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The private diUl'ie~ of L.M. Montgomery 颅 10 Jedger~ . with more than 5,000 handwritten page~ - are hou'ied in the University of Guelph Library archives. along with her scrap颅 bouks and photo album:--, many fir~t-cdition copies of her book~, needlework and o ther fami l y heirlooms. One or her prized possessions was a letter from American humori:--t Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain): her highe~1 honor wa~ a medal denoting membership in Ihe Order of the British Empirl:.

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L.M. Montgomery's published diaries reveal the ~ story of a wormm who lived a tragic life herself but

A private legacy

wrote happy enLiings for her ficlional character '.

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An archeological dig on the edge or the Guelph campus tells an II ,OOO-year-old ~ I ory.

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Eigh t receive Hall of Fame honor~ .

Canadians ~aid No 10 the Dream Team,

Vol. 26. , u. J Editor Mar) Dlckie,on E~ecuri\e Editor S'lIldra Web'l~r, CSS '75 ,\d\' ert i ~ illg Cn-ordinarol' Cc,ka Brennan Cnntributol's B'lrbanl Chance. CS5 ' 74. Robena Fr"nchu~. Martha Tan~oc~. I krb Rau,chcr. tvl<lI'IlI1 Sdl" all'IC J)e~ign/ Produ c rioll Cc,b Brennan, Linda Gmham. An, '77, Doug Sch'lcler. Am ')iX. Debbie Thnll1fl,on Wil,on. An, '77 Editorial '\chi~ur)' R(.ard Tri,h Walker, CSS '77. M.Sc. 'l)O. Ch'llr.

Susan 6hllr. C5S 'X3: L) 1111 Jall1io!,ull. FACS '~X : Sh~ l hl Lc\ Uk, HAF-A '!n: Deni, L~nn. CBS '6Y; Kurt!n I'vbl1lel. An,> 路x): Rubin -Lee Norri" CSS '~(J ; Harold Rc.:d, ave '55: Bnan Romagnoli. An, 'X4: Perer I aylm. An, '76: Dian.: WClh~f1Ill. OAC ')i4: Roben Wilbur. OAC ' XO; Bob Winkel. OAC '00

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1 am writin g in respo nse to the co m men­ wry abo ut e nergy co nserva ti on in the fall issue o f th e Cuc/pi! A/III17 0Il.I. The ar­ ticle by Irene Kock, CBS ·~n. quite rightly points to the neecl for gre ater con­ ser va ti on and for impro vin g the effic ie n­ cy of how energy is used.

The author's motivation for writing, howe ver , ap pears to be her rather strong anti-nu clear beliefs. As in clicated in the­ capti on, she is a member o f a co mmittee for nuclear phaseout.

I fin cl the concept 0 1" nu clea r ph,lseout disconcerting, and the ljuestion tod ay seem.s more and more wheth er or wi ther for the nuclear in clu stry. I believe our soc iet y has bene fit ed imme nse ly from nuc lea r tec hnol ogy and that it can make subs tantial contributi ons in the 1"uture.

For that I·eason, I don't belie ve it 's in the public's best intere.,t to phase it ou t.

Wh y·) Beca use an appreciable amo unt of kno w ledge in areas such as phy~iol­ ogy, genetics - eve n eco logy - wo uld not ha ve been obtain ed wne it not for th e availability of short -li ved "tracer" radio-isotopes dni ved from nuclear rea c tor.s.

Indeed, se veral uiscoveries that led to No be l prizes in areas such as ph ysi o l­ ogy and med ic ine wou ld not ha ve been poss ibl e w ithout nucle ar reactor-deri ve d radio-i sotopes. Thi s includes the dis­ cove ry of lJlOnoclonal antibodi es and deta iled in fo rm ation O il how drugs wo rk.

Some of these discoveries have evolved to become invaluabl e as too l.s for the d iagn osi s and managemcn t of disease. In fact, som e 30 per cent of patient:, en tc rin g hospital today undergo a nuclear-based proce uure.

On the is,ue of se)fety, a rece nt stud y that fo ll owe d more th an 100,000 people given th erape utic doses of radi oiod ine to treat thyroid disea~e ~howed no ev id ence of any tox.icity up to 40 years after treatme nt.

I am aware o f research undel· way in Canadian hospitals to harnes s specia l­ ized radi o - i so t ope~ to treat diseases such as ca ncer. Wh e n combined with biotech­ nology-based tumo r-targetin g mo lecu les, ce rtain radio-isotopes offer enormous promise fo r prov iding a loca l­ ized therape uti c respon se witho ut th e 4

s id e effe cts accom pan ying other fo rms of therap y.

One radiophJrIllaceutieal, for C\ ­ am pl e, i, uncil.'l· c liniccll evalu ,llion as ~I rem edy fOI· pain as.'>()ci<lted with bo ne cancer. An othe r was re cen tly <lppro ved

by Hea lth and We lfa re Ca nada a.\ a trea t­ ment for primary liver ca ncer. The radio ­ isotopes used in these procedures are all produced fwm nu c lear reac tors.

I be lie ve th,ll Can'·ld 'I, in panicul<ll", has a proven reco rcl of s igni tic,lnt con ­ tributi ons in the area o f peaceful uses of nuclea r technology. As ide trom th e CANDU reactor, whi c h ove r tilll e has proven reliabl e, Canada is the place whel-e ex. tem al bea m cancer racliother,lj), was fir\( developeu. Ami it is C'an ,ldian te chnol ogy [hat is u ~e d in the gam ma ster ili zatio n o f most of the worl d's l)1edic~li uevices.

At almost evuy university and hospi­ tal, some procedure is unun way that e ithel· use s or is based on some forlll of nucl ea r tec hnol ogy. It ha, plilyed an in­ valu<lble roie in ul lde rstanuin g, diagnos­ ing and treating disease , and it ho ld ., even greater p romi~e fo r the future.

If socie ty wa nts to co nti nue be ndit­ ing fmIllnu cie ar tec hnol ogy. the in­ frastructure to support both power and rese arch reactors mu st be maintained . It ,hould not be allowed to wither.

Russ Redshaw, OAC ' 7K "lc pean, Ont. T he articl e "Fema le Pioneers in Male Dom ains" in the f<lll is su e of th e Cuelph A/umnlls clescribes the career o f E. Barrie C arpen te r, OV C '2X, but the male domain in w hic h sh e pioneered is set fort h in ttlm s of htl pe rso n,li life . as obtain ed by hearsay.

In my op inion, this i.'i a scurrilou'> ar­ ticle that borders on th e libelou s. It i') ueme,lI)ing and uegrading: to thi, tru e fem,lIe pi onee r.

I was ,Ill O AC :; t uuen t fWIll 1926 to 1930. My reco llecti ons are [hat Carpe nter WitS ince:'s,IIHly sublected to sexi:, t ruue ness by mal e O VC students.

Today this is ca lled hara ss illent. The re mark s about he r in the Guc//)Ii A /ulI/ ­ IIU .l are a slur from beginning to end .

I I·equest that yo u retr,lct these in­ cred ibl y offe ns ive remarks abo ut Carpenter anll apologi ze to her Llmil y.

Thomas H. J likes, OA C ' 30, Hono rary D.Sc. '72 Oakland. CelliC

Ed itor' s Note: The reference to Carpel1ler in the Fall ILJ92 i s~ue was in­ decd limited to hu stuu ent days at OVC and was bdsed on the rec ollect ion s of some 01· her OV C c la s:, mates. As men­ ti oned in the drti c le, Carpenter has been a mys tel')' to the coll ege since she gl·,l uuatcd in 19n: there is vi rtu ,lil y no in forma tion avail'.lble about her pmCcs­ sio n,i1 Gl ree l· ,md no known I·amity mem ­ be r'> to con tact. We are in clcb ted to Tho(1) ,I\ luke , for recounting hi s l1lenlO rie\ o f Carpe nt er ,mel in vite others who kne,,\' he r - ,I'i ,1 ,rudent, but espe­ c ially ,I'i a profcssion'll- to add to the biographical dat a being compiled by OVC hi storidn \. Writ e c'lI·e of th e OVC Mu se um, Univer.\ity of Gue lph , Guelph, Ont."\) IE 2WI. I dl1l here in G uelph vis iting th c Theta 110use and ,lin wriling because I am ve ry dis,lppointeci ill the la ,t Cue/eli A/III71­ 11/1.1. In the ,lrLi cle on wome n at U o f G. no ment ion W<lS m,lde of Kappa !\ Iph,) The ta women's fratemit y.

In Feb ru,lry 19K7, the Kappa Alpha Th eta intern,ltional wCHnen's I·raternity, whi e h was founded in 1870 , es t,lbli sheci a e haptel· c,dl ed Epsilon C hi ill G uelph.

I beClil)e ,I member in 19K7 ,1llCl graduated in 199 1. I remember Theta wit l) fondness ami believe tklt no other ex.pe rience had a gl·e ater impact on my uiliver~it y ye ar'), An ,Inicle th at sup posed ly cOVCJ"'i wo men \ hi story at Guelph \ ho uld mcn ­ tion th e fel c t that WOlne n hCI·e ha ve hau th e option ol·.lllining ,) fraternity si nC(: 1987. Th el·e are also two men's h·ater­ nitie:, on campus.

Janel Sampson, Art s .(') I North York, O nt.

I read w ith great int el·e'it the w int er 1992 i.ss ue of the Gflc /j) h A/IIIIIII IIS and found it very int e rc' sting and useful. It rem imh me of the wo nd er rul tim e I hau a') a stLillent at Guelph fr om 1964 to I%K .

I"d like to th ank yo u and the ,liumni a'isocial ion for keepi ng the old bond renewecl and strengthe ned through thi s magazine. I lo ok fOl"wClrd to hedring from Illy alma lllater in years to co me.

Ind ra Oeo Sing h, OAC M .Sc. '68 lorhat. As~alll. India

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Space is avail able now for you to join Semex Canada, Tremco Limited, the Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation, George Morris Centre, Lipid Analytical Laboratories, Com pusense, Hart Chemical Company, Agri-Food Network and Agriculture Canada in the University o f G uelph Resea rch Park.

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Convocation honors scientists More than 550 students graduated at U ofG 's fa ll convoca tion ceremon ies Oct. 2. An honorary doctor of science degrce was awarded to American so il scientist Daniel Hillel for his contributions to Ihe development of israeli agl·iculture. In the ea rl y 19505, he founded the first agricultural ~ett lement in the Negev hi ghlan ds and wa~ th e first resident scientist in that desert region. He played a leading role in estab~ li siJing new approaches to improving irrigation and water ~u se efficiency.

Two Guelph faculty we re also honored at convoca~ ti on. Retired professor Hugh Ayers, first director of th e School of Engineer~ ing, wa~ awarded a med al of merit. Prof. Howard Swatlancl of the clepart~ ments of Animal and Poultry Science and Food Science received the John Bell Awnrd for outstanding teaching and c urriculum development.

Ayers was head of e n~ gi neerin g from 1968 to 1977. He was one of the first to consider Ihe applica~ lion of knowledge in the biological and physical sciences to the solution of envi ronmental problems.

Swat land came to Guelph in 1974. He is an in~ novative teacher whose classes in mea t scie nce are popular with students across several depa rtments.

He has developed a video and writte n a tex tbook on meat science, and hold s numerous other teaching awards.

For the first time in it s 27~year history . the re search agreement between the Oll~ tario Mini str y of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) and U of G hil S had its core funding redu ced.

La st sum me r, OMAF announced it would cut ~upport to Gu elph by $1.5 mil lion as pill1 of an effo rt to reduce the mini~try's ope rating budget by three per ce nt. Thi s was in lin e with a budgel~ cutting directive se nt out to all provin~ cial ministries. Guelph's OMAF agreement held been protected by the n;inistry through two previo lls rounds of government restraint.

cu t we re provincial I'ed meat and land stewardsh ip programs. which have been additional so urces of Cunding fm U oCG researchers.

Despite th e cu tback. OMAF will still direct $:\9.3 million to U of G this year For the rcsearch and services agreement ($:\3.6 million) and the veterinary c1ini~ cal ed uca ti on program ($5.7 milli on).

OMAF co ntinu e~ to be Guelph's biggeq re~earch spoll';or.

Technology, awareness

highlight extension

The exte nsion component of the $33.6 ~ million research agreement betwee n U of G and OMAF has a new mandate­ to make industry aware ofOMAf ;~~ pon~ A I ~o affected by the three~per~cent so red and other agri food technologies developed by University researchers, and to educate th e public about how these new technol~ og ics can improv e the ir lives.

The rescarch ex tension program will be ad~ ministered by Ralph Shaw.

OAC '62. who has been "p~ poi nted OACs a.~sistant dea n of extension . He suc~ ceed\ Stan Young, OAC '49. who retireel lll~t sum~ mer after 23 yea rs as exte n~ sio n co ~ordinator and director of OACs diploma co urse in agricultlll'e.

Young joined Gue lph 's facu lty in 1959, afte l- work ~ in g as a fieldman for the fielcl crop" branch of the then Ontario Deparlme nt of Agriculture and teachin g ,It the Western Ontario Agric ultural School at Rid ge town.

Shaw brings 10 the posi~ ti on nine yea rs of ex ~ perience in the f()od~ processing inuu,try and 2 1 year~ with OIViAF. He has been direc tor of OMAF ' ~ plant industry lxanc h, JII .\ I j i J/IIII1 , (all \'I)/( it/I'll/If.. 1111.1 \l'd/~ "II{)\\'1I ( ·l/m/ll/ .1 agricultural representlnives lal/t/I/wd ') 11 '1,1'1'(' 11 'CI.\ 1,lltIllIgrap!rN Roher/a I' ralle/w" .I'/lIIlc1­ branch and. most recently , il1~ II'II£'II .,lre _ IIIUI'pt,t/ l/rll ,lUll:' A 11,\ 1\ '(' 1" page' 9 the financial an d support serv ice s branch.

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===========================CAMPUS========================== Math prof counts among Canada's best One year ago, th e Guelph Alumnus fea ­ tured eight professors who had won 3M Teaching Fellowships for exce ptional cont ributions to teac hing and learn ing.

Now there' s a ninth name to add to the list - mathe matic s professor Joe Cunso lo . He was named to the national award in September.

A native of Ham ilton, Ont. , Cunsolo joined U of G in 1969. In additi on to hi s posi tion in the Department of Mathe­ mati cs and Stati stics , he is finis hin g a term as in structiona l development co­ ordinator of Guelph's Teaching Support Services.

Helpin g seve ral hundred firs t-year stu­ dents grasp the method s and rel evance of ca lcu Iu s has bee n Cunsolo 's par­ tic ular chall enge . For the past 14 years. he has been co-ordina tor and one of the in struct ors for a biocalculus co urse re­ quired by students in biologi cal sc ience, ve terinary medici ne . agriculture and oth er di sci pl ines.

OYC learning centre opens Only the fini shing to uches remain to be completed on Phase I of the OVC Li fetime Learn ing Centre. Class rooms wi II be opened in January for students in U of G' s win ter se mester and college alumni parti cipating in continuing education cou rses. Official open ing ce remoni es wi II be held later in th e year.

The learnin g ce ntre conta ins class­ room and se mi nar space, a la rge lectu re hall, meeting rooms and a ca fet eria. It will be used for a variety of educational programs , aJ umni gathe rin gs and meet­ in gs of special-interest groups.

Total fund s pl edged and received for th e $8.5-mil li on centre stan d at $3.8 mil­ li on. The remaining funding for Phase 2 construction wi ll come entirely from private-sector support. Inquiri es can be directed to Maire Pratschke in the OvC de velopme nt office. 519-824-41 20, Ext. 4430.

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Committee to look at academic programs Anne (Hewat) Vaughan, Arts '78. of Guelph has been appo in ted to represe nt al umni on a University Senate comm it­ tee that will desig n Guelph's future blueprilll for academic restructuring.

Over the next year, the 14-membe r commi ttee wil l consult with a cro,s­ sec ti on of the Uni versity co mmunity and recommend changes to Gu el ph 's academic admini strati ve structure.

The commi tt ee will be looking fo r ways to reduce adminis trativ e costs, im­ prove flex ibility and de li very of academic program s. and encourage more in te rdi sc iplinary teac hing. se rvi ces and research. It will also look for ways to enhan ce faculty career developmen t. support learning objectives an d respond to soc ial need s.

and the Gos ling Wildlife Gardens.

Last spring. the Arboretum bega n a trainin g program for nati ve people in Ontal-io 's Oneid,l Se tt leme nt. SI-; iUs such as colle cting seeds . propagatin g. growing tree ,s and shrubs and tr ;ln~plan t­ ing are needed by nat ive people to e~ t a b­ lish nUI'series anet plant native trees to protec t heav ily ex pl oited lanels.

Another program re li es on alumni voluntee rs wh o maintain part s of the fac ilit y and provi de tour information .

Watson succeeds Prof. Keith Ronald . who retired as dit'ector in August.

Ronald. who was founding ch;lir of the Department of Zoo logy and found ing dean of the Col lege of Biological Science. be came director of the Ar­ boretum in t9 X7. He will retire fro III the University ne xt summe r.

Watson named Arboretum director Alan Watson, CBS '73 ancl M.Sc. ' 77, is the new direc tor of U of G \ Ar­ boretum. Watson, who started at th e Ar­ boretum in 1976 on a one-year contract as a naturali st. want s to ex pand the Arboretum' s environm ental ac tiv iti es to share its understand ing of plant relation­ ship s with acade mic s, business people. indu stri alist s and con sumers.

The Arboretum has long offered na­ ture-oriented programs and servi ces for the public. in cl uding Sunday aft ernoon nature walks. th e Children' s Forest Res­ toration Projec t, Theatre in the Trees

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H utt building named The old horticultural sc ience building W,IS ren<lmecl Oet. 2:1 in honor o f H. L. Hurt . the f irst head of horti cu lture;\I Gue lph. Bu ilt in I XSJI. the buildin g was used b v horticultural sc ience ,tudc nts ~nd fa~ult y for J 00 years. unti I th e ll)l) I openin g of th e new Bovey com plex . [t now houses th e Department of C;eog­ raph y and secti on, of th e dep,ntments of M athematics and Statist ics and Ch emistry and Biochemistry.

Hurt hedde d Guelph's horticulture department from I Xl):I to 19 14. but his tics to thc co llege co ntinu e th ro ugh ,I memor ial gr,lduate fellow:.;hip es tab-

li she d hy hi s son, th e 1,lt e Ted H ulL A 1<)2:1 gradu ate ofO AC, Ted Hurt W:1S on fac-ult y at Co rn ell U ni ve rsity for :I 1 yelrs and recei ved an hon orar y degree from G uelph in I SJ7.').

H eritage Fund ensures q uali ty education T he Un i versi ty of Gue lph h,I' taKen d positi vc qep tow ;1t·cl s ensu ri ng th e yu,llity of eciuC<lttOn for future genera­ ti ons hy est,lbli shi ng a Heritage Fund.

Tile fund w ill g ive th e U ni ve rsity's ~Iclclemic progr<llll .' a sec ure so urce o f fundin g in depe nden t of gov ernme nt.

O ve r th e pa\t 12 yea rs. provincial sup ­ pon for uni versil iec, h;ls not kept up wi th infj ;lti on . [fit h;I(L univel',iIie, wo ul d be ge tt ing :l5 per cent 1110 re r'unding on a per-ca pi ta oasis th<ln th ey <Ire now.

V,hcn it became oh vious lh<lt uni ver­ c,i ties could no Inng:er rely on govCI'n­ ment s or h xul c nd o w men ts. U of G' s Board of Governor., est;lbl ished the ; lcri tage Fund .

Income from rea l es tate oper,ltions and oeque sts has pro v id ed a maj or pMt of the Si l O-million \I,lrI-up capita l. Fu­ tUI'C gift<; and encJowme nt, w ill continu e to boo,t the r·und . ga inin g in va lue e;l ch year and henefiting th e Unive rsity in pC' I·pc Iuit y .

Th e He rit;lge Fund is admi ni stered hy an in(icpenclent board 01' tru.,t ees <lncl

C,lllnot he used for ,ho rt-tcrm needs.

Eacll yca r. a portion of th e r'und 's in­ co me wi ll he rein ves ted to pro tect dQ ,lins t inrJati on. The remaining funds V:i ll he used to support eAcel lence in teachi ng ami I·esc'lrch.

For more inform ,ltion about the Herit<l\!e Fund. write o r call U of G tl'C<lsul~e l ' Roger Ph iII i pc;. 51 l) -K24 -41 20.

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Food network expands members [.<lUn Clleci at U of G only on e yea r ago. th e A~ ri-Foo d Ne tw orK h:1S artracted a memhership repre,en ting v irtually all scc tors o fOn t<lr io's ;I gr i- food jnciu~try.

With offi ce) in Guelph's Rese arc h P;lrk. th c nct work i s reall y <I cOJ1 1Jl1unic<ltions de vice 10 ena ble its members to ex ­ chan ge inJ'orm<lti on anci to enh<ln ce con ­ ,umer ,IW,lrene~s <lnd und er.q 'lIldin g of Ih e in du stry. sa y s c hair L.arry rvl<ntil l.

The net worK produ ces a newslette r for mcmoers and a lju;lrterly conwme r tab loid tl WI i.s distribuIe(1 in Toronto <lnd o lh er urb;l ll ;Ire<l s. It h<ls publi shed ,I dircc l ory of w ho 's who in th e ;lgri-food indu .stry and h;I S eS l<iblish ed a spe; \k erc, ' bmeau with vo lunt eers from the r'ood ­ prod uction and pmcessinf', sec tors who are <l va ii<l ble to speed, on agricultural ,lI1d en viron ment ;ti issues.

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Formed in 1990, the or­ ga nization has received fina n­ cial su pport from al umni associations at Ontario's 16 degree -granting ins tituti ons and now p lans to recruit at least 100 people in each of Ontario 's e lectora l dis tricts.

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Every significant event that 's taken place on campus in the past 25 years (and Inanythat happened decades before) has been reported in the magazine. And I daresay thousands of its pages have been clipped and pasted into the scrap­ books of alumni who want to remember an event, an achievement or an accolade.

Through 25 years and almost] 00 is­ sues, the Guelph Alumnus has helped rekindle old memories and ignite new ones. It has recorded historic events on campus - the dedication of the McLaughlin Library, the first kickoff at Alumni Stadium, the sod turning for the environmental biology!horticul­ tural science complex and the opening of Olympic-sized athletic facilities.

It 's been a voice for the alumni as­ soc iations and a venue for recognizing alumni award winners.

It has also maintained an ongoing correspondence among alumni.

Readers have been generous with stories and photographs, and nostalgia wins hands down as the most popular theme, no matter what the year.

Frosh initiation rites and student pranks are two of the most popular topics.

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Remember the 1927 SI. Patrick' s Day brawl be­ tween OAC's first­ and second-year classes, the steer tied to the Mac­ donald Hall stair­ case in 1955, the message " Hi, Ian" that graced the campus water tower for some time after it was penned in 1960, a wagon hoisted to the top of the beef barn for College Royal 1973 and innumerable coats of paint on Old Jeremiah') Different generation s of alumni remember social function s at Creel­ man Hall , the Massey Hall coffee

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shop, the Bullring, the Ke g and the University Centre. Residence hall s, the library and Johnston Green have al­ ways been favorite meeting places, but the Johnston Hall tower, the cannon and the Moreton Lodge portico e ndure as the most photographed spots on campus.

Browse through the next few pages for a look at other Guelph Alumnus high lights and test your memory on our anniversary review.

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A. The firs t issue of thl!

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Psychulugy Department dis足 play at Co llege Royal '86.

C. HOI1l ('(u ming 19(51.

D . Finl! art plOfnsor CordUII Cuuling's sketch ofA lwllni Huuse when it was IIsed as a carriage house. E. All avc teaching lab in [he lot I! 1980.1. F. The Mo retoll Lodr,e pOl"lico . C. Winilln g the Vanier Cup in 19(54.

H. An far/.'" Call1pllS initia足 tion, dOlI' unknown.

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1. Who was the UGAA ' s first presi­ dent ?

2. What 's the usual attendance at Col­ lege Royal?

3. Which is the younges t of the seven colleges, established in 1970?

4. What campus building was the 1974 OAC Centennial project?

5. Why was Dr. Ruth on campus in J988?

6. What Canadian radio personality was visiting professor in the Department of Engli sh in 1974?

7. In 1982, the Cu elph Alumnus ran a

story on the hi story of the President ' s House. Why was it moved in 19l2?

8. Name the 1982 Winegard Medal winner who was nominated by both CBS and CPS? 9. A 1983 story on asparagu s growers Lawrence Kerr, OAC ' 29 , and his son Bob, OAC ' 68, also named an OAC professor known for his work in developing new asparagus varieties. What was his name?

10. What was the fl agship project of the $60-million capital campaign launched in 1986?

II. Prof. Keith Betteridge holds a re­ search chair at OVC in animal biotechnology. Who are the three OVC graduates for whom it is named?

12. What did botany professor Doug Larson discover on the Niagara Es­

carpment near Milton, Ont? 13. Built in 1902 as a teaching and e x­ hibit facility for livestock, what building became a campus pub in 1971?

14. When the Alma Mater Fund was established in 1969, it s directors chose as a symbol the only original piece of architecture on

campus. What is it?

15. Who was U of G's third presi­ dent, in stalled in 1976?

16. What student organization made waves on Jan. 18, 1980?

17. Which well-known OAC alum­ nu s was awarded U ofG's first honorary degree in 1965?

18. "The Magic of a Three-Dollar

Bill" was the slogan for what fund­ raising campaign ?

19. With what African university has FACS maintained an ongoing ex­ change of faculty research, graduate students and teac hing equipment?

20. What' s insid e the McLaughlin Building, and who was McLaughlin?

2 j. Twice the subject of a Cuelph Alumnus feature story , he took ad­ vantage of Guelph's three­ semester system to complete a BA in only two years while playing left wing for the hockey Gryphon s. By 1979, he had gained fame as the youngest NHL coach in history. Who is he?

22. What is Toward 200m 23. Who turned the sod for the Equine Research Centre in 1986?

24. What was the first OAC course to

admit women? In what year?

25. What is a Gryphon?

Traditional beginnings In true univer!>ity tradition, the Guelph AlllntnllS was conceived by committee, a fait accompli after the formation of the University of Guelph Alumni Association in 1966.

The UGAA wanted TO establish a magazine that would help expand col­ lege loyalties to encompa s Guelph' new slructtlre ru; a univer ity .

ClifT Barker, ave '41, chaired the committee that spent Canada's centennial year in pursuit of a format for the new publication. They opted for a quarterly magazine and turned

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aside name such a Cornucopia, Guelph Aggie, the White Hor e, Guelph Footprints, the Cannon and Alma Mater on the Hill to call it the Guelph Alumnus. The first i. ue was published by U of G' new Depart­ ment of Alumni Affairs under direc­ tor J ohn Babcock, OAC '54, and wa edited by Don J ose, OAC '49. in the Department of Information .

Jose was the fi rst of 10 editors who have carried on the tradition of presenting articles about University teaching and r search, changes in the

campu and both. tudent and alumni activities. As true today as it was in 1968, the Cllelph Alul/IlILlS strives to keep Guelph's alumni interested in their Alma Mater.

The new University of Guelph had only 4,000 undergraduut students when the Guelph AluIIIIIIIS was founded . Today, it has 10,871 . The fir ' t issue was mailed to 10,000 alum­ ni of the three founding colleges.

Today, Guelph has almost 58,000 alumni in Canada and around the globe.

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A. Th e Guelph Alum nu s ce lebrated the 75 th

anni ve rsa t), of Macdonald Institute in 1978.

B. Heather Cooper' s de sig n af a Hanoverian horse graced U orC ' s student calendar and !i(l/son posterj'ro/1/ 198 1 IU 1985. C. Smiling Head from U of G '$ art coll ection at th e Mac颅 donald Stewart Art Ce ntre. D. Ea ch iss ue of Ihe Guelph Alumnu s features profile stories and career updates on U of G graduates. In winter 1988, it was Frank Dosegar, OAC .83. E. A skelch ofJo hn:sl on Creen hy Robin Baird Lewis, AI'IS ' 73 a nd MA '78./rom Ihe 19fi I calend(lr is.HI('. F . Ti, e chemislry magic shm-,路 is a perenllial fGl'or; le at College Rural. C . A 1992 co ,'er slUry ho nors U of C's award路 winn ing leachers.

A IlSwers I . Gordon Nixon, OAC . ~7.

2. 10,000.

J. Collc!;c of Biological Science.

4. '1h.: Arboretum C~mre .

5. The 10th Annual Conference on Human c,uality.

6. P~terG70",ki .

7. To ma~e wa} for the con,truetion of Creelman Hall.

M. Anne-France. Milkr, as '82.

9. Th .. late Herb ries\cn. OAC '51.

10. The environmental hiology!horticulluraJ science complex.

II. George Smil~y, OVC '47: Clement Reeds, ove ' 4:!: and Russell McDonald. OVC '45.

12. 700-year-nld while cedar trees.

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1-1. TIle columned pllrtico from the original

famlhoosc n" Mnreton Lodge farm.

15. Donald Fol'.tcr.

16. It wus the first day or broadc".ttng for CFRU FM. Radio Gryphon.

17. Harvard pmfes"or and noted economist John Kenneth Glllt>railh. OAC '31.

I K A 197-1 AMI' campaign challenge from rhe Continent.,1 Can Cu, of Canada.

19. The LJni\cr\it} uf Ghana.

20. B()o~, . rhe lihrary is numed for CuI. Raben Samuel "S.tln" f\.kLaughlin , former chair of the hoard 01 General MOlor, of Canada. :! I . Gary Lee Grecn, C '74, fomler coach or Ih" W",hinglOn Capllals and now president 01 the Can Am Iloc~cy Group.

22. U G', pioneering aim, ,md objectivt!s Jocumcl1t . inlroduced in 1ClR5.

23 . Princess Anne.

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24 . 11,C fir't fcnwk 'Iuden.. were admitted to a shon course in butter moking in 1893.

25 . A mylhical crealure known in anciem lime, a' Ihe guarchan of treasures. The gryphon <ymool WiI' adopted by U of G 's alhletlc team, in 1<)67.

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If you answe red all 25 questions correctl y, you mu st be OVC hi stori an Cliff Barker .

Between 15 and 25, you' re an avid Alumnus reader. Between 5 and 15. you probably spent more time sitt ing in th e Bullring than reading aboul it. And if yo u go t less than fi ve. co ngraruJ alions - you 're probably too young to I-eme mber 1968 anyway.

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b\' Martha Tal/cock Since a freckled. red -haired orphan burst on the world in J 908, the popularity o f Ann!' of Creel/ Cables has never fl agged. Where be st-se lling romances of th e era ha ve los t the ir ap­ pe al. Luc y Maud Mont go mery' s girl characters, full of sp unk and imagina­ tion. have captivated new generations fo r more than 80 years.

As sa les of Montgomery's 22 novels continue to outd istan ce those of modern Can adia n nov e ls. her own story ­ rev ealed in the di arie s she faithfully kept for 53 yea rs - also seems destined to set un prece dented publishing record s.

Maud - not Lu cy Maud - began writin g a diary as a teen age r in 1889 and co ntinued until her death in 1942 .

Sh e left 10 ledge rs to her son Stuan. a Toro nto doc tor, with in st ructions to use his Judgment about publishing them.

For almost four decades, he postponed their release to protect th ose menti oned and still living. But he did begin to ed it the diaries with Univ ersity of Guel ph En gli sh professor Mary Rubi o and even ­ tuall y - in 1981 - so ld hi s mother 's diaries and sc rapbooks to the Un iver­ si ty. After he died in 1984 , Rubi o en­ li sted co lleague Elizabeth Waterston to hel p edit the journals for publication.

Oxfo rd Universi ty Press publi shed the first vo lum e of The Selected J Ollmals of L.M . MOl1tgomerr in 1985 , documenting the auth or 's life from age 15 to 36. Th e second volume was publi shed in 1987.

And just relea sed in Octobe r, the third volum e covers Montgomery's life from age 47 to 55. A fourth - and perhaps fifth - volume will fo llow, detai ling the final years of her life.

For such a I'i chl y documented life, un­ se ttlin g ga ps rem ain in the tex t of Montgomery 's diaries. She is known to bave ce nsored - once with a razor ­ ea rl y entries about he r hu sband. And in the diaries of tbe 1920s, she cryptically alludes to a shameful episode in her e lder son's life.

Candid though she was , ber Journ al was ofte n shaped by a writer's in stin ct for a good story and a clear expectation th at her dail y jotting wo uld be preserved for posterit y.

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Each of Montgomery's SOO-page jo ur­ nals is stored safely in the University's li brary archives. Leaves of ac id-free on ion paper protect ye ll ow ing pages, handwritten in ink an d illustrated with photos taken by Mon tgomery .

Her fiv e scrapbooks are fill ed with newspaper revie ws and clippin gs of her ta Iks to wo men's grou ps and pu bl ic ap­ pearances. They reveal an unfla ggin g in­ teres t in her prese ntations. opinion s and appearance . Her wed ding bouq uet is pressed into one sc rapbook, along with play progra ms and other memorabilia that she wo uld nostal gic ally return to for in spiration for her novels.

In 19R4, Stuart's widow, Ruth, so ld the University Montgome ry's three photo albums and 1,500 negatives, her pe rsonal libl"ary, trans lated and foreign editions of her own no vels , ge nealog ical files , manuscripts, legal pape rs - in­ clucling her will- and photoco pi es of half of the 550 short stories and 500 poems she wrote durin g her lifetime.

The collection incl ud es one of the author's most prizecl possessions: <llet­ ter from Mark Twain" ,ecrew ry quot­ ing th e Ameri can humori st's description of Ann e as " th e decneq and 1110st moving and most delightful chilcl since the immortal Alic e."

The University ' s co llecti on al so in­ cludes the Order of Ihe Briti sh Empire med al she rece ived fro m Prime Mini ster R.B. Be nnell and prize pi eces of Montgom ery' s need lewo rk, inc lu ding a multico lored patchwork cushi o n and Stuart's christenin g gown . Th e mini ster' s wife's hands were ne ve r idl e during the end less hours she spent visit ­ ing pari shion ers and attending church functi ons , Among oth er artifacts in the collec­ ti on are two cerami c clogs, Gog and Magog, purchased during her honey­ moo n in Britain , and the broken pieces of the o ld dark jug featured ill he r book A T ang/ed We/).

Montgo mery's diaries ske tch a life beg inning in the Victorian era and ending in the middle o f the 20th century. She wore corsets and crinolines in her you th and was co urted in horse and buggy. In mid­ life, she travelled in cars and trains, re linq uished gas and oil lamps for electri c Iighl. found jazz surpri s­ in gly "romant ic /6

and myste l·i oll s.'· but exp ressecl (\ dis­ taste for ra dio alld " talkies" -until she go t used to th e m.

On Aug . 6, 1929, she wrote: '"Nc il 111 ­ \"(' l1liol7s clowd Oil e((ch olhel· .1 heel.l. foc I! I17 U/"C (IIII(/:III,~ Ih un Ihe 1(/.1'1 . Bill

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Her deta il ed reco rds o tte r a treas ure brimming with historical. literary, politi ca l. th eo log ica l, lega l and psycholog ic" l gold nuggets.

Of the I0 lin ed . legal -s iLed ledgers she fill ed. only th e first two were writ­ ten in Prin ce Ed warcl Island , where al­ mos t all her Il ovel s are set. The remain­ ing eight ch ro ni cle he r ad ult life in rural Ontario villages. To those reade rs wallt­ ing to know the real LM. Montgomery, the laller diaries are the more re veu ling. wit h a !, to ry most un­ li ke the happy e nd­ ings ex perien ced by her fi ctitiou s c ha rac­ ters.

The first vo lu me of jou rnal s eli itecl by Rubi o and Watersto n begins when MOllt go mery was 15 and sti ll in schoo l.

Th e 21 years it eovus take her c hc~t

throu gh sc hool. teach ing.lobs. a slinl at a Halifa x newspa per. her e ngageme nt to Pre~by t e rian mini .'aer EW,lIl iV! acdon<Jld. the publ icat ion 0 1" her fi rst two books.

AIIIIC Or e lCC'1I Cllh/C.I ,md Alille of A ,·olllcu. and th e gl'im decIde 'pent look in g after he r dying gr<JIlllmo ther.

Betwe en 1l)IO and 1l)21. 1h e ye<II's covered in the second volume.

Mont go mery nlarrie s. moves 10 LeaskdQle. Onl.. belrs two son, and pub­ li ,he~ seve n more nove l'-, and a book of poe try.

In her lat er diari es, ,h e re fl ec ts on this period - the years of ea rl y mothe rh ood - as the happi es t of her life. But th e vo lume conc lude s with sonle unhapp y time s when rV!ontgoJlle ry sees her hu s­ ba nd debi litat ed by depressio n, mo urn s her co usin Frederica's death and begins a th orn y nin e-yeal' lawsuit agClinst her New York publ isher.

Th e new ly published third vo lum e of journals focll ses on Mont go mery in mid­ life. Fro m 192.1 to 1929. she res pond s to dem,lllds made on he r <1, a mother. a minister's wife and a popular writer.

She pens four mo re novel> - Ihe Emily se ries (w hi ch she liked illuch more than the Anne books) and Th e Blil c Cu.lll e.

Aft e r 14 years in Le askdale. a com­ mun it y divided over th e question of church L1nion. the r',lInily moves to NOI'­ va I. Sons Ches tel" ,Ind Stuart leave home to attend pri vate schoo l ,Ind Montgo mery laments tiwi "a.ll happin ess left my life."

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Montgo me ry hi d the truth of he r hu sba nd ' ~ illn ess by tell i ng p ~ 1 ri sh ione r'> he had headac hes,

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Anne of G.'een Gab les, model ­ ling a dress from her wedding Irousseau in 19 11. dressed 10 Illeet the P,'inee of Wales in 1928 and the portrait of a di stin guished Canadian auth or at age 6 1,

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The write r co uld and d id esc ape such strain by imaginin g herse ll" a heroi ne in a romant ic fan tasy, At"t el, this .'>Clme inci­ dent , shc "(I\ 'oidcd I('OJ'S /Jr la~i llp. /"cjilge in 011 (,,,,' olld \'i \'id d reom li/i" ,..hieh I 1)((\ '1' heI'll lil'illg "CI"r slllelldidly all SIIt77II/ Cr . , , , For 11101/ 111.1', I I,(/\ 'c hcel1 a /I1(,III/J('r uto Iwrlr ,I ('('killg ill II,e 1110 1l1l10 ill dcscus u(Solll h Alllnic(( Ihe j CVt 'c/s hUII,~ Oil a ,I/()ilC god. "

By today ', standards , Mont go mery wou ld wea r the titl e "supermom," Despite wealt h and fame as a wri ter , she dutifu lly - so metim es resentfuUy ­ fu lfill ed he r rul e a~ mini ster 's wife, She endured numb ing visi t ~ wi tb pari sh­ ioners, organi zed and hosted soc ial s and gu ild and exec uti ve meetin gs, taught Sunday sc hoo l and direc ted plays and co n ce rt ~,

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Up early to li ght the kitche n fire , Montgomery often didn ' t craw l back into bed until afte r midnight. Sleepl ess­ ness plagued her a" she dreaded a re pea t att ack of her hu sband's reli gious melancholi a and fretted over two la w­ suits - one wi th her publishe r, who had printed one of her boo ks with out her pe r­ mi ss ion, and another wi th a Leaskdal e man suing them for dam ages in a car ac­ cid ent tha t was hi s fault.

She a l. 0 worried about th e fa mil y's future in th e even t of c hurch union and was beset by reque "h fo r money from needy P.E.1. relatives , Th e physica l comfort s of life im­ proved whe n Macdonald was ca ll ed to 1001< after the co ngregation in Norval.

The pa ri sh was ge nerous, instaJJin g elec tr ic lights. a stove , hot and co ld ru n­ ning water and a bat hroom in the large manse, And the radia l train allowed eas ier access to Toronto, whe re Montgomery coul d meet with her pubIishers, attend plays and hear controver­ sial spea kers, An av id gardene r, kee n photog raph er C"cI,)hAI/l/1/I/" I

and voraciou s reader, Montgom ery also found pl eas ure in motorin g, Sh e loved th e "w itchery of speed" in th e Grey ­ Dort and Dodge she was able to affo rd , but co uld not dri ve , Th e famil y often drove to Uxbr id ge 1"0 see si le nt movies or took a turn in the country, Macdonald was the so urce o f most of Montgomery's complaints, Fea ring relapses of a 1919 brea kd ow n. she was vigilant for sign s tha t he was having another spe ll, For such an art icul ate and com posed woma n, publi c ev idence of her hu sband's mental weakn ess was mort ifying, as she records on one oc­ casion: "Whcll Ihese sp c l Is come Ull him, he w l /;.s likc a child oj" IWch 'C IIsillg

a new lallg{(age which hc has leorncd \'e ry badl\' , I Vt'/"ilhed ill 1/If/1/iliulioll all Ihe c \'e lling , Fros('/" m{(sl h{/\ 'c Ih o ug hl

In hi " wife' s eye,. M<lcdonald was use less ~\s a fat her and jealou s or an y at­ tention she rece ived for her WorK in the parish or for her boob, She bitterly repo rt s that " [11'011 sccro!r hUll'S 111.'"

II 'O r /;. ol/d UIICIlIr i,t;lIores ii , H e 11('\ '(,1' re{ers 1(1 il ill UIl\" 11 '0.1' or ,l hOll 'S 0 jJor­ lic k oj"illieresl i ll il. 1 c('("winl\' \1'01/1(/11 '1 \I"(((7lhil7l /() gu (f/JOII I /Jorin,\!.

IJC ojJle pllhlic/\' \I'i ll/ IllS (lllpre/'ialion.

Bill I would li/"' (' him IO/eel U lillie, I ha\ 'e I/ e\' e/", si llce I \I 'US 1I!(1ITieel. neg l ecled UII.'" dIll.'" u( II 'ifc' (J I" l1Iolhcl'II('­ CO IISC OJ"III.'" 1\ 'lilill ,t;, I ho\"£' dOl/c il (JI odd IWllrs Ih ol lI'erc ,\IIII('e : e<l 0111 o( somelhing elS(' Ii.'" ,~ i\ 'ill,\!. 1111 SOllie oj" lJ)\' o wn 1)(},I,liiJIe l1ieaslire 011(/ (III IIlI ' l ei sll le, So Ill' hus 110 jlf.ll;j/(,O liol7j()r Ihis ((/I;llIde,"

Des pit e her hu sband\ indifference to

her liter:.lry s u cces~, Montgomery was

'­ M OlIIgoJllery l ook liJis l)iJoII! of Ihe PII'SI)VI('lian manse in NOlTil/c, Om " in Ihe \\'illl('l" (lr 11)26. An (/\ 'id ph%gJ"Upha, she l ook mun.'" phOIO,1 or,he hOl1lcs .Ihe !il'cd ill , holllillsidl' (/lid oUI,/Jml'idillg u . ' i~ u(fl hiSlon' orulciJil('Clil wl slr/n UlI<I home d l'l'{)J'(JliOIl jJopulo)" ill mUll o III (/I"io ,

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exn lted by ::t huge public. including world leaders, In 1927, Briti sh Prime Mini ster Stan ley Baldwin arrnn ged an invitati on for her to a recept ion in T oronto for th e Prince of Wal es ­ so th nt he and hi s w ife cou ld meet her. In 1928 , she was in vi ted to ope n Canad i an Book W ee k wi th th e emin ent C h a rl e~ Roberts, Arthur St rin ge r and Bern ard Snndwe ll nt an overflowing Co nvocat ion Hall , and was later mobbed fo r autog raph~, At such events , Montgomery usually told stori es from th e Ilorth shore, She sin glehanded ly. i f inad­ ve rtentl y, immort::tli zed Prin ce Ed­ wnrd Island. to wh ich ~ h e returned w henever she cou ld , Her relatives were pe~tere d by touri sts sen rchin g for Montgomery Inndm arks , "My pOOl l el(/Iil 'e,\ (}II IhC' I slo lld I1/USI olio/ wisli I liad II C' I'CI' pilI pC'n 10 pawl' , TIl(' jof...e of il is, UllclC' J o lin 's ill Cm'C'lIdisl/ (Ire likewise OI'C'ITlI!1 h\' people ll 'Ii o kll ll ll ' IIOfhing IIflhe es rmngelllelll /JelH'C'C'lIu S (lnd {(Ike ifj(!1 glolllecl Iii(/{ Ullcle Johll olld hi,I1olllilr 1711151 hC' ({mong Illy ill­ MOIIlgu/ilen".\ I I/I'orllt' 5fJOI rimolc jiicllds"

Montgomery wns In demnnd as a spenke r nnd frequentl y tra ve ll ed by rail to cities In southem Ontario, The tri ps offel-ed welcome rel ief from an iso­ lated. intelle ctuall y arid exis tence, She often took the opportunit y to dine with friends, see a pla y at the Pantages Theatre , stop over at the Wal ker House

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o 1(/Il'inC' (il' /Jig ,I/I'C'

:lnd shop at Simpson s, Hel' publisher, M cCle ll and and Stewart. kept her we ll suppli ed wi th new books. w hi ch she de vo ured and critiqued in her diaries, On e "ri sing star" was Morl ey Callngh;m: ''His ideo

/J/('li cIIIIIIIS/r (/nd Iim '(' 1I0lhillg elsC' ill Ihe pictlll'e. , , 1/ Will ill ,\isl 011 seeillg ,\ /. .".1 ' lind l'il 'CI lind pill e, .I'll /( (11'1' (/ sell l ill/('lIluli,1 1 (//1(/ rh e l!'Iol, i s 110 1 ill ,I'll /( , ,(Co//(igh o ll J l/(i s

1I1Iilel'(lfllre seems 10 be 10 pholo,!!.l'oph

A lid h e /.\ deodl\' dllll,"

l1eilh el l 'i,l i oll, imo ,!!, inoli llllnlJl insi,!!, hr,

Such ob,erva l iOIls ,Ire rerp ered Iloerall y throughout MOlltgolllerY ·'.l0ur­ nals, And th erc is no small evidence or her sharp wit and moch:ing: sa rcas ll1, Glimpses of hel' public persona break thl'o ugh th e pri vate voice, With 1110ck i 111 periousne~s. she ;lddre~ ~e s her desce n­ d,lnt~ aoou t a ne w fad the j'al1lil~ dis­ covered w hile on holid:lY in 192-4­

" /) oC's ,10/11(' inuedi/J/,' ign(Jl'ulII ,J.: I'('OI­ gl'(lllc/r'hi/t/ dCl/land, 'Whol i ,l (/ /i OI c/og:) , " - or scripts ;111 amu,l ng or an­

noy ing converS,lliol1, Her gro"v l~ ­

" 1 11711,11 ,lfO/7 ,l;r()ll'lin,~, Bill rhclI i"l (/

1'C'/icIlo gC'1 il 0111 (Jim\' SI'SICII/ in 111/ ,\

jUllmo/" - tind their counlcrpoilll in

her raptures at n,lture', he;lL\ty : "I (/Iso SI'P /w l ii/'(' il (/ guulplI (lle%l und PCI'­ .lil/7/(' , Ol'('/' il 0 /J/IIC' sk,', helllnd il (/1'(,/­ "C/I' pin(' CUl'css ill,!!. crl'.llu/ oil'

M(J/l/g()I II (,/T'~ Sliccess as 1I/1 u lilh o l' atjul'dcd Ihe Macdo no/cls Ih e /11,1111'.1' o( a ClIl',

IUI'('(/ 10 ride in hili

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"ru\'(' hNse/(

,,'1I1'c1, she

Eve n for th ose unfamil iar w ith hel­ noveh, these dia l'i es ,Ire co mpell ing fo r thei r snaps hots of' a di sappe,lrin g w,ly of life, th e issues ,lI1ci invcnrions lhat inex ­ ora bly altered rural communiries in Cln;lda ,Ind tile pOi'lI',lit of ,I CCln "e rva­ (il/ci"Ii

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ti ve womLln who neve nheless chLlfed at a society that did not recogni ze women's wonh.

If the reade r suspec ts Montgo me ry is occa sion all y secreti ve or in sincere, she is justified . The author felt bound to present her best face to the wo rld . to keep up appearances Llnel to be grac ious in all c ircumstances, in kee pin g with the conservati ve conditi oning of he r upbringing. As a youn g girl , she struck a pact with her best fri end to striv e for this ideal comportment. ;'Bolll Frcdc alld I hal ed 10 H'car 0 111' hcarls 011 0111' slcc\'(',\ - 1 0 !like Ih e \-I'o rld illio our co17/idc17 c(', II \-I 'a s p Ori of o ur code Ihol \\'(' I7IU SI uI H·or.\' 1)I'I! Sell l (/ FO IlI of'/ o ug hler (l ll d .\ol i.\/( /(' l io ll."

Despite thi s caveat to read ers. an oft en lonely Montgomery did pOllr her clark. unhappy soul on to the lineel pages.

"This journal seems like an lIl1derSlandil1g(ri end, and to confess my v\'O/'/'ies in it is like talking them

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such

(f

with

friend."

She retrented to her diary to li ck wound s and vent bottled-up fee lings.

And in a life tumblin g with respon­ sibilities. the diaries offe l'ed he r a chance to recover and preserve he r se lf.

Rubi o is currently researching a biog­ raph y of Montgomery anel su spec ts th at the author may have deliberately mad e choices in her life that would make he r journ al more entertaining for future readers. The Guelph professor has int er­ vie wed Montgomery's late son Stuart . members of her ex tended famil y and former maid s and pari shi one rs who re me mbe red Mont go mery and her hu sba nd.

Des pit e her depth of knowledge , Rubi o co ncludes th at " nobody will be able to dec iph e r the com­ pl ete truth " abo ut Mont go mery.

Montgomery's popularity endures Not onl y has Ann e in sp ired youn g girl s in North Ame ri cLl. Australi a and Europe , but she has al so ca ptured th e heart s of orphaned post- wa r ge ne rations in Japan. And he r re belliou s spirit hns touched dee p chords in indepe ndence­ minded Pol es in the I, 980s . spawning a musical that continu es to riv et a histori­ cally oppressed peo pl e, It often comes as a shoc k to pilgrims to Princc Edward Island that Ann e Shirley is. in fa ct, ficti on. Readers are seduced by L.M. Mon tgo mery's in­ timate and conspiratori al tone, a g ift for storytelling inherited from her postma ster grandfather. and often con­ sider her and he r c reati ons kindred spirits. Man y read and re read Montgomery's nove ls th ro ughout th eir live s. just as Charl otte Bront e fan , return again and again to J a il !! Eyrc and Jane Austen fans indul ge in annual feasts of Pride ond Prejlldi ce .

No wonder then th at Mont go me ry's diaries sell like hotcak es as soo n as they hit the bookstand s. Fans and ac ad emi cs - especiall y the new breed of femini st sc hol<lrs - from around the wo rld are keen to embrace the write r and the wom<ln who has given the m hours o f sec ret deli ght and hope and validati on, Although acade mics more interes ted In serious literature use d to dism iss Montgomery's works as unw orthy of study , readers worshipped he r and government leaders paid her homage . In great demand as a speak er, she travell ed frequently to addres s gath erings o f girl s anci women. She was an acti ve me mbe r of th e Canadian Auth ors' Assoc iati on

and the Canadi an Women' s Press Club.

Sh e attracted the attention of prominent Canadi an and British statesmen and earned the admirati on o f literary giants like Mark T wa in.

Th e hi ghes t offi cial recognition Montgo mery rece iv ed was her appoint­ ment as an offi ce r of the Order of the British Empire. She was the first Canadian woman to rece ive this honor.

Her books are perennial best-sellers and probabl y Canada's mos t e ndurin g literary ex port . Espec iall y popular in Common wea lth countri es, they have been tran slated into more than 30 lan­ guag~ s and continue to se ll we ll in Japan , Poland , Scandin av ia and the United St ates . In Canad<l al one. sales still average about 35,000 copies a year - 50 years after her death.

Oxford Univ ersity Press reports that the first two volumes of Th c ScI!!cl('d JOlll'lluis ofL.M . MOlil go mery - pubIished in [985 and 198 7 - have sold a towl of 25 ,000 co pies. unu sual for a non­ fiction wo rk . Th e third vo lume was released in Octobe r. And editors Mary Rubio and EliLabeth Wate rston will produce at least one more vo lume to complete the se ries, Ru bio will al so add n future biograph y of the auth or to the growing Mont gomery lex icon.

In the introdu ction to the third volume, Rubio and Waterston describe Montgomery as a woman of extraordi­ nary talent - gifted with an ability to captivate readers, first with her im ag ina­ ti ve characters and now with the story of her own life.

Til t' Guelph Alumnus and \1'!'/l er M U/'Ih a

Toncock e,l/cnd spec/allhunks 10 C uclp h professors Man' Rllhio und E/i: aiJelil WCll e rSlo/l and 10 s/(Iff/llliIl' Un/I 'CIS /I." of C lI (' lpll Libran' orel7l1'l's 11'110 tHo I'/dec! /11 0 1('1'/01 and phOiogrUIJlls

EIi~ u hel" WU l er.I /OII. /cji . and iv/an' Rllbio \I 'i lh M OlIl gol1l en"s grandson D m'id I'v/acdol1u ld at Ih e !loo!. la ll/I( hiJlg .!i,,' l 'o J. 1/1 . The

Selec ted Jo urnal s o f L M , Mo nt go me ry.

Pho lo by Roben a Fral1 ch uk

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Timely tooth care

pays off

for pets and vets

b\' Mmy Dickir:sul1

With hi s cnr packed full of equipment nnd suppli es, Fraser "Sandy" Hale sometimes travels more than 100 kilometres to see his patients - a Siamese cat suffering from neck lesions , n Malinoi s show dog with a broken cnnine, a lethargic young New ­ foundland with chronic pain caused by enamel hypoplasia, Di agnosed by their regular veterinarian s, these ailing pets were refe rred to Hale for periodontal surgery, root canal and composite restoration.

If you think Hale sounds more like a dentist than a vet, you're right. , . and wrong. In fact, he's a one-man mobile veterinary dental service, With an On ­ tario road map in one hand and a periodontal probe in the othe r, he's

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Iy a clash between career and home life that eve ntuall y led to th e id ea of open­ ing a re ferral practice.

Hale and his wife , Monica Forget, FAeS 'R2, had mov ed to Fergus in 1989 to escape the smog and traffic of the city. He admits he had roman tic and uIHealistic ideas about life as a small­ town vet. In fact , he never found the tim e he'd expected to have with his yo un g so n. So IS month s late r, he was look in g for another escape - from the long hours and ph ys ica l demands of general practice.

After much soul -searching, Hal e and Forget decided to let their family life take precedence ov er their caree rs, They opted for two part-tim e Jobs so they cou ld both have more time with four­ year-old Willi e and 10­ month -old Mami e. Hale is no w on the road three days a week and Forget teaches part tim e, shar ing a Grade 2 class at Victoria Terrace Publi c School in Fergus, Thi s new lifes tyle plan demand ed a change from traditi ond l ve terinary prac­ tice, so Hal e turned to ove for insp iration . He says he was in the right place at the right time III hi s life when he heard abou t a new ove continuing education pro­ Sophie's u/),\cl'ss('d /Oolh II'US sUI '('d Ihall~ s ro (/ /'(I()r gram in small animal den­ ('{{lIol pelformcd /)\. SClI1dr I-Iale dillillg rhr? OI' C (('1'­ tistry, He was the first to II/ieme course III sillall animal dr?lIrisIIY. Pmr o/rh(' sign L1 p for the inaugural I}/'ucedur(' illm/l'cs rill: 1(51' of'specia//ilr?s /0 cieelll class in September 1991 (lnd shape rlir? 1'01101 hc/ore ir istilled. and co mpl eted the last PhOIO, by Fiona Gitchr; '1 mod ul e thi s fall , along with 18 other vets,

building a new ca ree r for him se lf in small animal dentistry -the faste st­ growing area of veterinary medicine.

More and more small animal prac­ titioners are offering basic dental ser­ vices to their c lients - who are demanding it for their pets - but Hale's referral practice is still an anomaly. And he says it 's the niche he's been looking for in ve te rinary med icine, After grad uatin g from ove in 19R4, Hale wo rked for five yea rs in a small animal practi ce in th e Toronto suburb of Scarborough and a yea r and a ha If ina mixed practic e in Fergus near Guelph.

He helped estab li sh a dentistry com­ ponent In both those clinics, so he knew there was a growing interest 10 dental care for sma ll animals , but it wns actual-

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thc tim e th e pe rm anent " Tpes tered Jim too th was forming.

Stowe at OVC for a Whateve r thc cause, year until the course Tan ge nt' s owner was bega n," says Hale. " 1 co nvinced the tooth was was countin g on It. cau sing her pet pain.

Stowe, a 1969 es pec iall y in co ld grad uate o t OVC, is co­ wcather. After co m­ ordinato r of profes­ posite res toration, the sional affairs and dog's appetite ,m d dis­ exte nsion at th e co l­ positi on improved imme­ lege. The den ti stry diately. course is one of four The irony of the story ce rti fica te co urses is th at the owner. a OVC offe rs as part of professiona l musician . its co nt in uin g edu ca­ was able to provid e bet­ tion program fo r alu m­ ni . With one class te r dental ca re for her dog than for he rse lf. She grad uated. the denti stry had take n out pet medi ­ program ha s another 20 ve ts who've co m­ cal insuranc e offe red through he r loca l veteri ­ pleted hal f the co urse nary clinic. whi ch paid and a third group ready for Hal e ' s se rvices . Be­ to begi n in January.

The den ti stry course ca use she had no health in surance of he r own, is supervi sed by U of G clinica l studies howeve r. an abscessed tooth caus ing her pain pro fe sso r Harold Pook had to be pull ed becD use an d taugh t by B.C. vet she couldn't afford the James Anth ony, who run s a refe rral practice cos t of restorati on work. in veterinary denti stry In anothe r case. Hale in VClncouver. think s periodontal treat­ From hi s unde r­ me nt he lped Fl ic, a two­ yca r-old Mal in ois, grad uate stud y at O Ve, beco me a ri ng sport Ha le already knew the c hampion. Called in to importance of pe rio­ do a root ca nal on a do ntal care fo r sma II canine tooth Fli c had animals. As in human medi cine, improved broken during a competi ­ tion, the vet found vete ri nary care and Sand,' Hille' (Jlld MUllicC! Forge'l \\';111 Ih eil' ch;Idl'e ll. WilliI' lind Mllmie. {i/ another tooth with a chip preventive measure s Ih eil' !I o/,//(' fracture anel one worn so hav e in creased the life Although most vet s recogn ize th e expec tancy of most anim als kept as thin it was in da nger of bre<lkin g. Four pote ntial probl ems associa ted with pets. Cats and dogs need good de nt al weeks afte r the surge ry, Flic beca me periodontal di se use, few are ac tu ull y ca re to prese rve their teet h for a longe r NOl1h Am erican champion in hi s c lass trained in adva nced treatme nt methods. life and to prevent chroni c medi ca l at a ri ng spo rr competition in the Uni ted Hale prefaced hi s OVC ce rtifi cate probl ems that may be the res ult of States. cou rse with training programs offered periodon tal disease, says Hale.

In past years. th e trea tment of choice by th e American Animal Hospital As­ Like human s, animal s can become the fo r a broke n or abscessed tooth was ex ­ socia tion. victims of many ailment s that stem from tracti on, but -like the message yo u infect ions in the mouth. Th e blood­ To estab li sh hi s referral bu siness, hea r from your ow n dentist - the re are stream can pick up bacte ri a from an i n­ Hale launc hed an educa ti on program of Illan y gooe! reasons to save a pet 's fected tooth and carry them alon g hi s own - a news letter fo r veb to sho w dam aged tooth ra ther than pull it out , through the body much as a flow in g th em how to IIlco rporate denti stry into says Hal e. Dogs and cats use their riv er carries silt. th eir practices, to provide tips to im­ mouth s as tools. like we use our hand s, prove the denta l treatm ent they already Wh en the blood flow is slowed down and th eir tee th are as important to them offe r and to ex plain new se rvices and - in the va lve leave s of th e hea rt as ou r fingers are to us. tec hniques. mu scle or in the kidne ys - the bac te ri a Thi s tra ve lling ve t says it 's a sign of Hi s first case was Tange nt , the New ­ settle out like silt at the mouth of the the times. Pe t owne rs expec t a hig h ri ve r. A localized infect ion on a hea rt fo undl and that was mi ss in g th e enamel level of hea lth ca re for thei r anima ls , from a ca nine toot h. It co uld have been va lve can leave sc ar tissu e, causing it to and th at in clu des preventi ve denta l care leak. The eventual resu lt may be conges ­ ca used by a high fever . malnu trit ion. tive hea rt fail ure. and treatm ent. parasites or some ot her kind of stress at Cue/ph

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MEET

HOFSTETTER

The word 'can't' isn't in her vocabulary

by Mal'lha Tal7 cock

ary HoFstener's parents never told her there was any ­ thing she cou Idn 't do. As an only child growing up on a quiet street in Kitchener, Ont., she took the youc an -do-an yth ing -you -se t-you r-mind­ to mess age as licence to leap at every opponunity that came her way. Today, she is pre sident of Sheridan College.

"My parents were exceptional," say s Hofstetter of her recentl y deceased mother and father. " I could never downplay the sig­ nificance" of their support and en­ couragement, she says.

M

One of only two female college presidents in Ontario, Hofstetter, 45, has made a career of carving out new roles for herse lf. Standing in mortarboard and gown before hundreds of graduating Sheridan College students each spring, she of­ fers these words of advice: Learn to spot an opportunity; be willing to take a ri sk for the experience; don't 22

wait to be asked to do something: don ' t wait to be thanked.

As a child, Hofstetter devoured books. Her mother onc e brought home a bo x of 44 Elsie Dinsmore book s about the life of a southern belle. In no time , she had read her way through the box. A few years later, she read her way through university - and fast.

After graduating from Eastwood Collegiate in Ki tchener, Hofstetter enrolled at th en Waterloo Luthera n Universi ty. Favorable reports From friends at Wellington College con­ vinced her to transfer to the new Universi ty of Guelph in her second year. The semester system suited the Engli sh major 's speed. She took three semesters a year in stead of two and earned her honors BA in three year~ . It was 1968. Then she completed an MA at the University of Western Ontario in 10 month s.

Hofstetter' s nose was not always in a book. At Guelph, she acted in and helped design student produc­ tions. During holidays, she painted

and studied theatre arts at th e Banff School of Fine Arts.

After finding her painterly blue and orange nudes wedged behind an oil burner by her mother, Hofstetter re sisted thi s mute judgment of he r work by entering a piece in a Col ­ lege Royal al1 competition. She won and began giving her "valuable" paintings away for wedding prese nts. Now she uses her discern­ ing eye - and that of her hu sband, David Rigg - to collect rather than create art. Her office is filled with the work of Sheridan students, laying the foundation for a future permanent college collection.

A committee junki e. Hofstetter has parl ayed her interest in the arts into board memberships on arts councils and cultural centres in the Burlington area. Recentl y resigning after years on Hamilton hospital boards , she has been invited to join the Mi ss issauga Living Art Centre board. Tuesday evenings offered some respite from a dense sc hedule until she decided to tak e a course to C"elph A1,,"/1//1.1'

poli sh her Fre nch attet" be ing named head of nati on,li org,10i zati ons su ch as th e Canadian Burea u for Inte rn ,l ­ tional Euucation and th e Canad ian Co ll ege Pres ident s ' Ne two rk .

Her French i ~ a littl e ru~t y. It wa s 20 years ago th at sh e made th e archetypal od yoscy to EUiope aner finishing her M A. For two ye'lrs. she wught Engl ish and art at Ne uchate l Junior College in Sw itzer­ land , then imm erse d herself in French c ivili za ti on litera ll y and academically at the SO['bonne in Paris for ,m other two yea rs.

With her taste ljui ck en ed for trave l and Europea n culture. foou . wine an u fa sh ion , Hofstette r ca me: home to Canada to find he r ft'i enu s married with childre n. More inde ­ pendent, re ady to rake ri sks. she deliberately ch ose to fo cu s 0 11 a career rather th an " c,ltch up." It was 1974.

A high sc hoo lte<1ch er adv ised her to c<l pit ali ze on her writin g skills

,md gave her a contact at Cones tog,l College. In 10 yea rs. Hofstette[' worked her way from p,J['t-time brochure writer to associate d irector of applied art s and bu sine ss .

As personn e l ch<lnged and a ne w pre~ident took ov er, she jumped at new cha ll enges. " It was an excep­ ti onal opportunity to [ca m a who le lot." sh e says. --M y respons ibilities kept changin g. " Th e lea rning didn't sto p at.'i p.m.

Ho fstettc [' si gned up for cO Uises. se minars ,1Ild workshops in finonce. acco untin g and managel11 ent. -- I wo uld have loved to get an M BA, but I' ve nc ver found th e: time."

Th e opportunity to break new ground sUifaced wh en Mohawk Col­ legc cre ated on academic vice ­ pre side nc y. Hofs tett er got the job.

She encountered some initialmi sgiv­ in gs. but little res istance anci no di s­ criminati on - "at least not to my fa ce." It was 1984.

A vi ce- presi dent naturall y con­

templ ates the to p job. Ancl Hot\ tetl er went tor it at Sheridan Co llege <lfter four ye arS:1 t Moha wk.

It was a perfe ct 11l'ltch. Sheridan. with its ~c hool of crafts and des ign and its strength in applied art s, wa s like icing o n th e admini st rati ve cak e fo r the ,lvid art co ll ec tor.

Hot\ tetter still reads co piou .c; l ­ reports, new.s paper, and Journ,lls to ke ep he r' abre:1st of eco nomic and soc ial ch ange, th ,lt will bear on th e co ll ege' s future di[·ection. murder myste ri es to unwind on ~UJ1lm er ho lidays. Frenc h les son , and read­ ing Ea st Asian economi c journoh ­ the.\e are the ways she responds to her own rapi<..lly changing wor ld.

In her co nvocation speec hes, she ul'ges stud ent, to tra ve !. lea rn o th er lang uZlges. tak e ri sb ,1Ild be fl ex ible . The mess age may be apt in an era or "g lobal[ zat ion," but it' s also Hofs tett er ' s pe ['sonitl fO["[1lU la fo r su ccess.

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Digging into the past

Weekend archeologists uncover clues to Guelph's ancient history G<lme was plentiful in the oak fore st Even Columbo h<ld footprints or the lingering smell of perfume to help him that once surrounded the spot, and the solve a mystery, but for an arch­ river is home to migrating ducks and eologist , there is only a dark SLain in geese and several varieties of fish. the dirt and a few chips of stone.

Pike still spawn in this area. where a Nevertheless, these meagre clues are smaller creek empties into the often enough to piece together a fa s­ Eramosa. A break in the escarpment cinating hi story of the peopl e who leaves a gentle slope to tile river in this once claimed this land as theirs. spot, and 50- to 60-foot cliffs bar the years old, a scraper tool dating back Last summer, Guelph residents had way both upstream and downstream.

9,500 years and pieces of flint that a chance to see an archeological dig MacDonald belteves the si te wa, came from several di stant areas - the right here in the city. on the doorstep used by se veral different Indian cul­ north shore of Lake Erie. south of of the University campus, which found tures because of the variance in the Georgian Bay near what is now Col­ evidence that this area was inhabited age of artifacts found: small projectile lingwood and even from a deposit near 8,400 years before city founder John point s ranging from 2,700 to 3,000 Flint Ridge. Ohio. The latter was Galt set eyes on it in 1827. probably brought into th e <lrea 7,000 The dig was located on the south or 8.500 yea rs ago. bank of the Eramosa River on land Two of th e most telling finds un­ owned by the Ontario Ministry of covered last summer were dug from Agriculture and Food, at the foot of the pockets of Ted Presan t, OAC '5 5, the new Ontario Turfgrass In stitute. It who found the m 15 yens ago when he was excavated by members of the was doing a soil survey in the area.

Grand River/Waterloo chapter of the Now retired from Agriculture Canada , Ontario Archeological Society and stu­ Presant once worked out of an on-cam­ dents hired through a federal grant pu s office and frequently used the area program. to teach students how to observe chan ­ Guelph high sc hool teacher Ken ges in soil Lype and stone conten!.

Old ridge organized the project. John His finds included an unusual slic­ MacDonald, a professional arch­ ing tool similar to those found at only eologist with Ontario Hydro, volun­ two other sites in Ontario and a projec ­ teered to supervise the dig on tile point made of Collingwood flint. weekend s. He Both of them date also played the back 8.000 to part of Columbo 10.000 years. in relating the ar­ During the two­ tifacts found to month dig . other the known arch­ Guelphites came eological history forward to show of southern artifacts found Ontario. along th e river or Spear points, in their own back­ scraping tools, yards. Each one hearth locations enriches the an­ and pieces of flint cient history of indicate that this the area and con­ particular spot on firm s something the Eramosa was most U of G grads used as a sea­ know well - that sonal hunting ground by native Archeoiogisl John Ma cDonald IIncoven an area where Ihl! soil has hee!! SlainI'd by (/ hearlh Guelph has al­ ways been a nice people from built Ihere sel'erallhoLlsand years ago. A/)(}1'e: Life-si~1'(1 samples of Ih e projec/ile j)oilllS Photos by John MacDonald and Lai , Me( 'ull oeh place to visi!.

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Alumni House says thank you Many memorable events of the past were revisited at the Oct. 23 dedi cation of a donor board in Alumni House, The ceremony commemorated tile $800,000 in gifts th at remodelled, decorated and furni shed the building as U of G 's on­ camp us hom e for alumni , The Alma Mater Fund and the Univ er­ sity each cont rib uted $3 00 ,000, with the remaining $200,000 give n by al um ni as­ sociation s, clas ses and individu als. The donor board bears the nam e of those who gave $ 1,000 or more.

The board it se lf was th e gift of Mar~' (Hallett) and Bruce Teasdale, Mac and OAC ' 34. It was built by Kim Turnbull,OAC '77.

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Five ath letes and three builders were in­ stall ed in the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame during Homecoming cel e brations .

Among the ath Je tes was four-tim e On­ tari o wrestlin g champion AI Hayward, OAC '69, who recorded champi onships in three weight ca tegorie s. He al so won a silv er med al at the Canadian Intercol­

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legi ate A th leti c Union finals in 1967 and capped an impl'es sive career with a Canadian cham pi ons hip in 1969.

The late Sid Henry, OAC ' 32., joined the elite grou ping for his out standing rec ord in fo otba lL hockey and basket­ ball. In 193 I ancl 1932 , he pla yed on Canad ian in teull ecl iate inrercol leg iate football champion ship team s. In 1932,

he was th e inau gural winne r of th e Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy as Gue lph 's outstand ing senior football playe r.

John Marshall, CSS '72 and MA '74, a rugged winger for the hockey Gryphons, was hono red for hi s record as a scholar and at hlete. An Ontario Universit y Athl e tic Association all star, he was the first Gryphon to accumulate 100 points and was four- year team ca p­ tain and most va.luabl e player three times. Since Guelph, he ha s play ed and coached at York Uni ve rsity , has coached inteill ationa lly and is a pub li sh­ ed author in SiJoJ'/s Psrcl1OIog\' .

Nancy (Bernhardt) Peavoy, P.Ed. '70, excelled in athle tic s in the late 1960s ancl ' 70s. She lettered in ice hock­ ey, basketball and fiel d hockey and won th e 1967 Ontario orientee ring champion ­ ship. She was also presid ent of the Wom en's Athleti c Committee .

The fifth inductee was John Shivas, OAC '41 and M.Sc. '49, in recognition of hi s accomplishments in foo tball, swimming and wres tling. Hi s athl etic ca ree r spans 1938 to 1948, but was inter­ rupted by fo ur ye ars in the Armed For­ ces. He played on c hampion ship football te am s in 1938, 1939 and 1947 and lettered in swimming and wrest lin g.

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Heading the li st of builclers was Sh irley Peterson, cza r of wome n' s ath­ leti cs at Gu elph t'or the past 25 years.

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Alumni Weekend June 18 to 20, 1993 Former direc tor of wome n's athletics, Peterson is a charrer member of the On­ tario Women' s Interco llegiate Athl etic s As soc iation and is recognized ac ross Canada as a pi oneer in women's hock­ ey, She coached Guelph's women's hockey team to six championships in the late I960s and '70s and is a recipient of the Paul Gilmor Studen t life Award, Also inducted as a builder was Dr. James Maclachlan, former head of Health Services , In addition to his work with Gryphon athletes , " Doc Mac" has bee n a strong contributor to th e Canadian wrestling program and recent­ ly served the Canad ian Olympic tea m at the su mmer Olympics in Barcelona, The third builder was former presi­ dent Brian Segal, who was recognized fo r his suppor7 of Guelpl1's athl~tic program s and the construction of new facilities during hi s tenure,

Alumni associations active -,,< The U of G Student Alumni Assoc ia­ ti on held its anllualnew student bar­ becue in Septembe r, serving hot dogs to a record crowd of 650 first-year and transfer students, Alumni volunteers and members of Inrerhall Council and the Central Student Assoc iation helped se rve the picnic meal , which was donated by .I,M, Schneider Inc" Westo n Bake ries limited, Coca Cola and U of G's Department of Horticultural Science and Hospitality/Retail Services, ~'< Eat healthy, live ac tively, That was the message delivered by Sandra Keller, FACS '84, at an Oct. 22 worksho p for the Guelph chapter of the Mac-FACS Alumni Assoc iation, Keller is a public health nutritionist in Guelph, Her di sc ussion of "Myths and Obses­ sion s about the Per fe ct 10" generated much discu ss ion about c ultural beauty id eals , society 's currenr feti sh [or thin­ ness and unrea listi c ex pectations ['or weight loss, About 40 alumni atten ded, ':;,,< Both the Mac-FACS and HAFA alumni associations held career ni ghts for U of G students in October, wi7h more th an 7S students and 20 alumni guests attending each event.

A spec ial feature of the HAFA career CIl~lph AllIm"""

Volunteers preserve history A.D. "Archic" Thomas,

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Thomas i~ one of "everul alumni wh vo lunteer in the U or G Library archive~, help­ ing l(l catalogue, clean and preserve mountains of material given to the lihrary for pre ...ervation. At right. he is s.hown identifying pl!ople in ..,omc early University photos thalmigilt ha e been discarded if not for his memory of faces and events.

Archil' ThomCl.1 He has also waded through 40 carton" or matenal rrom~the lection of oral history tape~. Other~ Developing Countries Farm Radio act as hos.t~ for alumni events on cam­ etwork. catalogued hundreds of is­ pus and help make Guelph '" interna­ s.ues of the fOrn11!r FUI"II/('/" ,\ Ad\,()('ule tional students feel welcome. They mag<lLine and oiled by hand more meet with international , tudents for than H,OOO leather-bound book.<;, 'The an annual potluck ;,upper in eptem­ smell of the oil reminded me of the ber nnt! a Christma ... reception at leather soap we u<;l!d to use on horse Alumni I louse. harness," he ~ays.

The group welcomes new member') to its unnual ~pring luncheon planned Thomas is part of' th Alumni-in­ for May 20,1993. If you're inter­ Action group. whose members also ested, call Sue lawren<;on at S 19-824­ tend the Arboretum" Go~ling Wildlife Gardcn . and mninltlin a col 4120, EAt. 6963,

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.\ genl of the Crown Alth ough it sou nd s li~ e something out o f ~l J~IIl1 CS Bond mo v ie. becoming an Age nl of th e Cro w n 1I'0n ' t turn th e Universi ty of Guelph int o ~l secret ser­ v ice age nc y. What it w ill do is open the door to bi gger co ntributi o ns to th e Univ ersil Y by all ow in g donors to claim tu x creciits of up to I DO pe r cent of their net ~ 1ll11ua l income .

Pa"scd by th e Onturi o legi slature in O ctober. Bil l 6R ~ ill ows uni ve rsiti es to es tabl is h a foundation th ~ lt hu" Ag ent of th e Crown s t ~l tUS. Peopl e who give to Gue l ph through rh e found ~ lti on w ill garner i ncrease cit ~l x sav in gs.

B efo re Bill 61;. the amount o fa chariLl ble donUlion that l.jua lifieci for ~I ta x c redit in any given ye ar wus limit ed to 20 per cent o f net annunl in ­ com e. and the unu sed portion co uld be carr ied Corward for up to fi ve ye:.lrs .

Th e 20-per-cent lim it~lti on co uld preve nt you from claiming th e entire la x rece ipt if y ou donat ed propert y that 11Ud a hi g h doll ar value ill relati on to yo ur ~Inllual inco me.

If. for eX~lI l1ple. yo ur ~ Inllu ul incom e was S':\fl.XOO and yo u cionat eci rea I e'i­ tate or ~I stock portfo li o valued at $2{)O.()()O to the Uni ve l"sity . you co uld cl aim $9.3()() (546, 800 .'( 2() per ce nt ) a yea r for six ye ars . But S 1,:\1 ,84() of yo ur gift wo uld go ul1c lJilll ed .

Th e " allle gift through th e Uni ve r­ sity of Guelph Cro w n f oundation wo uld ,dl ow you to cl(lim S46.8 ()O ( 100 pel" ce nt or net annu al incollle) in yea r one and simil ar amount s in sub ­ sequent ye 'lrs. That means th e full valu e of th e S200,OOO ta x receipt would be c lLlill1ed to produce as­ 'iociated charitahle tax credi ts. More th an three tilll c~ the tax s a v in g~ w ill be reali zed under the new legislati on .

Your cottage and taxes Am endments anno unce d in last Feb ruary's federal budget w ill affec t the use o f th e S I DO,OOO lifetime capi ­ tal ga in s exe mption (L CG E ) on per­ sonal-u se rea l est(lt e sLich as cott ages.

Cotlage ~ owned before M~lrch I . [ \)\)2. wiI14u~1[iI 'y tor~1 redu ced LCGE . Cotwge~ and olher real e,tate purcha,ed aftcr March I w ill ha ve no exe mption 10 , heller c~l pit,,1 g.ai ns w hen th e propen y i ~ sold .

This mea ns th ~ II if yo u and yo ur spouse o w n 1llore th ;lll one propen y. yo u can no lon ge r avoid capited gains ta x complelel y. Whal yo u can do is rev iew yo ur situ atio n w ith a profes ­ sion~d adv i ser and tak e :.ldVanl:.lgc o f th e tax-plannin g I)O ssibilities to effec­ ti ve ly minimi7.e your tCl X ex posure or that of yo ur es tate.

T wo publica ti on s Clre ava il able to help yo u und e rst ~lncl your ta x-plan ­ n i ng opt ion s - TI /(' C IJ {f!l .'-!,c: K ccfl ill :'; i l ill III!' FUllli/\' ulld A\\'or!imn II/(' TU\"II/(JII. rrom Ro y~ d Tru st Illl~l ge Ser­ v ices. I 15 Thorllcliff Pall Dr.. T o ron­ to , Ont ~II'io M-IH I M I. and Secolld P/"()fl c/Ir Slmlegics by John Bu dd of Delo itte & Touche, publi shed by Mc­ Graw -Hili Ry erson. S; 12 .95.

Free information for you A financi al-plann ing n ew~ l e tt e r cd led PiJl ln ef"l i, publi shed by U of G through U niversit y Affairs and Developmellt.

Started in I <)89. th e news letter ca r­ ri es ~Ir\ic l es on t;l.'( -reduction co n­ ce pts . es ta te-pi allni ng met hods. money -sa vi ng id e:.lS. retirement plan­ ning. and in ves tm ent strategics. EJch is sue al so highli ghh a U ni ve rsit y projec t or progra m and a hum~ln - inter­ est story.

PartnCFS prov ides readers w i th i n­

forTllJtion that i s current Jnd useful. It tries to benefit read ers fin anc i,illy through th e arti cles and by olTering additional m ~lterial s that ~ Ire " free for the Ll sking ." In futu re. P ortlln.1 will inc rease it s va lue-added se rv ice\ . ba~e d on rCJc\er wa nts Lind needs.

T o rec eiv e PUrtiI CIS, w rite to D on Steph enson. Un iversit y Affairs und Deve lopment. at Alumni House, U nive r\ity o fGuciph . Guelph . On­ t:.lrio N I G 2W .1. or ca ll 519 -824-4120.

ni ght w as a dinner sponsored by alumni and prepared by stuci enh at th e HAFA res taurant. Th e lll e<iI includ ed donLitions frolll Heritage Salillon Co. Inc .. co ur­ tesy o f Adam Kennedy , HAFA 'R6: Mapl e L eLif Foods In c .. cOLirt esy o f Paul Carter, HAFA 'R:Z: H.J. H einz C o. o f Can ad a Ltd., co urtesy of Maxine Armstrong. HAFA '89: H o lida y I nns of Canada Lt d .. cOllne .sy o f Mary Cox, HAFA '89: and HAFA and th e HAFA Stud ent Counc il.

Help pick a winner The Uni ve rsit y of Gu elph Alumni A ~ ­ soci;1tion is seek in g nomination s for its ~lIlnual award~ to be present ed dur ing June convoc ation ~lJ1d Aluillni W ee kend.

Th e Alumn i M edal of A chi eveme nt goes to a grad uate of the l a~t 15 yea rs for contributi ons to coullt ry, co m­ Illunity. profess ion or th e world of arts ~lIld letters. The UGAA recogn izes an Aluillnus of Hono ur for significant co n­ tri but ion s to communit y service . sc ience, educati on. business . indu stry . th e ~lrl S or alumni affairs.

Se nd nomin~lli o ns by Marc h 5, 1993. to th e UGAA nOlllinati o ns co mmittee. care of Carl a Brad sh aw, Alumni H ouse.

The OVC Aluillni A ssoci ation al so in ­ v it es nominati o ns fo r its ,lnnUJI awa rd - the Distin gui shed Alumnu s Award. to be pre~c nt e d at th e OVC lun cheo n at Alumni W ee kend. The (Jw ard recog­ ni zes a graduate who has brought honor to th e coll ege and fell ow alumni thmu g h leade rship and se rvi ce to count ry, sc ienc e, educati on. profess ion or alma mat er.

Nominations mu st be rece i ved by th e OVC Al um ni A ssoc iari on by April 30.

1993. Send th em to Alumni H ouse care o f Bracl shaw.

Alumni welcome new students A grow ing number of Ontario st ud ents are being w elco med ro ofG's fall se mes ter before th ey even leave home.

Guelph alumni in five citi es - Barri e.

Lond on. Otta wa, St. Catharine s and W in dsor - met in Augu st with new Guelph stud ent s and their parenh to wel ­ co me them to rh e U o f G famil y. Th ese alumni se nd off\ we re evening ge t­ toge thers. w ith a reception and a shon prog ram to inrrodu ce the ca mpu s and the alumni assoc iations. (j/l<! /I'h

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FACS '89; and Larry Deneau, OAC '68. In London, new students met David Hill, CSS '84; Doug Besw ick, CBS '88; Jodi Beswick. CBS '88; Linda Chanyi , CPS '69: and Marilyn Wi ght, CBS '85. Alumn i spe ak ers in Ot­ tawa were Hol li dge and Pete Wilson, CSS '89. In St. Cathar ines, they were Da v id Wismer, CPS ( Eng.) '85: Joe Kita, CBS '92; and Janet Diebel, CPS (Eng.) '86. In Windsor, the stud ent s met Ste ve Donnelly, OVC ' 90; C arol O 'G orman, HAFA '79: Dou g Roman ek , HAFA ' 79; and Doris Piccinin, CBS '87.

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Bring your alumni card to campus Wh en you come to the University of Guelph, bri ng your U of G A l umni A s­ soc iation membership card with you.

You can use it to borrow library materia l s at no cost and ge t reduced rates for A thl etics Centre membershi ps, spo rt s eve nts, lec tures an d entertainment.

Gue l ph alumni are al so en tit led to di s­ coun ts on some continuing ed ucati on programs, travel package s and specia l alumni events such as ski, theat re, ope ra and race tra ck outings .

If you don't have yo ur membership card ye t, pick it up on campus at Alum­ ni H ouse or se nd a self-addressed, stamp ed envelope to Alumni Affairs, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N IG 2 W I . The card will show your co l ­ lege alumni assoc iati on affiliation on th e back.

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Add ing to th e growing number of alum­ ni-sponsored sc holarships and bursar ies, th e OAC Cl ass of 1960 is provid i ng an annual $1,000 pri ze for the Univers ity 's ou tstanding graduate tcaching ass ista nt.

Open to graduate stude nts across cam ­ pus, who are nominateci by other stu ­ dents and faculty, the inaugural prize was shared by Christ in e Gottardo , a PhD student in chemi stry, and J anice Bail ey, w ho graduated in 1992 with a PhD in anima l and poultry sc ience. She is no w comp leting postdoctora l work at the University of Penn sylva nia School of M ed ici ne.

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January - Th e Macdonald Stewart Art Centre's first large-scale si te­ specific insta llation is on display until Jan. 10. "Unspeakable" is the crea­ tion of Ontario artist Gary Spearin.

Until Jan . 17, the art centre will also feature an exhibition by Toronto art ­ ist Stephen Andrews . The art centre is open Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., Thursdays until 9 p.m. Admission is free .

Jan . 8 - Participate in the Arbo­ retum's 14th annual winter bird sur ­ vey Dress warmly and meet at th e J.C. Taylor Nature Centre at 8 a.m.

For more in form ation, call 519-824 ­ 4120, Ext. 2113.

Jan. 10 to Feb . 14 - Each Sunday at 2 p.m ., an Arboretum naturalist leads a fami ly nature walk. Meet at the nature centre .

Jan . 28 - The Women 's Stud ies Lec­ ture Se ries hosts Glenda Simms, president of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women , on campus at 8 p.m. Admission is free .

Jan. 29 - Chow down at the Aggie Goodtime Banquet at Guelph 's Col­ lege Inn . Tickets are $20 each. To reserve, ca ll 519-824-4 120, Ext. 8321 .

Jan , 30 - Alumni opera night at Hamilton Place features a perfor ­ mance of Popera. To order half-p ri ce tickets, call Sue Lawrenson at 519­ 824-4120, Ext. 6963.

Feb. 6 - The Arboretum's annua l "Night Sta lkers ' Owl Prowl" teaches young and younger about the be­ havior and adaptations of owls in the Guelph area. Prowlers leave the na­ ture centre at 7 p.m. Cost is $2. 50 for adults, 75 cents for chi ldren ove r nine. To register , call519-824-4120, Ext. 2358.

Feb. 7 - Arb oretum Day is a family day of nature walks and music at the Arboretum Centre. Free guided walks run at 1 and 3:30 p.m. The Playford Pla yers periorm on guitar and hammered dulcima at 2:30 p.m .

Concert admission is $3.

Feb. 20 & 21 - Face off at the Nor­ man McCollum Diploma Hockey Tourn ament. For detai ls, ca ll Bill Cl ausen at 519-824-4 120, Ext. 26 10.

Feb. 27 to March 28 - Maple Syrup Days run at the Arboretum Satur­ days and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m .

March 1993 - A hands-on workshop will teach the art and practice of pruning trees and shrubs. Cost is $25. For information , call 519-824 ­ 4120, Ext. 2113 .

March 3 - The annua l Fl orida picnic begins at the North Port Yacht Clu b at 10:30 a.m. For information, call George Jackson, OAC '49, at 813­ 532-0469 or AI Wall, OAC '48, at 813-466-3751.

March 8 - The Mac-FACS Alumni Associatio n 's graduate student reception and ring ceremony will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Alumn i House.

March 13 & 14 COLLEGE ROYAL March 13 - The CBS Alumni Ass ociati on's annua l general meet­ ing begins at 3 p.m. at Alumni House, with a dean's reception to follow . Included on the agenda is the issue of giving faculty members voting righ ts. For more information, ca ll Sue Lawrenson at Alumni House , 519-824-4 120, Ext. 6963.

March 15 - Alumni fami ly ski day at Horseshoe Valley offers discounted lift tickets, lessons and hotel rooms.

For information, call Alumni House , 519-824 -41 20, Ext. 6963 .

March 26 & 27 - Hit the ice at the OAC Alumni Bonspiel Re gister your team in February by calling Sarah Nadalin at Alumni House , 519-824­ 4120 , Ext. 6533 .

April20 & 27 - The Arboretum offers a workshop for adults to develop skills in identifying warblers in the spring . Call 5 19-824-4 120, Ext. 2113, to register. Cost is $75, plus an optional day tr ip to Point Pelee .

April 27 - The annual HAFA spring reception runs from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Toronto at the Royal York Hotel's Upper Canada Room. All HAFA grads are welcome l May 8 - The UGAA has booked a block of seats at reduced prices for a performance of Madame Butterfly at Hamilton Place. To order tickets , ca ll 519-824 -4120, Ext. 6963 May 20 - The Alumni- in-Action spri ng luncheon will be held at the Arboretum Centre, wi th U of G benefactor Herbert Axelrod , D.Sc. '78 , as guest speake r. To order tick­ ets, call Sue Lawrenson at Alumni House , 519-824-4120 , Ext. 6963.

June 14 to 16 - The 1993 Guelph Conference and Training Institut e on Sex uality will host its annual three­ day co nferen ce on the theme "Sexuality and Life Enhancement. " In-depth pre- and post-conferen ce wo rkshops will also be held. For more information , call 519-824­ 4120 , Ext. 2908 .

June 18 to 20 ALUMNI WEEKEND!

Arts Kelly Cleghorn, 't-:l). e,lnl ed all LLB troJ)) Os goo de Hnll l"a w Sc hool iii 19'1 2 and i ~ no~ arlicling w ith the firm or Jalll e ~ W.'vV. Neeb in Kitch ener, Ont. Eric G rifl'in, ·i\2. ha s I'esigned his po st as rector o f Grace ChUI'eh in Arthul·. Ont.. to begin fu ll-time ,tu dics town l'd, <l doctor of th;o log y at the Uni ve rsity orToron to's Wycliffe Co llege . He J nd hi ~ \V iCe ha ve moved to Toront o 1.l ith their dauQhter.

Moni ca Hillary. born IVb )' 6. 1992. G riHin rece ntl y co mpleted a master's of theology in Christian ethi cs at Wilfrid Lnuri e r Lni vCi's ity ami will defend his th es is on "The Ethics of Virture and the T heo logy o f Roberho n Dav ie," in Decem ber.

Alan Hughes, 'n, is teaching ,It G rand Ri ve r Collegiate Jn~titut e ill Kit cheile r. Olil .

He and hi s wife, Helen (Strachan), '7(1.. li ve in G ue lph.

Wendy La,\'wine, '~)3 . ea rned a bachelur of ed UCati on rrom th e Univ ersi ty of Wes tern On tari o ill 199 1 an d is tc:aehinQ French .lIld Ge rm an nt Leaside H igh Sc ho ~ 1 S he is e ngaged to Bruce Gitelmnn.

Kathy MacIntosh, '70, receivecl a PhD in education from the lni ve r,ity of Toront o in June. Her th esis WOo S entit led "The High Sc hool Literature Prog r.llll : Se lecti on of Tex ts, Censo r, hip nnel Di ~soOn ting V alu e~. " She is now te;Jching with the Waterloo Co un­ ty Board of EJucltion and is he'ld of English at tw o adult educ,ni onal campuses.

Margaret Sadler, '71 , and her hu sballCl. Marcus Busch, me vo lun teers at the Dohoku Christian Centl'e English La nguag e School in Nnyo ro. Hokbid o, Japan. An ilbtlu L' tion­ al design co n ~u ltant in Ed mont on, Sadl er will be brushing up on he l' claS'iroom tench­ ing skill s. In additi on to reaching. the co upl e

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At leas t 60 alunllli an d [acuity who ha ve pa rticipat ed in U 01' G ' ~ Lond on se mest er hav e out standing bank ac­ co unts w ith the Roy,tI Bank of Scot ­ lancl. If you slI '> [lect yo u still ha ve an account there, write to th e hnllk ,II IXl)­ 19 1 Camden High Sr. . London, England NW I 7BP. to rC4u c ~t th'lt th e accou nt be c lo,e cl and 81l Y Illon ey be sent to yO Il . If you ha ve 'ln y 4uest ions. co ntact London House man age rs h ed and S u,an Mogelin o t' Ca,cott Pl'O pel·ty Management Se rvices Inc., PO Box 4 152 , Uni ver,it y o f Guelll h N I G '2W I, te lephone 5 19-R56 -·:I41 2. fa x 519-X5 6­ 40X7.

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Shannon (Kidd) Stcwart, 'X5. is an eciu ca ­ tiOll ~rI assi~tant at Ches ley Public Sc hool in Chcs ley, Ont. She 'lild he r husband. Da niel. ha ve .1 two-yea r-old son , Con no r. '\1argaret Ta.\·lor, '72. is chief nego tial or tor the Pee l Board or Educ ation's e le l11cllt<rry sc hool teachers.

( Dalr~ m ple), I~/\CS '8 :1. li vc in Halnden.

Conn .. an d h;] I" two c hil drcn - Coulter. 2,

and Zac hary, born OCI. ~. Il)Y2.

Linda Slnith, .(l.t-: , <l nd Joe S\\3nSOn, ' 86.

we rt' m;\ITieci Aug. K. II)Y'2. He is a CO-Oj­

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Limit ed in Toront o '11Ili she wo rk s in tech l\i­

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John Adamou, ' l)() and lVl.S c. ·L)2 . is'l rc­ ~e Jrch associate at AJlelix Biop hann<lceuti­ ca ls in Miss issauga . O m.

Susan (Seguin), ' X2, <I ndIan Buchanan, 'X4, li vc in Aurora . Onto He cOlllmutes to Ma ple , where he i ~ <I biolo,eist 1'01' York North with th e Mini , tl,)' of ''';atur.11 Resour­ ces. She is a labor'ltor), producti on su per­ viso r ill lec hni cal se rvices ror ProLrb In c. in Richmo nt! Hill.

Mit:hael Connor, 'l) I. i ~ co mpl e ling ;r m as t e l"~ degree at York U nil'Cr~ it y.

Gregory Hannigan , ·XO, comp leted ,I PhD at the Univ ersit y of Toro nto in 1'191 .Iml i, now a I)Os td octll rnl fell ow 'It the H'\I'I"II'(I Medical School ~e urogen c ti c~ Llboratory 'It M,I~s;\chuscth Gl' ncr.1I H ospi l ~ 11 East in C h ' lrl e ~to w n , Mass.

James Nagler, ·R:I. cOlltinuet! his cclucali oll 'Ift er Gu elph to eam all M.Sc. in bi o logy at Co nc orclia Uni ver,it )' in 1985 and a PhD at IVkmmia l Un ivet's it y of New foun d l'lnd in It,ll) I. Since Au gust. he has bee n a member or the depG rtment 01 bio logy .lIlt! b i (lche mi ~ tI Y at Brune i Univ ers it y in Ux bridge , Ell gl'\Ild .

Vesna Ranisa\'ljel'ic, '9 1. is \I Oiling on .1 bachelor of education 'It the Uni vel'sity (If Briti , h Co lum bi.r She has li ved ill Vancou ve r ,ince June Il)l) I. when she ac ­ cepted a pos ition at th e V,lllcouve r Public Aquarium as .1 biolog ica l interpreto r. She "Iys she go t to do the tw o things she loves most : t,lIking and hanging around Iv h,rles. do lphillS an d se'l otter.... In Sep te mber 1l)9 1. she we nt to wo rk for th e Four Seas oll' Hote l and will co ntinu e ther-e P;lrt time wh il e .11­ tendin g UBC. "E ven though Ont<lrio is far .IW.IY. it still hold s a spec iHI memory ror lIle." slle ,ays.

"M os t of all, [mi s, Gu e lph - my be'llilil·ul uni versit y \I here [ II as fort ullJt e enough to Iw ve be en edu C<lted . I miss .rll or tho~ e ~ reat peopl e I was lu cky enough to mee t during m)' ),e,lr, at U of G . Andl .1111 an xiou, to find out :lbout th em ant! wllat's going on at U of G these da ys."

Oswald Schmitz, 'X2 and IVISc . ·X5. holds a PhD fl'om the Uni vers it y of Michigan ;Illd is an assistant pl'Okssor in the raculty or fores try <lllLi env ironmen tal ~ciences at y.ti e Uni ve rsity . He an d hi , wife. Le,ka

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Norman Cato, ''1 2 ([ n~.) is n sales ~ ngin ee r for AB C Re habiliutioll in WillolI'lLlie. Olli.

T eres;) Laumen, 'R9. rel' cn ll) cO lllpleteci ,I bachelo r of edu cation at th e I ni ver,it y of I:l ritish Colurnbi 'l dnd plall s to le'lcll Ill .llhe­ Ill'llics ;It a second 'lry school in Van co uver.

Nancy (Wi encke), ' t:-l. and Mallhl: \\ McCaughe~ , C'SS 'X5, dr<: t\I 0 entre­ p re neur~ who'v e come a long way Cro m theil' beg innill gs at G uelph , Arte r gnrduation, Mdtlh ell' joi ned H.rillll <l rk Ca rds C;lllml'l as 8 sa les rep r~~c ntative in th e BalTie, Oill .. aiel.

Nanc y stancd out 'IS a In h tec hnici'lll at ,I con­ ta ct lens cOlll p,lny in Toronto. but soun Ili ovet! up to bl '~ lllch lll a l l' l ~ er. She Idter worked ror Ihe No rth j\ln cr ican Lik i-\s­ sUI'an ce Co. The couple bOLl" ht a hou,c ill M(lonst one . a village Ju st north of B.rn·ie , th 'lt lI'as a " reno va tor's deli ght" and bO lh IeM lle'd wood­ w()Iking a, a hobby. The fini sllillg to uch Oil the ir reno vat ed llull1C \\'.IS a Victori .lll-st yle ,neell door tl1<lt Matthcw mad e. A Ilc i ~ hbor walltcd one like it . thell a fri cilli or Ihe ~ leigh­ bol'. the ll ,omeon e e l,l' " ho ~;IW a McCaughe y doo r. Soon the Iwbby h'ld be­ com e a voc ati on. Tocl ay . the ) opcr8te a lI'ood wo rkil l" busi ll(, ". ,'wm theil' ho me , speci.rii/.ill g in custolll- rn.lele Victol'ian ~creen doors. T hey have .1 tIVo-yc,lr -old (1<Iugliter. Mary.

Campbell i\lcln nes, 'X6. is do ing pustd oc­ tOla l research in biochcmistry at the Uni ve r­ sity of Albert.1, after recc iving a PhD at th e Uni ver.sity or Edinh uI'gh in Scotland.

Stephen Szikora, 'XY 'lilt! Arh 't\~ , .ju ~ t COm­ plet ecl an LLB 'It Osgood e H'III Llw School .1Ilt! is e iliploye d b\' the Department of Ju~­ ticc in Otta wa. He' is lll'IITied to Bre nda (Belli. FACS ·R7.

Bria n W('ltlall rer, 'l)() and /vISc. ·l)2. is a at til e St'ltistica l al)(1 Dat<l Andlysis Centrc at Ihe Harvard School o r Publi c Health in Boston . iVlass. biost ~ltistician

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= Jeffrev Bovlin, '78, of Downsview, anI., is an ass;c iat~ broker wi th Coldwell Banker Sei th Realt y Ltd ., one of the top 10 res iden­ tia l real es tate companies in Canada in 1991.

Janet (Campbell), '89, and Jim Nauta, OAC '87A, wish to announce the birth of Erica Joanne on March 17, 1992. The Nauta fam il y lives in Blenheim, ant.

Alexander Cornett, '77, is a professor of la w and sec urity admini stration at Niaga ra Coll ege in Wei land, anI. Peter De Graaf, '90, is a real estate ap­ prai se r wi th Joh n F. Ayliffe Consu ltant s Limited in Barrie, anI. Jane Horner, '85, is wo rking with Stephen C. Sm ith & Associates Ltd . in Toronto.

Helen Murphy, '82, was recently appo inted se nior vice -pres ident of corporate financ e and treas urer of Pol ygram Holding, Inc. She ha s bee n with Pol yg l'am since March 1990.

Tamara Rzasa, '':)2, i~ a psychometrist wi th the Oxford County Board of Education in Woodstock, ant.

Goni Umar, MA '85, is a member of the economi cs departm ent at the University of Naiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria.

Kevin Whitten, '79 , earned a law degree from the Uni ve rsity of Windsor and i~ a spe­ cia l representati ve of the Ba nk of No va Scotia Tru st Company (Cayman ) Limited in Grand Cayman , British West Indies.

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guage for 10 mon ths at a teacher train ing in­

st itute. She will al so help plan a new pro­

gram for teaching ESL to ch ildren .

Sandra Aldworth, '87, earned a master's de­ gree in criminology at Ottawa Uni vers ity in 1988 and is now a professor at Algonquin Coll ege in Ottawa.

Cheryl Hall, HAFA '86, man ages an A&W re~ tau ran[ in Cambridge, anI., and was mar­ ried las t summer to pharmacist Joe Wal sh.

Marilyn Bird, '87, was marri ed in Jul y to Todd Rex of Arthur. ant. Seve ral Guelph gradua tes were members of the wedd ing party: Marilyn Green, FACS '87: Carol Ann (Harding) McCaig, FACS '86: Cheryl Hopkins, FACS ' 87: Ann (Maher) Childs, OAC '87: Ron Bird, OAC '90: and Shirle~' Jones, FACS '87. The co uple li ves in Palmerston, where Maril yn teaches fami ly and co-op studies at No rwe ll Di strict Secon­

dary School.

Eleanor (Field) Copping, '85, rece ntly moved from Surrey, B.C. , to Oakville , ant .. with her hu sbanci , J.D .. and their children, Peter and Deni se . Sh e writes [hat they look forward to ren ewing acquain tances with fo rm er classmates and fri end s.

Catherine Field, 'SO, left Gue lph to earn an M.Sc . from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Alberta. She compl eted a postd oc toral fell owship at McGill Universi ty and is no w an assis tant professor at the Universit y of Alberta.

Tammy Green, '91 , is heading off to GyOL Hunga ry, to teach Engli sh as a second I<ln-

Ruth Hall. '86, is comp letin g a master's de­ gree in hea lth admini stration at the Univer­ sity of Toronto.

Bev Hendry. 'S4 and M.Sc. '87, and Lawrence Servos, HK '84, are the parent s of a daugh ter, Ale xa ndra. born Sepl. 4, 1992 .

They live in Toront o, whe re Hendry is a senior finan ce manage r with the Ontario Public Service :.lI1d Servos is a desi gn en­ gineer with Ontario Hydro .

Carol (Badzioch ) Horbasz, '83, writes that

she h:ls taken on the challenging job of full ­

time mother to Nicholas, 3, and Olivia, 6 1/2 month s. She is an exec utive member of the parent s' committ ee at Olivia's school and a member of a local group promoting quality li ve children's en tert ainmenl. Her husband , Chris, OAC '83 and M.Sc . '88, i, manager of the commodit y po licy unit in OMAF' s policy wnd programs divis ion . Last sum mer, he comp leted a three-month secondm ent in H:llifax with the Novw Scotia Department of Agri culture. Th ey li ve in Milton, ant.

Shirley Jones, ' 87, is a medical socia l worker at Norfol k General Hosp ital in Sim­ coe, ant.

Campus landmark built on blood, sweat and tears It·~ been more than 70 year since the OAC student body

bent their collective bacJ..s to the tahk of digging a hole 85

feet wide. 120 feeL long and five feeL deep LO 11I~ the foun­

dation for War Memorial Hall.

The Class of 1922 led the way, man) of them with their

thoughts on other holes dug as trenches III rench soil :lnd

on the comrades who did not return to resume their sLudies

at Guelph.

The digging - into soil and into po kets - was for

Lhose students, alumni and faculty who served the cause of

democracy in the Fir t World Wa.r. More than 700 enliMed:

109 were k.illed .

Built of Georgetown limestone. thi, campu, landma.rk. il.

well known to the thousands of Guelph alumni who have

crossed its threshold on the way to receiving their degree~

and diploma.s. Alumni wpported ih con, truction, helped

furni sh it and have given many dollars since [0 help main­

tain its beauty, La,L year. the Alma Mater Fund Advbory

Council made a three-year commitment to fund renova­

tion~ to the hall. During thb year's Alumni Weekend, a

rededkation cerem ny celebrated completion of work on

the upper hall.

OLher AMF priorities for 1992 include scholan,hip~ and

bursaries, library a quisition~ and academic enrichment .

The goal for 1992 is $1 .7 million - achievable with

TIIII/I.\(/I1t1s O(ClIeip/t gruclIlUl(f,\ li!.;e Marla Mc'BIlrt/e,l. CBS stro.;g alumni ,upport,

Donation po~tmark.ed by Jan, 4. 1993. will receive tax rtH' Il '('d 111('/1' d£'!lre('.\ ill ~\-<lr Mrnlorial Hall .

Pholo b} credit for I99::!. To contribute to War Memorial Hall or any

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niversity of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario IG 2W I, For more

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public educati on and quality aSSUI'<1nce.

McEwen says sh.:: has Illany fond memori es of Guelph ancl wo ulcllik e 10 visit the C<lInpus again during lil ac tillle on Winegard Walk .

Diane Rabbani , HAFA '00 and Art s 'R2, is director of human re'io urces at Blackcomb Sk iing Ente rpri scs in Whi stler, B.C. Kristi Robins, FACS 'il9 , anel Robert Mikula, '91 BLA , met on caillpus in 19~6 <\!l d wcre marri ed iVla y 2:1, 1992, in Mal'kham, Onto She is head ga:, troenterology technician at th e Toront o Wes t.:: rn divi,ion of the Toronto I-I os pitdl ,mel he is a lanlhcapc architect at \fert ec hs Design in Toronto.

Kristi Ro/)ins al/(I Nohell Ivl iAlIlo Catherine Kelland, '79, is nle lllber ~e r v ic e represe nt ati ve at the Frase r Valle y C redit Uni o n in Surrey, B.C. Lisa Martin, 'K S, holds a Illastel"s degree in nutriti on from th e University of Montrea l and is a rese arch associate at the Ontal'io Cancer In stitute in Toronto.

Heather McEwen, 'K2, is workillg in Ot­ tawa as a reg ional advise l' in the Ministry of Housing'> rent co ntro l program , She has bee n With the ministry for two years ,111(.1 IS in vo lved in impl ementing the Rent Co ntrol Ac t that became effe cti ve A ug, 10, 1992, spec ifi ca ll y in the areas of qaff trainin g,

Jean Steckle, '52, of Kit chen.::r, Oill .. was honored thi s summ er by the Ca nadian Home Eco nomi c'i Assoc iati on (C HEAl, She rece ived the as,>oc iati on ', hi gile't awa rd, th e Honor Awa rd , IV hi c h recog ni ze, le,ldersh ip and se rvice to th e proression.

Steckle al,o hold, dc gl'ee> 1'1'0111 Corne ll Un iv ersity and the UnivC[''i ily of Reading in Eng land, with further studi es in Calirornia ~ lIld Tokyo. She work ed in ex tensi on in Carwda for many years. then tUl'Ileo 10 intCl'­ n,lli onal wo rk wi th til e Food and Ag riculture Orga ni zat ion, serving in Afr ica ,mel Rome as chie! or tec hni cal se rvic.::s.

Steck Ie wa> al so the first nutriti o ni ~ t in the ag ri cultural sc ience, program for Ca nad a's Int e rnational De ve lop me nt Research Ce ntre and spe nt 15 ye ars with Hc,l!tll and We i fare

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Ca naela in cOllllllunity health services <lnd In­ di all ~md northern health se rvices. She maele a m'lJor co ntribution to co mlnunit y health se rvice, tor th e First Nation> of Can:lda and rece ived th e A-;seillbl y o r First Nati on, recog niti on award for he r co ntributi o ns in th e area o f diabetes and aboriginal com ­ muniti e" She has been in vo lved w ith a nUIll­ bel' of int e rnati onal ol'gani zations and prov id ed th e visio n for CH Ei\ to inau gu I'at e an international development program , now in it s 14th year.

Michel e Thorn, '91, is spendin g J year in France, studving French and working as an au pair She Ila ,~v i s it ed Illan y area s;f th e co untr y and wa'i witn e>s to an air show that featured Fre nch and Ru '>S ian air patrol'>­ the rir<;( time Ru " ian je" had bee n all owed ill FI'e nch air space, She will return to Ca nada next fall and hopes to begin work on a 1ll,lster 's deg ree in socia l wlxk.

Karen (Mifflin) Watkins, 'K7, and her hu:,­ band, Carl, are in Ox rol'd, England, while he compl etes pos td octoral rese arch at Oxford Universit y. She is wo rking as a dietiti,m at Churchill HO'ipitJ l.

Jennifer Wilson, 'R9, writ es from Nana imo, B.C .. to sa y she enj oye d th e feature on wOllle n', hi slO ry in the fall 1992 iss ue of th e Clleill/) Aillmlills. " I wish I had kno wn SO nl e of that 'herslOry' while I was a >ILldent," she says. Wilson is anoth e l' Guelph grad who

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for the Departm ent of Re~ide n ce~ ­ in Intern'l l iOlla l HOll\e Juri ng I <JX6/X7 an d as progr<l1l1 elil'ec­ lor during I ()~7/XX. "This exper ience, co m­ bined wilh my HA FA deg ree - <lnd (bnc in g ;II Ihe Bullring - I<l ugh l nil' ({/"/IIS! every­ Ihi ng I neccle el to ~ now for my currenl pos i­ li on ;ls direclor or' lh e di el <lry, mainl enance ;ln d h L) u ~c kee pin g ti ep;lrtm enl s;1I an X,~-he d , 1011 g-lerm -care fac ilil y in N'lnainHl. My clients ma y be olde r. bUI hum;lIl nal ul'e doesn' l ch<l ngc. U 0 1 G gave me Ihe OpP LJ I'­ tu nil y 10 mdnage many I .,~b ;11 once and Ihe ll Ull oo ~ to go ;1I1e1 seek 111 )' fortun e."

and c iv il war in soulhem Sudan . Dotz.ert grew up on a fa rm in New H 'lrllburg, 0 111 .

Berorc j oin ing World V i sion, he wor~ed fo r Agl'ic ullure Ca nada ,ll1dlhe Ont <l ri o Pork Pmciucers M ark etin g Board.

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Anthonv Grills, 'X4A, is a !! rower for Hil! h­ I ine Prod uce Li III iled nea r L~ea mi nglOn . O~ll.

Alan Harris. '77. and his \V i fe, Sue, ,In­ noun ce th e arri v ~1 of <I ll eight- pound red­ haired daughl el', Krys labe l Joy. Sept . 17, 1':)')2.

Thomas Hilborn. '79. is a land office r w ith th e Briti sh Co lumbia lands o ffi ce for Ihe Omi nec a Reg ion in Prince George,

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.John Johnston , '70 (En!! .) and M.Sc. '7 2. has bee n appoint ed gene~a l nHll1i.1ger and seueta ry oll he fa rl11 prod uclS appea l tl'ibunal o f Il le Ontario Mini \ lIy of Ag ricul ­ ture ,lnd Food.

T he appealll'ihunal prov ides an inde­ pe ndent ave nu e ot' <lppea l in mail ers n:: I,lI ed 10 th e Onta ri o Fa nn Prod uc" Ma r" eling Acl and the M il ~ Ac t. II also serves as a lice nce review board anci heal'S app licali ons reldling to the co nduc t o f mCl1lb ers of cO I11J11odil y b0<1I'lh.

Rai se d 011 J mixed fa rm in D ufl'erin Coun ­ Iy. Johnsl on wo rked ,IS <I hydro logic en­ gineer for the M ini sll,)' of l he En\·il'On J11 enl ,Ifl cr grad ualing fl'o m Guelph. H e latel' jo ineci O MA F as drai nage enginee r. th en

[hi e A nderson , 'XY ;lnd M.Sc. '')2. is .1 wecel phys iology lec lll1i cian w ilh Ag ricul lure Ca n,ld a ;II Ih e Harruw Research Slal) \.1Il in Harrow, 0 111. He is nl alTied 10 Elizaheth (Hammond ). ·X,).

Un-Haing Cho. PhD '')2, report s Iha l U of G ,l lumni in So ul h K orea <Ire plannin g 10 open an ;l lumni ch,lpler Ihere, Cho is in rur,ll deve illpmeni adminislrati on ;I I Ihe Agric ul ­ lura l Bi olec hnology 111\1i tui e in Suwon .

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Keith McFarlane, ·6R. has just compl eted three ye nt's with the Canadian Emba ssy in Buchares t. Romania. and is now at the Can adian Hi gh Commission in Wellingt on.

New Zealand. with a cross-appointment to Ex tern al Afrai rs and International Trade Canada. He is res pon\ible for promotin g trade with New Zealand and seve ral small is­ land s. including Cook Island, FiJi. French Polynes ia and Wc \ tern Samoa.

Moses OgoJa, MA 'R6 (l 'SRPD). is a di s­ tri ct development orricC'r with the Ministcy of Planning and National Devel oplll ent in Nairobi. Kenya.

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Ma rgaret Hicks, OA ·S\). de,cribe~ her­ self a, a "longtime sheep fan to the core:' sO . . he was a natural choice to help or­ ganize ~heep-raising groups among the Quechu1l women of Bolivia.

An :Igricultuflliist with the Mennonite Central Committee. Ilicks i, from Ottawa. ~here she b a member of St. John 's Anglican Church. but ... he I' eljually at horne in the Bolivian 10\\ land... heep are traditionall) grown b) women in the highland area .. of Bol ivia. but arable land I~ increasingly ,carcc 111 this region allli m1lny families have migrated to the semi-tropical lowland ...

Traditional sheep breeds fare poorly in the hot climate of the lowlands . Family in­ comc ,uffer and so doe~ women', :-.talUs in the community.

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The project is abo helping to organize and fe-empowe r highland women. many of whom arc Qucchua. "Women 10M many of their \ocial tics \\ hen they moved frolll the interior." ... ay... Hi..:b. "Without ex­ tended familv, women often feel i,olated:' And many agricultural development program.., focu~ on men. ~he ... ays. They do not "recogl1lze or accept women' s poten­ tial, and interest':' But With ~heep a, a common hand. ~omen together 'hare their ~truggles and wor" out group problem.,.

To receive two wes . the Quechu(l women mu~t join lind tll"e an active part 111 :1 community sheep-raising group. plw1t ,ufricient pa'ture and hui ld a corral and ,helle...

Hic"s is one of a d07en of G alumni now \\orking with the Mennon ite entral Commiuee. DOFens more have wor"ed in International development project~ for the organization.

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Garv Pascoe, '84. is a fire fi Q. ht er with the Osh;l wa. Ont.. fire depa,1Il1 e;t . He is 11l ~lrri e d to Linda (A mey), CSS ·R2 .

Vijaya Raghavan, M.Sc. ' 70. a professor of ag l'icultural enginee rin g at the Macdo nald campus ot McGill Uni ve rsit y. rece ived a teachin !! excel lence award at the 11,) \)2 con­ vocati o~ of Ihe Facult y of Agricultural and En vironment al Sciences.

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A!'i t' r g['i1d UJlin g from G uelph . Sin ~ h workc' d ,II th e Ln ive rsit y of (icor!,i;lln At he ns until ILJ72, whe n he ['cturIlcd to lllllia as prolessor 01' plan l hreeding at B,8. P;lnt Uni versity o f Ag['icu ltu['c and Tcc hn ology in Pantna£;u', .....:Iinital. He jo ined To c ~lai ill 197X ;1; il tea breede r an'd VV;JS il pl;l111 hreeder-cu111-aQrOllom ist Irum 19XI to 198<).

111 19HO. he als;) carriecJ out :111 a'Si!!lllllellt in En~land for th e Fuocl alld ;\g ri cult~re 0 1'­ >!a lli z:l ti o[1. He alld his wiJ'c . Ll, hd. have IWO ~ons. Ma yoo r il nd i\ali n,

ovc Wi ll ia m Brown, PhD '83. i, iJrl as, i'tilnt profcS\o r ill the Depart 111 ell t 01 R,ldio logy al BowmaJl Gray Schoo l of Mcdic ine in WimtOIl -S8 !e[11 . N.C. ,JiJllI-le nrl' , ')5 ilntl M.Sc. ' 7 1: ['c tired Id st sum111e r as dir<?l'lor o f Ihe vetcrina ry 1,lboratorv ser vices bra nch or' the Onlario Minislry of Ag ri cul ­ ture and Food . He as­ sum ed tile d irector 's Job in 1981, aft er sel'l in c: as he;ld or operal io ns for tlHee J fill II CI//'I' yeil[-S, During his te nure GS direc lo r. Hem)' sup port ed con ti nu­ ing eduCillion prog ['<] [l1S for ,III lab st,tll ,lIl d encou raged graduale Iraining for prore"iO [l­ dl statl. He ca met! his OW[l gradud le deg ree [1,IJ'I time wh il e lVor~ing at th e Gue lph lab, Henry began his OMAF ca ree r ,I t the Kern pll' illc lab in IL)()S. alte[' pr,lc ti sing ve tcr in ary med ic ine in his horne to wn of Cobden. O lll .. for 10 ye,lrs , While ;1I OMAF. he IV,lS seco nded 10 ie;ld a Clnad ian de l'e lop­ ment project in Barbados, We't [ildies. to im­ pro ve the island 's diag nostic lab ;1I1d later co-ordina ted a projec i 10 buil d a la b and e, ­ t;lb li sh trainin g programs in Indllilesia, Fran Jones. '1\7, w ill 'pelllilil e nex t ye ar wi th h ~ r hush;lnd . Rohen Bl' r c ~m il[h, ami tileil' child ren. Emllla and Ry;[n. in RiY;ldh.

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Th e following deaths hav e been reported since tb e last issue of the Cuelph Alumllus.

Full notices, which are usuall y submitted by famil y or c lassmates, ma y appear in this issue or a Iater one.

Alexander Bruyns, OVC '32, of Sidney, B.C.,June 19, 1992.

Eli zabeth (Black) Carruthers, friend of Mac 'SID, of Belleville, Ont., Ma y 3, 1992.

Robert Clapperton, OAC '37, of Ottawa, May 16 , 1992.

Douglas Corner, OAC ' 39A, of Thunder Ba y, Ont., Aug. 29 , 1992.

Marlene Johnstone, CBS '77, of Chalk River, Ont, July 9,1992.

John Kitchen, OVC M.Sc. '71, of Hamil­ ton, Ont. , date unknown.

Lloyd Monteith, OA '42 nnd M.Sc. '46, of Pete rborough, Onl. , Sept. 24, 1992.

Lorraine Nephew, Mac '320, of St. Catbarines, Ont., Oct. 19, 1992.

Phyllis (Taylor) Pilkington, Ma c '35, of Peterborough, Ont., June 16, 1992.

An thony Roman, OAC '57 A, of Markham, Ont.. Oct. 30, 1992. .Joh n A, Smith, OAC '36, of Kel ow na, B . ., Jun e 20, 1992.

Edward Tangn ey, friend of OAC '39, Sept.

7,1992 Wayne Stadder, OVC '76, of Fisherv ille, Ont., Aug . 27, 1992 .

Gwendol yn Telfer, Ma c '28 D, of London, Ont., Sepi. 17, 1992.

Anne (Ca vlovic) Thomas, CSS '74, of Etobi coke, Ont., Oct. 23, 1992.

Cornel Trylich, OVC '54, of Edmonton , in 1990.

Ruby (Croft) Uttley, Mac '370, of Kitchener, Ont., Aug. 23, 1992.

Arts Robert Nixon-Pellow , ' 84 , died Oct. 13 , 1992. in Toronto. He was a United Church minister who served in Hamilton , Weiland and Pon Colborne. He was a lso pas t director of the Canadian Hearing Society and was a member of th e Masonic Lodge and was an AfDS hotline vo lunteer.

M ic hael Tompkins, '90, died July 28, 1992, in Athens, Ga. He earned U of G's Governor­ General's Gold Medal in 1990 and was awarded a full academic scholars hip to the Univ e rsity of Georgia ' s College of Law, where he speciali zed in discrimin ation law.

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Todd Pearen, '85 H.K., died of cancer Sept.

7, 1992, in Guelph. He ea med an MA in hospital administration from the ni versity of Ottawa in 1986 and became execut ive as­ sista nt at the Guelph Gene ral Hospita l in 1988. He was active in community work and is survived by hi s wife, Laurie Stockton, Arts '84.

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Murney A, Weirmeir, '71 , of Peterbor­ ough, Ont., died July 28,1992 He is sur­ vived by his wife, Helen, and two sons , Rob and Terry.

Mac-FACS John Austen, '81, of Toronto, died Sept. 2, 1992. He was assistant manager at the King Ed wa rd Hotel's Cafe Victoria and a long­ tim e waiter at Noodl es and Spinnakers. He is s urviv ed by his friend Dav id Reid.

Doris (Detenbeck) Fischer, ' 390, of Niagara Falls, Ont., died in February 1992 Predeceased by he r husband, Win ston , she is s urvived by two daughters, Judith (Cody) Hills, '64 , died Sept. R, 1992, in Durham, Ont. She was co-owner of Hills Garden. Farm Market Garden Centre, and was a membe r of Knox Unit ed Church, the lODE and the Horticultural Society. She is su rvived by her hu sba nd, Ron, OAC '66. and two sons, Doug and Dan. Marjorie (Carroll) Hunter, '51 D, of lona Station, Ont .. died Sept. 13 , 1992. She received a BA from th e University of Wes te rn Ontario in 1979 and taught primary sc hoo l for 33 years, retiring in 1990. She is s urviv ed by her husband , Mac, two sons and two daughters.

Ann (Parks) Kruse, ' 48 D, of Waterloo, Onl., died Jul y 7, 1992. She is survived by he r husband, William, and one daughter.

Doris (Parks) Thomson, '37, of Wind,or, Onl. , died Aug. 26, 1992. A life member of the Mac- FACS Alumni Association, she is survived by her husband, Marshall, OAC '36, and her son, John .

Joan (Edmison) Trzop, '560, of Pompano Beac h, Fla., died Jun e :10, 1992, in Brampton, Onto She is survived by he r hus­ band, Stan , a nd three daught ers, Lauri e Math eson, Nancy Matthews and Wendy.

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Duncan " Mac" Anderson, '52. died July 11 , 1992. in Ottawa. Active in alumni af­ fairs, he had been OAC '52 c lass flresident and c lass agent for the Alma Mater Fund. At th e tim e of his death, he was associa te profes­ so r of geograflhy at Carleton Univ ersity. He is survived by his wife, LJlenneth.

Donald Buchanan , '35, of Br'ighton, Onl. , died Aug. 27,1992 In 1936. he joined Lakeside Publication s in Oshawa , but be­ came a fl y ing instructor' during th e Seco nd W orld War and served as a bomber pilot overseas. He was awarded th e distinguished Fl y in g Cross and attained the rank of slluadron leader. In 195 1. he became Dehaviland 's Ottawa liai son manager, then manager of civilian sa les. He was named vice- president of sa les in 1970 and retired in 1978. He is surv ived by his wife. Ruth, daughters Heather, Mary Goode a nd Judy and one son, Robert. He W;lS predece ased by his first w ife, Dorothy Wing of Guelph.

Ross Cavers, '29, died Sept. J 0, 1992, in Guelflh. Hc was dire c tor of poultry hus­ bandry at tl1e Uni vers ity of Manitoba before coming to Guelph as c hair of the floultry department. He retired in 1970. He was ac­ tiv e in athlet ics at Guelph and is a member of th e Gryphon Hall of Fame . He was also an active me mber of his class exec uti ve and honorary preside nt of the class ofOAC '53 and is s urvi ved by hi s wife, Marian, and two ste pchildren, K<1I'en Ma yne and David Wel ­ lock. He was predeceased by his first wife, Jane Parks, Mac '29. Memoria l don<1tions ma y be made to the J. Ros s Cave!"s Scholar­ ship Fund at U of G. Glanville Davies, ODH '63, died Jul y .I R, 1992, at his home in Port T;llbot, Wales, U.K. He was a fOI'mel' employee of General Electric and is survived by hi s wife, Trix, daughter, Anne, and son, Michael.

Robert Eby, '43, of Newburgh. Ont., died Jul y 19, 1992. He is s urvi ved by his wife, Winnifred, and three so ns, John, Matth ew ;md Be njamin.

Richard Fowler, 'R6, of Seaforth , Ont., died Aug. J 9, 1992. He was employed by tilc PIG Improvement Association. I-Ie is s urvived by his parents , Ivan and Jun e Fow ler. and two brothers, Ronald, CPES '90, and Calvin. A memorial fund in his name has been es tab­ li s hed at U ofG. Joseph Gyorkos, '53 and M.Sc. 'SO , of Hamilton, Ont. , died Aug. 20, 1992. He is surv ived by his w ife, Walburga, five daughters and two sons, in c ludin g John , CPS 'R5.

Arthur Johnson, '61, died Sept. 17, 1992, in Brantford, Ont. An educator for 30 years, he had bee n a sc ience teacher at North Park Cllf/eh A/lln1n//s

IN MEMORIAM Collegiate, vice-principal at Burford Di strict High School and Pauline Johns on Collegiate and principal at Helman E. FawcetL Second­ ary School. He is survived by his wife, Carolyne, hi s son, Scott, and three daughters, Carol, CBS '89, Susan and Sharon.

Peter Kinnear, '37 , of Largo, Fla. , died of a heart attack Aug. 14, 1992, at his summer home near Sarnia , Ont. Following gradua­ tion and a stint in the appliance business, he joined the marketing department of Imperial Oil Ltd. in 1940. In 1952, he was transferred to Exxon Corp. in New York Cit y and spent the remninder of his career with Exxon , the final 18 yeMS as director of Argentine opera­ tions. He retired in 1976. Mr. Kinnear was a life member of the OAC Alumni Association and a regular participant with his wife, Enid, at re uniom. in Florida and Guelph . He is al so survived by four sons, Brock, Peter, Jack and Paul.

Ronald MacKay, '81, died as the res ult of an auto accident in 1991. He operated Faralary Hill s Farm at Embro, Ont., and is survived by hi s wife, Anne Marie.

Keith McRuer, '46, of Alliston , Ont., died Sept. 12, 1992. He had bee n a long-time employee of th e OntaJ'io Ministry of Agricul­ ture and Food , serving as agri cultural repre­ sentative in Grey and Simcoe counties. He retired in 1988, but continued in consulting and community service work. He is survived by hi s wife, Margaret Anne (Peg), two son s, Jerrrey, CBS '72 , and Bob, and four daughters, Anne, Janet. Mary Wallace and Joan McFarland , OAC '84 .

Mervyn T, Napper, ' 38 and friend of '3 7, died Oct. 2, 1992, in Campbellford, Ont. A former employee of th e Ontario Mini stry of Agriculture and Food, he is survived by hi s wife, Fran , and sons, Terry anci Bill.

Grant North, '67, died suddenl y Jun e 28 , 1992, in Mi ss tssauga , Ont. He was president of Culligan Canada Ltd. and is survi ved by his wife, Susan, and tht'ee children.

Ernest Patterson, '34 , of St. Thomas, Ont., died Aug. 22, 1992. He is survived by his wife, Eld a, his daughter, Joanne, Mac '66, and hi s so n, Ted .

Douglas Petty, '30, of Winnipeg, di ed July 9, 1992. He had a lifetime career with Agriculture Canada in th e product marketing branch .

Frederic Potter, '49, of Halifax di ed Aug. 14 , 1992. During hi s caree r, he was a microbiologist , oe nologi st and teacher. He is survived by hi s wife , Carmen , and Ihree sons.

Brian Roberts, '76A, of Binbrook, Ont. ,

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died Jan. 21 , 1991. He is survived by his wife, Karyn. He was a welder at Hill Cook Industries in Stoney Creek.

Bernard, OVC '79, three sons, Stuart, Logan and Lucas, her fath er, Jack Kay , and one sister, Jody (Kay) Morgan, CBS 'X2.

Ewart Sinclair, '35, of Owen Sound, On!. , died Oct. II, 1992. He is survived by three dau ght ers , including Ruth Hill, FACS '74 , and a son, Angus, Arts ' 76.

Adrian Gross, '54 , died June 28, 1992, in Silver Spring, Md. He had been a ve terinarian with the U.S. Food and Drug Admini stration and tile Environmental Protec tion Agenc y and Gross is survi ved by his wife, Dora . The Dr. M. Adrian Gross Memorial Bursary has been establi shed in his memory for undergraduat e slUdent s III the DVM program at OVc. Gifts may be sent to th e U of G Alma Mater Fund.

Ernest Smith, '34, of Hamilton, Ont., died July 20, 1992. He retired in 1976 aft er a 41­ year career with the Haldill1and County Board of Education. He is surviv ed by hi s wife , Dori s, and two children.

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Herbert Carlson, '46, died Aug. 13, 1992, in Victoria, B.C. During hi s career, he prac­ ti sed in Ohio, Kentucky, Montana and North Dakota. From 1946 to 1948 , he served as captain in the U.S. army veterinary corps. In 1954, he returned to Canada to Alberta Veterinary Services, where he helped estab­ lish the auction market inspection program.

He became head of the poultry di seases sec­ ti on in 1961. During his lime in Alberta, he undertook studies leading to a master 's de­ gree. ~ A long-time proponent und worker for th e es tablishment of a veterinary college in Western Canada, Dr. Carlson joined the fa c ult y of th e Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the Universit y of Saskatchewan as associ ate professor of pathology in 1965 and acce pted a similar position at OVC in 1968. At both unive rsitie s, he was ac tive in poultry and comparative pathology, under­ graduate and graduate teaching and re search , including electron microscopy. In 1977 , he became the first head of th e Aidrie Veteri­ nary Laboratory of the Alberta Department of Agriculture . In 1980, he was named direc­ lOr of the poultry branch of the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food .

Dr. Carl son was known internationall y through his participation in man y profes ­ sional associations and the alumni associa­ tion s of the universities of Guelph, Alberta, Saskatch ewan and Toronto. He is surviv ed by his wife, Tvy , two daughters and two sons.

Cecil Doige, '59, of Saskatoon , Sask., died Oct. 28, 1992. He was associate dean of ['e­ search at the Uni versity of Saskatchewan's We stern Coll ege of Veterinary Medicine , which has es tablished a graduate student travel scholarship in his name.

Janis (Kay) Ferguson, ' 82 and CBS '78, of Chatham , Ont., di ed July 22, 1992. She was a ve t at the Harwi ch Veterinary Clinic in Blenheim and is surviv ed by her husband,

..John (Jack) Lange, ' 7 1. of Trenton. Ont. , died July 1,1 992 . He had an equine practice in Trenton and is survived by hi s wife, Tawni. Frie nds and class mates ha ve estab­ lished the Jack Lange Me morial Fund at U orG. Hugh Sproston, '40, of Burnaby, B.C., di ed Sept. 18, 1992. He was a past president of the B.C. Veterinary Association and a past president and honorary member of the Van­ couver Executive Associ ation. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Gertrude, and four children.

Friends Esther (Osburn) Dickson, friend of OAC '23, of Guelph died July 18, 1992 She was predeceased by her first hu sband , entomol­ ogy professor Reginald Osbur n, OAC '24, in 1967 and her second husband , Roy Dick­ son, OAC '23, in 19X4. Memorial contribu ­ tions may be made to the R.l-I. Osburn Scholarship Fund through the Development Office at U of G. Arthur Kearn s of Gu elph di ed July 20, 1992.

A partner in the law filln Keams Mc Kinnon until his retirement last June , he was a mem­ ber of the Universit y's Board of Gov ernors from 1971 to 1976 and a past pres ident of the Rotary Club. He is survi ved by hi s wife, Edith, two daughters, Kathrine Ecklet' and Ann Grant, and two sons, Geoffrey, Eng. '77, and Michae!.

Winnifred Rose, widow of the late Gordon Rose, OVC '15 , died Jul y 10, 1992, in Pic­ ton,Ont. Beryl ( Bradley) Thomas of Oakville, Ont. , di ed Jul y 25, 1992 . Sh e was a life member of the University 's President's Council. She is survived by her sisters, Emma Lewis and Vera Goldring. He r estat e will establish th e Earl A. Thomas Scholarship for research in oenology in her late husband' s name .

Donations given in memory of the above alumni will help support scholarships

at the University ofGuelph !f directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund,

Al! memorial gifts should be directed to the Development Office at Alumni House,

University ofGuelph, Guelph, Ontario N 1G 2W J,

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'Dream Team' shoots, but fails to score

In Willial7/ Chrislio/l

The "Dre,1 1ll Team" ,eeilleel invincible , The y hael ClHetien at centre, Mulroney cove ring the right wing and Mc­ Laughlin, the Jefl. They had two of the best defenders in the land, BourJssa and RJe, O n goa l, Ovide Mercreeli co uld be co unted o n to ma~ e ,ave after SJve of the historic g,1lns for n,lti ve IJCor ie achieveelln th e negotiati ons, What's Illore, they held the slron0.est bcnch in th e hi.'itory of Canadi,1Il ~ po li tics, a thou ~a Jlel eJecteei feele r,1I ,1I1d provincia l po l itician~ and th ousand~ more municipal co uncillors, There was even J talellteel cheering section of labor leaelers, economists, acclelemics all ready to stanelup I'or the "Ye~" siele, What happened') The fa vo red exp lanation see ms to be thJt the public d lstrush po li tici,lns and is letting them know th,lt throu gh Ihe referenelulll, [n my view, th e answer IS sO lll ewhat more complex, For much of om hi~tor y, C3n,1dian pol it ics ope rat ed on what poli t ic al sc ien­ ti sts ca ll <I consociational model. That' s a fancy wClY uf s<lying that wha t usually happened in feder,il/prov inciCiI relations was that the pI'illle minister got toge the r with the premier" made a deal. then wa it ed until the ne xt election to find out

whether the vote rs li ~ed it u r no t.

Usua ll y th ey elid, Most 01' the progra nl'> we're so proud or toci,I)" li~ e uncmploYlllent in surance ,111(1 medicare, we l'e pOSSible because of co nstitu tional C1menelments agreed to In rrivClte by the p rime ministe r <Lnelthe 10 pre mier" In re trospec t. it 's harel to th ink of <my th,lt people leally object to, Why diclw e have ,0 Illu ch trouble ill the referendum ') I thin~ we underes­ timated the start-up costs In vo lveel in grafting a ne w po liti ca l tec hniqu e - Ih e referenelum - on to our sys tem of rcpre­ ~enta t i ve ciemocracy , No one can S,IY that I'efe renduills cCi n't wO ll, Their proponellts poinlto their succe~s in Aus trali ,l. Swit/er land and California as <I reaso n to try them, But It take<; experience and so me tr,lin­ ing before vo ters Gill handle a [love l politicCiltool li~ e a refue ndulll, Perhars th e qu es tion 01' the bre,lk up oj' the CO Ulltry was n't th e ri ght time to start ex ­ pel'imenting with a new electora l elevice, Given the cO lllpl ex tl y of the Char lo t­ teto wn proposa Is, 1l1,l n y - if no t Illost - voters fe lt unable to m~~ter the eletnih, JJlelthey rt'spo nded to what the y ielentifieel (IS the salient i,\Sue, This turneel out to be the role o r Quebec.

It '" popular to say th ,l t Ih e "No" VOle

\Ias not a ['ejecti on of Canalla, .Ju~t ,I re.lectio ll ol ' th c C harlot tel own ,L\ecurd, Th is argument IS Ill"­ lead In !!, In C)u ehec, an al/i<lIlce or nat iona li~h and moderalc ,ep,\I'atiqs ['ejected the ,Iccmd he­ c,luse [t eliein oltrCln"Ju enou!).ll power 10 Quebec and did nOI~Jde ­ qualel y adnnwledge the province's elistll1Llil eness, [n the \\lesl, the accord w,\., Illas­ sively l'cJ l'cted becclLlse [I did [lOt aelelju'l te ly aci--nov.lellge tile 1'1'[[1­ eiple ot' fuml:[l11cntal eljual[ty ,\l1l0ng thc rro vinccs , In other wo rd s, [t gave too much pOINer to Quebec , HistoriGdJy, Ontario has , e rved ,IS a buller het ween tlK 1\\0 COIll­ pe ling visi ons, but tl1<l1 is no longer rosslble , The 50/50 spl it in thi s province SllO W, th ,ll Ontari,lns Ihel11 se \l es arc dee rl y di vided abou t the c haraLler or e Ul ada :Ind thell th eir politiGII\e,lders e,l[l [10 longe r ,wllCl above Ihe tray ,lIld medial e, Tile acc()['d ilCis nOI been reiecled be ­ CdUSe Canad[,ll1s ,Ire sa tl sfieli With Ih e status quo, I <II from it. They vO led "No" beca use thel 1\',lnt Illo re radica l chan o.;s th ,l n the dcc'ord cOllt,linctl , = II is higilly unlli--ely 111,11 Ihose tld­ ferent delll,lncls Glil be reconciled, al­ thou~h [lotil[ng in pol [tics Gin eve r be rul ed out as impossib le, T he resu lt of th e Oct. 26 rei<.'I'e ndulll prohahl y marks t he e nd or Canada as a transcontinental, hilin g ualn~[tion ,

For Ihose who lii--e their 11I';tury till y, Ih ere is ,It least sOllle consolation in the sY llllll etry th ,lt the dreCim that was cre,lteei in C harlotl eto wn in IX(i4 end ed the re 12X yea r, lal er,

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