. Wilcock finds it very easy to up-date and correct specific page s of text as

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the legi s lation changes. Student s have reported most favourably on the format and prese ntation of this material.

Dr. Marshall Fine, Family Studies, also has an interesting application, thi s time into some clinical teaching at the graduate leveL He is using a computer-based syste m which enables graduate st udents to interact with video-prese nted problems in family therapy.

Each of these problems is associated with a range of opti onal resolution s. The main purpose of thi s particular application is to help students resolve some of the con­ fusion they ex perience within their trainin g as they meet the variety of methods which must be used within famil y thera py sessions.

Much better to deal with thi s confusion on a simulation exercise rather than with rea l, troubled families ' These are just some of the examples of how micros are being used in the College beyond their more usual use in relation to

research project s. One of the roadblocks we're facin g at the moment relates to the need to se t up a sma'" microcomputer lab (or students right here in our building. We need to find the financial resources to take that nex t, and very necessary, step. [ feel sure that th e next few yea rs are going to see man y other new strides being taken in the application of information tech­ nology, and not just at our University.

I hope that these regula r comments from my desk are serving to keep you in touch with some of the interests we have here in FACS. We would very much like to hea r from you too so, if you have some interesting news or achievements to share, do please take a few minutes to write to us and tell us about them. We always appreci­ ate hearing from our alumni.

I shall be looking out for you on cam­ pus during Alumni Weekend, June 14-16. I hope that I may see you there. 0

Research Directions at FACS

The Mac-FACS Needs Assessment Survey

result s (see article this issue) indicated that a

great percentage of Ma c-FAC,) Alumni News

reade rship would like more information

about faculty academic pursuits. The follow­

ing li sting rep rese nts only a portion of the

research activity in the College.

HAFA

Professor Tom Muller. " Conceptu aliza­

tion and Development of a Standard -of-life

index .. ,

Funding source : Research Advisory Boa rd,

program "A" grants to new faculty.

CONSUMER STUDIES

Professor Barbara Carroll. "The Impact

of the Rccession o n Concentration in the

Residential Construction Industry in On­

tario. "

Funding so urce: Rcsca rch Advisory Board.

program "A" grants to new fac ulty

Prnfessor Anne Goldman and Professor

Karen Madeira, "Food Practices and As­

soc iated Needs of the Elderly."

Funding source: Gcrontology Researc h

Cenlre sccd grant.

Professor Karen Madeira. " Food Habit s

and Attitudes of University Foreig.n Stu ­

dents. "

Funding source: Rescarch Advisory Board

program "A' grants to ncw faculty.

Professor Grant McCracken. " Thc Syn)­

bolic Properties and Perso nal Signiticance

of the Possess ions of the Elderly. "

Funding so urce: Gerontolog y Research

Centre seed gra nt.

FAMILY STUDIES

Professor Donna Lero with Professors

Brown, McKim and Heslop (Carlton Uni­

versity). "The Family and the Economic So­

cialization of Children."

Funding so urce: Strategic Grants, Famil y

and Socialization of the Child.

Professor Donna Lero jointly with Pro­

fessor Lois Brock m an, (University of

Manitoba), Professor Hillel Goelman

(University of British Columbia), Professor

Alan Pence (University of Victoria). "Child

Care Needs, Current Use Patterns, Attitudes

and Preferences of Canad ian Families."

Funding so urce: Secretary of State.

Prufes sor Anne Martin Matthews,

" Movement of Elderly C Iients Into HOl1le­

based and Institutional Long-term Care: A

[)ilot study."

Fundin g: Health and Welfare Canada.

Professor Anne Martin Matthews ,

"R ural-Urban Co mparison of the Social

SUppol1s of Ihe Widowed Elderly."

Funding source: SSH RC, strategic grants.

Po[)ulation Aging.

Professor Na ncy O'DonnelL "Initial Re­

actions to Behavioural Changes in Elde rl y

Family Melllbers."

Funding sou rce: Rcsearch Advisory Board

progralll "A" gra nts to new faculty. 0

1985 Graduate Party

Notice

Mac-FACS Annual Alumni S e minar October 15, 1985 t heme

"The Child"

L to r are: Gail Murray, '78, Association president: Dean Richard Barham, Dr. Kathleen Brophy,faculty representative; Jean (Fuller) Hume , '64: Mary Ellen Mallard, '85, Nurri· tion , and Ann Schert ze, '85, Family SlUdies .

At the Institute of

Fam ily S tudie s

Further d e ta ils will

be mailed to

a ll Ass o ciation

m e m b ers by Sept. 1

In Memoriam Lydia Jane Bennett, '27D , Nove mber 12 , 1984.

Me rna Elizabeth (Davis) Burger, '40D, November 3, 1984, in Ridgeway.

Jean Alice (Hamilton) Chapman, '35D, December 26, 1984, in Fort Erie.

Florence (Shannon) Mabee, ' 16D , In Toronto. Notification was r eceived November 30 , 1984.

L to r: lain Murray, HAFA '75, grad student '85; Lois (Ferguson) Arnold, '7/, party organizer; Diane Robinson, '85, Consumer Studies; Janice Pearson , '85, Nu trition.

The Mac-FACS Alumni Assoc iati on hos­ ted a graduation recepti on for FACS '85 in February. Faculty members and directors of the Association met with approximately 80 graduating students in the University Cen­ tre.

Directed discussions a.llowed everyone to focus on a role that the Association could play in g rad futures. Clearly, there was a strong indication th at net wo rkin g pos­ sibilities that the Associa tion cou ld provide, and promote, are top priority with gradu at­ in g stude nt s. Faculty agreed that there is a need for the establishment of thi s type of service.

Dean Richard Barham and Lois (Fer­ guson) Arnold, '71, chairpe rso n for th e evenin g, recommended that a ll grads Join the M ac-FACS Alumni Association, the reby ensuring a link with those who are contributing and exce1lling in their profes­ sio nal fields. 0

Averill 1. Souter, '71, January 24, 1985 , in Toronto.

Elizabeth Jane (Burton) Ward, '61, August 27, 1984, in SI. Catharines.

Grad News

Donna 1. (Pyman) Kirkland , '49D, is a de sign co ns ult an t with D.l. Consulting, Toronto.

Mary E. (Lindsay) Durville, '54, is own ­ er/manager of Connoisseur's Hea lth Del i, Nassau, Bahamas.

Margaret M. (Bea) Nelson, '54, is an ac­ co untant , Law ter Intern atio nal, Rexdale.

Margaret Elizabeth (Counter) Yule, '41D, December 13, 1984, in Gananoque. 0

Marily J . Forster, '73, is an administrative ass istant with York Community Services, Toronto.

Barbara A. (Wierzbicki) Burechails, '76, is the ow ner of the Bagel Binn, Waterloo.

Ann L. Howatt, '77, is se rv ice manager with Keg Mansion, Toronto.

Leona M. Harrison, M.Sc. '72, is a meth­ ods ana lys t with Union Ga s Limit ed, Chat ham.

Catherine R. (Wood) May, '78, is a social worker w ith Ken ora Child a nd Family Ser­ vices, Dryden.

Connie L. (Wilson) Smith, '72, is the ow ner o f Kelllptville F lorists, Kemptville.

Bonnie L. Kerslake, '82, is a child life worke r with Mississauga Hos pital. 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

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SCIMP

Editor: Bob Winkel

Give-away As a result of a recent Department of Phys­ ics "grand give-away," the whiz-kids of southern Ontario's high schools are the ben­ eficiaries of over I,000 pieces of surplus laboratory equipment accumulated over the last ten years.

According to Ernie McFarland, special lecturer, student relations, Department of Physics, the University has a policy of using state-of-the-art equipment in its undergradu­ ate laboratories. This means that a substan­ tial quantity of excellent, but slightly dated, laboratory equipment becomes available for disposal.

The equipment given away may well have originally cost as much as $50,000, says Ernie. According to University policy, the pieces were first offered to other depart­ ments on campus. The remaining, it was felt, should be given to the people of Ontario, since it was paid for by them, he says.

A detailed list of nearly 300 lots was circulated to every high school within 90 minutes driving distance of Guelph that of­ fers Grade 13.

The science teachers were told they could help themselves to as many as four

Physics teacher

Murray French of

Forest Heighls Col­

legiate Institute,

Kitchener, gets his

long-awaited wish , for a Geiger counter

while Ernie Mc­

Farland, Department

of Physics, enjoys

Murray's obvious

pleasure.

lots of laboratory equipment free-of-charge.

All they had to do was telephone and reserve what they wanted and come and pick it up.

"And that's when the phone started ringing off the hook," says Ernie.

Metering devices, rheostats, poten­ tiometers, current boards and electronic tun­ ing forks, plus a long list of specialized

items such as a three-metre Ealing airtrack, cross-staffs for measuring the angular sepa­ ration of stars, and all kinds of chokes, transformers, bunsen burners and similar bench equipment, went out in the arms of the science teachers. Every item bore a de­ cal: "Donated by the Department of Phys­ ics, University of Guelph." 0

Physical Science. Periodically, volumes of "Selections from the Science Corner" are published as compact books and sent to high school science teachers and to anyone else What is the sun made of and where did it "The Science Corner" column has on request. The four volumes published to come from'? How do elevators work? How appeared weekly in the Guelph Daily Mer­ date have been sent as far afield as New are rainbows made?

Zealand and, of course, across Canada. eury for more than eight years and has cov­ When 16 Grade 7 students at Akesasne Volume #4, which features the theme ered such wide-ranging topics as the Kansas Mohawk School on Cornwall Island saw City hotel disaster, evolution, the Ice Islands "Technology" and is now available to "The Science Corner" column in the Corn­ of the Andes and Stonehenge. The authors alumni, includes dissertations on why un­ wall Freeholder, they took to he3J1 the leaded gasoline costs more than the leaded write about anything that interests them. author's invitation to ask questions and They are both committed to making science variety; why the spokes of a bicycle wheel make suggestions for future columns. more interesting and accessible to the gen­ don't all point towards the axle; why dia­ Professor Nigel Bunce, Department of monds are called "ice" - and much more. eral public.

Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Jim Hunt, The column is now being distributed to For your free copy write or call Pro­ Department of Physics, who write the popu­ 165 weekly newspapers and several daily fessor Bob Winkel, Dean's Office, College lar weekly column, responded to each stu­ newspapers in the province. of Physical Science, University of Guelph, "The Science Corner" has been an dent's letter, including some diagrams and Guelph, Ontario, NIG 2WI, (519) suggesting where to find more information. effective liaison tool for the College of 824-4120, Ext. 3124. 0

What? Where? Why?

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A Decade of (GWC)2 Excerpted from an article by

Mary Cocivera. Information Services.

The "we try harde r" sy ndrome has yielded spectacular re sults for the Guelph Waterloo Centre for Grad uate Work in Chemistry, (GWC)2. In its first ten years , (GWC)2 has beco me one of the largest and best chemis­ try graduate programs in Canada. By any measure - numbers of graduate students, publications, research funding, or equip­ ment grants - the Centre is an unqualified success.

Establishing (GWC)2 was initially a defensive play, designed to allow Guelph and Waterloo to keep their unrestricted graduate programs. In the early 1970s, the Council of Ontario Universities established the Advisory Committee on Academic Plan­ ning (ACAP) to carry out assessments of all the graduate programs in the province, with the long-range goal of rationalizing gradu­ ate programs. Chemistry was among the first disciplines to be assessed .

The chemistry assessment resulted in an unrestricted stamp of approval to only three universities. Guelph and Waterloo were among the seven universities with re­ strictions or limitations placed on the gradu­ ate programs. Professor Pete McBryde, chairman of Chemistry at Waterloo at the time, said that he and many others felt the decision had already been made before the actual assessment started.

Professo r Allan Colter, who was chair­ man of Chemistry at Guelph said that he and Professor McBryde "noticed" that the two departments had complementary strengths.

They came up with the idea of collaborating, for they saw thi s as the only way to obtain unrestricted approval for the graduate pro­ grams from the appraisal s committee.

Reluctant Bride and Groom After much discus sion at the depart­ mental level, faculty expressed their will­ ingness to go along with a joint effort, but even at that, the collaboration was a gamble. Professor McBryde says that an un­ restricted approval was by no means a sure thing. Getting both universities to bend their established way s of dealing with graduate students - to sacrifice some of their auton­ omy - was difficult. " Initially, the collaboration was like an I.ndian marriage," quip s Professor McBryde, "in that the bride and groom didn't know each other." The first two direc­ tors made a concentrated effort, through seminars, meetings and parties, to "get us into bed together." He admits that the col­

laboration started out as a lifesaver, but "we hadn't been at it very long before we saw the enormous benefits of collaboration."

Impressive Results The Centre's record speaks for itse lf, asserts Professor Robert LeRoy, the current director. When the Centre was established, graduate enrolment at the two departments was 64 (15 at Guelph). Today, full time grad­ uate enrolment is 113 (48 at Guelph). Faculty numbers have ri se n from 46 to 62. (GWC)2 admitted more new graduate students (37) by far than any other Chemistry graduate program in the province in 1983 .

In terms of research funding, the in­ creases have been even more impress ive. In 1974, NSERC operating grants to all faculty in the Centre amounted to about $0.5 mil­ lion. In 1984, NSERC operating grants were nearly $2 million.

Major equipment proposals are sub­ mitted by the Centre. " We set our priorities for major equipment as a Centre," explains Professor LeRoy. " This year. my name is on a proposal for a major piece of equipment to be loc ated at Guelph." In major equipment grants, the Centre has been successful beyond anyone's wildest dreams. In 1984, $1 million in equipment grants was awarded to the Centre, up from less than $100,000 in 1979.

The Centre had to work hard to prove it was a collaborative venture in the beginning and the effort to overcome the geographical separation still continues. Two vans move people between the campuses on a daily basis for meetings, seminars and graduate courses. The graduate teaching through the Centre is organized to eliminate duplication and most of the courses are taught at night , in weekly three-hour sessions.

A co-ordinating committee - the gov­ erning body of the Ce ntre - includes repre­ sentation from both faculties as well as the two department chairmen and the graduate officers. All Ph . D . students have repre se n­ tatives from both campuses on their ad­ vi sory committees.

Regular departmental se minar series bring together faculty from both institutions.

Professor Scoles obse rves that while the co­ operation in graduate teaching has suc­ ceeded beyond his expectations , he is disap­ pointed that there is not more re sea rch collaboration among the faculty. "But, you know, there is not much co-operation be­ tween chemists and physicists who share the

same building, so maybe it is too much to expect more research collaboration between chemi sts who are 18 miles away from each other. " The geographical separation was ini­ tially seen as one of the big problems to overcome in establishing the Centre. Not everyone sees it as ad isadvantage. The van s ties the two campuses together, but each department retains the more intimate feeling of a small department. Professo r LeRoy says there is much more conversation and infor­ mal interaction betwee n re search group s than there is in large departments where the groups are often isolated islands of activity.

Must Continue to Think Smart After such a spectacul·ar first decade can the (GWC)2 keep up the pace? Professor leRoy believes that resea rch funding will continue to increase because many young scientists in (GWC)2 are still establishing their reputations.

Professo r Scoles feels faculty members' have to continue to think s ma rt. "We achieved a lot in the first decade, but now we must guard against becoming complacent.

We have to co ntinue to innovate and work at collaboration. " Professor Carty sees the Centre's chal­ lenge in the next decade as living up to its reputation. "We have become a model for other places. Before Carleton and Ottawa launched a joint program for graduate work in Chemistry, they visited (GWC)2" Professo r John Campbell, the current director of (GWP)2, describe s (GWC)2 as one of th e " premier chemistry graduate sc hools in Canada ." Both organizations have had to overcome problems arising from different rules and procedures at the two univer s ities. We in (GWP)2 have been greatly helped by the open-mindedness of both offices of graduate studies. where the rules have been interpreted se nsibly rather than dogmatically." It's no sec ret that (GWC)2 broke the ground. 0

Faculty Award Another Department of Physics fac­ ulty member has received a great honour. Professo r John Simpson has been awarded the 1985 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics by the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Simp­ son will receive the medal and an honorarium on June 4, 1985, at the University of Montreal, during the Annual Meeting of the Royal Society.

Congratulations John' 0

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The College o f Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor: Terry Ayer. '84.

DIMENSIONS '85 - Creative D evelopment

The Co llege of Arts Alumni Association will be mounting its annual jury show dur­ ing Alumni Weekend. DIMENSIONS '85 will officially open in the Faculty Club, Uni­ versity Centre, at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14. The opening will follow the College of Arts Alumni Association's Annual Dinner.

For the first time, Dimensions '85 will spotli ght a well known artist. We are proud to announce that our first featured artist is Evan Macdonald. We ex tend sincere thanks to Evan's wife, Mary, and to Judith Nasby and Ingrid Jenkne r, director and c urator respectively of the Macdonald Stewart Art Ce ntre. for their help in making possible our exhibition of Evan Macdo nald 's paintings.

For the past four years . the art show and sale has benetitted both alumni and future alumni. Once again, cash pri zes will be awarded at the show's opening. Commis­ sions from the sale of entries wi 1.1 be added to the Dimensions S cholar ship Develop­ me nt Fund which creates in-course Fine Art scholarships.

All Univers ity of Guelph alumni are eligible to submit a maximum of three works which comply with stated media a nd s ize stipulations. All University of Guelph fac­ ulty and professional staff are ex-officio alumni, consequently, their entries also are welcome.

Cash pri zes of $100, $75 and $50 will be givcn for tirst - . seco nd- and third-place entries.

Jurors

A $3 entry fee will be charged lor each entry. 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 so ld at the show.

All persons wishing to collect a pur­ chased work must leave a 50 per cent depos it in order to ensure the sa le.

Local customers will be required to wait until the end of the s how befo re taking possession of an entry. However, buyers from more "remote" loc a les may take the art on a cash and carry bas is. The definition of "remote" will be determined at the di s­ cretion of the exhibition committee. Other­ wise, all sold and unsold work s must be collected by the buyer, the artist, or an accredited representative, on Saturday, July 13 be tween 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

If sold works cannot be removed by c ustomers at that time, it will be the respon­ sibility of the arti s ts to forward works to customers. In s urance coverage wi II lapse after July 13, so be sure to collect works within the allotted time.

Marlene Jofriet, practis ing artist.

Michael O'Keefe, '76, practising arti st.

George Todd, c hairman , Departme nt of

Fine Art, Univers ity of Guelph .

Categories and Specifications As in the past, prints , drawings, paint­ ings, and photography a re eligible for submission. All two-dimensional work s must be totally dry and securely fram ed for hanging. Such entries should not exceed the dimensi o ns o f five feet by three feet.

The art show committee reserves the ri g ht to refuse any piece of work which does not meet these standards. All entries mu st have been created as rece ntly as 1982.

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

Entry Dates Deliveries of works can be made to the Univers ity of Guelph Faculty Club, Level 5.

Univers ity Centre. (519) 824-3150. on Sun­ day, June 9 from 12:00 noo n to 6:00 p.m.

The jurors will make their se lections after 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June II. Unaccepted work must be picked up at the Faculty Club on Thursday. June 13 between 7 :00 p. m . and 10:00 p.m.

Exhibition Viewing The exhibit will be officially opened for viewing during the evening of Friday.

June 14. All Unive rs ity of Guelph alumni. fac ulty, and staff are invited to attend this fun ction between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The show will close on July 13.0

Registration Form: DIMENSIONS '85 Annual Jury Show NAME: (please print)

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p.e.

ADDRESS: (please print) ENTRY FEE: $

($3 each to a maximum of three entries)

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18th Century Conference Grad News The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Cen­ tury Studies is holding a conference in Guelph from October 17 to 20, 1985. A planning committee has been active for well over a year putting together a program that represents a significant enrichment for the life of the College of Arts. We have tried to arrange things so that every department of the College can benefit from the meeting.

We are also seeking to encourage the inter­ est and participation of undergraduate and graduate students.

We have in v ited fi ve internat ional scholars to the University conference: Robert Darnton, Princeton University, who is a leading social historian of the French Enlightenment.

Howard Erskine-Hill, Cambridge Uni­ versity, who has published widely on liter­ ature and politics in eighteenth century England.

Gaynor Jones, Professor of Music at the University of Toronto, who is active as a speaker on musical subjects.

James Leith, Professor of History at Queen's University, who is a recognized ex pert on art as propaganda.

Rola,nd Mortier, Free University of Brussels, who is an acknowledged authority on the European Enlightenment.

We hope to bring together at least three of

our speakers in a symposium on "Roads to Revolution." We intend them to be plenary speakers at the conference and, of course, the University community will be invited to hear them.

Already we have organized sessions on the history of science, on theatre in Quebec, the French revolution , the Scottish Enlightenment, leisure in the colonies, and on censorship. As well there will be sessions in mu s ic, German literature, fine art, English literature and European history.

We would like departments to plan, where possible, to increase the eighteenth­ century content in their courses, and we will make available details of the conference pro­ gram to faculty and stodents to permit stud­ ies to be integrated into conference activities and to encourage both students and faculty to attend the sessions that interest them.

Departments are welcome to encour­ age conference participants to arrive early in order to meet with classes. Certainly, the conference will provide myriad oppor­ tunities for benefit from the enrichment afforded by this meeting of so many eigh­ teenth-century scholars.

To extend general interest in the eigh­ teenth-century, the conference will feature a film fes tival for five weeks preceding the conference; the presentation of an eigh­ teenth-century play by Professor Leonard Conolly, chairman. Department of Drama, and an exhibit of a collection of an from the Wine Museum of San Francisco. The official opening is scheduled for October 18 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 0

John Gobeille, '74, and his wife, Lucie (Brodeur), '77, are employed in St. Lau­ rent, Que., he with Michelin Tires (Canada) Ltd. , and she as sales manager with Sears Company Ltd .

Elizabeth Knox, '75, is employed in the Record 's Management Branch as the policy and procedures co-ordinator with the RCMP .. V" Directorate, Ottawa.

Marie Rempel , '75, is a teacher with the Muskoka Board of Education in Brace­ bridge.

Barbara (Taylor) Slater, '76, has chosen to remain a full-time mother to her two young sons. Bravo B.a rbara r Patricia (Atton) Armour, '77, is the buyer for the University of Toronto bookroom.

Catherine Smalley, '77, is an executive director for Theatre Ontano, Toronto.

Rob Clement, '78, is an Engl ish teacher with CUSO in Malaysia.

Carol (Stubbins) Karlberg, '78, is a teacher at Lynn Lake. Man. Carolin Schmidt, '82, is employed as a computer operator with Gallagher and McKenna. Barristers. in Oakville. 0

In Memoriam The Board of Directors of the College of Arts Alumni Association extend their sin­ cere sympathy to the family of Reverend Robert Snyder. '69. who died in Guelph on December 18.1984. 0

Be There

We lire \'err grule/i/I ro Ihe speukers \\'110 .Ie/'\'el! Oil Ihe Co//ege (IrArl.1 Curens Nighl '85 IWllel. The!' urI'. I ro 1': L()\I '1'// C il1()rd. ('uret'/' cO/lllse //or. C ollllsellillg lIl/(l SlUdelil Resource Celilre: Kurell Lee orThe Co-opemlOrs: Rill Laidlull·. '74: RoM)ie 5/('1\'(/1'1. '74: Kell Frer.

OAC '69 allci M .Sc . '71, IIlId Rmd Billill. '75 .

A ll College of Arts alumni are reminded that all roads lead to the University of Guelph. June 14.15 ilnd 16. Tilke a moment to resc rve your

dinner for Jun e 14 by using the

Alumni Weeke nd ' 85 order form in

this iss ue. Join us for dinn er ilnd

attend th e o pening of Dimensions '85

on June 14. Stroll down memory lilne

and mingle with faculty. fellow­

alumni and old friend s. 0

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Editor: Dr. Cliff Barker, '41.

OVC's MacMillan Laureate Dr. Christopher H. Bigland, '41, who, until his recent retirement to Vancouver, B.C., was head of the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) Saskatoon, Sask., was recognized as the MacMillan Laureate in Agriculture for 1985 at a Univer· sity of Guelph ceremony in January.

The H.R. MacMillan Laureate in Agri­ culture receives a $10,000 cas h award and a suitably engraved scroll. The award is pre­ se nted at five-year intervals from a tru st fund established by the late Dr. Harvey Reginald MacMill an, OAC '06, chairman of Mac­ Millan Bloedel Ltd . , who died in 1976 at the age of 90.

The award recognizes the most signifi­ cant contribution to Canadian Agriculture during the preceding five years , in this case the period 1979 to 1984.

Dr. Bigland grew up in C algary, Alta., where he practised for about three years after graduation. Subsequently he obtained a D. Y.P.H. and an M .Sc. and was employed

by Agriculture Canada, the Alberta Depart­ ment of Agriculture and, in 1964, became the first chairman of the Department of Ven­ terinary Microbiology at the Westem Col­ lege of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Sask.

In 1977 he founded VIDO, which opened its laboratory in 1978, directing the organization in its aim to improve manage­ ment and husbandry systems used by live­ , stock producers.

VIDO began its efforts to produce a

In

the avc Alumni Bullelin section of the Guelph Alumnus, Vol 17 , No. 4, Fall Issue 1984, there was omitted, in the cutline for the photo of 1984 graduates who received alumni and other awards, reference to the Frank Cote Memorial Prize awarded to Dona ld R.S . Dawson. This was an unintentional oversight for which we humbly apologize. 0

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Grad News

Dr. lao Taylor, '42, while on the Queen Elizabeth 2 sailing from Southampton to New York last fall , organized and handled on-board meetings of both the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs.

The social director for the cruise com­ mended Ian for his excellent co-operation and his capable and enthusiastic manner, having represe nted the two service organi­ zations in an exemplary manner.

Ian is a world traveller, keenly inter­ ested in social work through service organi­ zations, especially the Lions.

Dr, Frank Baker, '59, became director of

Dr. Christopher H. BiglaTld, '41.

vaccine to control bovine neonatal diarrhea in 1978, and within three years success was ac hieved. Based on the vaccine research at VIDO, a new generation of vaccines has been developed, in use world-wide, for use again st not only neonatal diarrhea but other diseases of equal importance. 0

Wanted To keep the avc Alumni Bullelin in touch with the "real world " of alumni, we would appreciate being placed on the mailing list of in-house veterinary association publications.

Editors please note and send a copy to: The University of Guelph, OVC Box371,Guelph,Ont.,NIG2WI. 0

the Animal Industry Branch of Manitoba Agriculture in December 1984 .

Frank, an OAC ' 52 Animal Science Diploma grad, worked as an animal atten­ dant at the OVC before entering the DV M program. From 1959 until 1974 he operated a large-animal practice in Nanton, A Ita., leaving practice at that time to become bovine extension veterinarian with Alberta Agriculture.

In 1980 he moved to Manitoba to accept an appointment as chief field vet­ erinarian with the Veterinary Services Branch of Manitoba Agriculture. 0

OVCAA Membership

Report

As of Dec. 1984 .1,092 Life Membership .

Honorary Life Member. ..3 Life Membership Instalment Plan. . . . .. . . . . ... 249 Annual Members hip ... . . . .... 40 Total Membership ... ...... . 1,384 *Total alumni. . . . . . . . 3,537 Membership: percentage of total alumni .. ....... .... 39.13%

Membership: percentage of known alumni. . .39. 86%

* Inclucfes Oct.

'84 Convocation

v.s. as a C areer for Women?

Reprinted from The Veterinary Record of June 5, 1915.

Speak in g at a conference on women 's employmen t at Liverpool last week, Mr. 1.

Share Jones, of Cefn, Wales , lecturer in veterinaryanatomy and surgery at Liverpool University, dealt with th e attracti veness of vete rin ary science as a career for women.

Women, he remarked, had been a prob-

lem for men ever since history began , and as th e prob l em wou ld become more acu te when th e war ended, its present cons idera足 tion wa s desirable. Th e fu ture of the rapidly expanding field of veterinary scie nce offere d good prospects to women in practice and in adm inistra tive and research work.

OVC Alumn i Association Grauuate Studellt awards for 1984-85 were recently presented to Dr. Brellda Bonn!!lI, '79 , Department of Clinical Studies, ond Ross Trucey, CBC '82 , Biomedical Sciences , hy Dr. Wendy Parker, ' 71, Association president, cen/re. Dr. Bonnett is proceeding to a D. V.Sc. degree and Ross Ii'acey to an M.Sc. degree.

Edmonton Veterinarians Club - 195 2

Wo men need not fear that th eir ph ys足 ica l strength would be insufficient. The id ea of the necessity of great phy sical strength grew out of the crude methods of surgery employed before ve ter inary science wa s developed. Even Hercu les could not have operated upon an elephant - (laugh ter) - but modern science and an aes thetic s enabled the surgica l treatment of elephants and still more dangerous animals.

Women, howeve r, might generally leave the larger an imals to men , and devote them selves chiefly to the care of dogs , ca ts, and birds, though there was no reason why the woman veteri nary surgeon should not . deal with kin e as we ll as the milkmaid.

This country was th e cradle of hygiene, and wi th the advance of inspection of meat and milk many post s wou ld be open to women. They wou.l d find dogs most grateful patients.

In research , women cou ld be very useful. Lord Kitchener 's Arm y was ShOl1 of veter inary surgeon s, and th ere were none to spare to wo rk the Pure Milk Bill which would come into operation in October.

He hoped th at the degrees of the Royal Co llege of Veteri nary Surgeons wou ld be opened to women, and th at other ce ntres of training might be founded.

EdilOr' s Note: Miss Aleen Cust, M .R. C. v. S. , begall her veterinary studies in

1895 bu/ the Royal College of Veterinary

S urgeuns refu sed to gran t Diplomas of

Membership to wumen until 1922 when sh e

become the first British wuman veterinary

Sllrf!,eon. Her nallle is commem orated in a

research Je llowsh ip. 0

In Memoriam Dr. William J. Hoey, '35, 6 15-7 th Ave nue

w., New Westminster,

B .C. V3M 2Jl, di ed

in \984.

Dr. Harold V. Skelding, '39, Bo x 656 , 100

Wind sor Street, Gananoque, Ont., K7G

2V2, died February 2 , 1985.

Dr. Alfred H. Godwin, '50, 1132-105( h

Avenue, Dawson Creek, B. C., VIG 2L5 ,

died on November 14, 1984.

This club held munthly meetingsJor many years at the Curona Hotel, Jasper Ave. Back row I /0 r are Drs. P.R. Talbut, F. Creech, '49; H. Cuwan, '12; 1. Odonoghue, '42; W. Seymour, '13; N. Chiles, '42; 1. Sp roule, ' 42; B.I. Love, , 15; C. Frylich , '54; W. Thompson , ' 22; L. Swalf' , ' 13: W. Carlyle, '39; 1. Buie, ' 05; D. Morrisun , , 14; P. Bilyea, '34, and G. Wilton, '44. Middle row: I. Christian, '05; Cameron, ' 15 ; Billig, H . MacDunald, '29: Hodam, H. Spencer, '42; F. Gallivan , '40, and E . Graesser, '47. Front row: S. Giebelhaus, '29; Alex Rallray, '42; G. Baux, '42 ; C. Bif!,la lld, '41 and A. Malmas, '16. SubmilLed by Dr. Jim Rallray, '38, Edmollton, Alla.

Dr, Richard J. Irwin, '56, PO. Box 650, Aldergrove, B.C., VO X lAO , died on November 15, 1984.

Dr. Donna L. Plant, '81, 23 Mill Stree t, Box 207, Hillsburgh, Ont. NOB IZO, died on Decemberi3 , 1984 . 0 31

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Coming Events

June

4.7 .

S pring Convocation .

14

DIMENSIONS '85. College of Arts Annual Jury Show. U . of G .

2 4 ·26

co ntact the Institute at 151 Slater Stree t.

Suite 907 , Ottawa, Ontario KIP SH4 or phone (61 3) 232-945 9.

Faculty Cl ub Ends Jul y 14 .

14· 16

A UMN

EEKE D '85 J uly

Canada Day_ No

7·10

Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Convention , Peac h Bowl Conv~ntion Centre, Penticton, B.C.

7·20

Computer Camp, Theatre Camp Weeks I and II, 12- to 16-year-olds.

LevelS, University Centre, U. of G.

8·12

Summer Campus.

University of Guelph's 7th Annual Human Sexuality Conference.

"Love. Sex and Intimacy."

23·26

American Veterinary Medical Association Convention, Las Vegas,Nevada,U.S.A.

11·24

Computer Camp Weeks III and IV

15

Annual Meetings: OAC , Mac-FACS .

OVe, Art s, CSS , CPS and U . of G. Alumni A ssoci ation s.

15·16

College of Biological Science AA Wildlife Art Show and Sale.

For furth er detail s co ntact: Continuing Education Di vision, John ston Hall.

Uni versity of Guelph , Guelph. Ontario.

NIG 2Wl. (51 9) 824-41 20, Exl. 311 3.

Aug.

for 12- to 16-year-o lds.

Sept.

22

cla s~es schedu led.

1

Program and registration form enclosed-between pages 16 & 17 this issue . Please remove.

17·19

Agricultural Institute of Canada Annual Conve ntion, Charlottetown , P.E.1. For details.

30

UG AA Alumni Day at the Ballpark. Blue Jays vs Boston at Toronto. For furth er detail s and ticket order form see p. 13 thi s issue.

Mac·FACS AA Careers Night. Peter Clark HlllI , U c. 5:00 to 8:00 p. m.

Oct.

19

Mac ·FACS Alumni Sem inar.

Theme "The Child." Macdona ld Inst i tute. Further detail s will be ma il ed to all Mac-FACS AA members by Sep. I .