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Summer, 1976 Volume 9, Number 2
Barry Belchamber - actor and Individualist
Free-lance journal ist , John Hearn , d igs deep to see wh at m akes Barry - a '76 Art s drama grad uat e - t ick,
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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HONORARY PRESIDENT: Professo r D. Forster . PRESIDENT : Mr . P. D. (Peter) Anderson , B.A . '68 .
Impressions of the OAC , 1918 ·1923
SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT : Dr . H . J. (Howard) Nee ly, OVC'51.
Harold (Dis) Disbrowe, OAe '23, a ret ired h igh school principal, turns his hand to writing and recalls memories of his time on campus ,
VICE-PRESIDENTS: Dr . D. A . (Donald) Barnum , OVC '41; Mr . John Gi llespie, OAC '74; Mr. Gordon W . Harris , B.Sc . '75; Miss Miriam Ostir, B .A. '68; Mrs. A . L. (Olive Thompson) Thompson , Mac '35 .
page 7 SECR ETARY : Mrs. D. J. (Jean Fuller) Hume , Mac '64 .
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Campus Child Care Cooperative
DIRECTORS: Mr. F . T. (Tom) Cowan, OAC '65; Me. Joh n A . Eccles , OAC '40 ; Mr . Jim Grayston , B.Sc . '75; Dr . Wm . C . (Bi ll) Hacking, OVC '69 ; Miss Judith A . Main , B.A . ' 75 ; Mrs . J . P. (Janet Thomp son) Mc Nally, B.Sc. '69 ; Mr. Jim Rule, B.A . '69; Mrs . Kath y Sanford, B.Sc . '75; Dr . D. I. (Dav id) Silver, OVC '72; Mrs. G. (Anne Patrick ) Thompson , Mac '69.
The former Grad House, adjacent to the campus, on Gordon Street, is now a humming Da y Care Centre. Part time feature story writer for the Department of Information and a member of the centre's board of directors, Mary Cocivera, reports on the eight years of dreams, plans and hard work that made it possible . page 11
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Campus highlights
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Dates and times to remember
Schedules for Homecoming '76 and the Gryphon football season.
The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Department of Alumn i Affairs and Development in co-operation with Ihe Department of Information , Universi ty of Guelph.
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Back cover. Coming events Details of the First Annual Wine Symposium the grapes .
EX-OFFI CIO DIRECTORS: Mrs. R. (Carla Knell) Bechtel, Mac '66 ; President Mac- FACS Alumni Asso ciation ; Mr. R. J. (Bob ) Esch, B.Sc. '70, President, College of Physical Science Alumni Association; Dr. J. H . Millington, OVC '69, PreSident , O.V.C, Alumni ASSOCiation; Mr . Tom G. Sawyer, OAC '64 , President, O.A.C. Alumni Association ; Mr. M . C. (Mike) Streib, B.A . '69 , President, Arts Alumni Association; Miss Jan Watson , B.Sc . '75 , President, College of Biological Science Alumni Association; Me. Peter Meisenheimer, President U.G.C.S.A .; Me. Dennis Fitzpatrick, B.Sc . '75, President, University of Guelph Graduate Sludents' Association; Mr . J . K. (John) Babcock , OAC '54 , Director , Alumn i Allalrs and Development
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Cover design by Erich H . Bart h , Depart ment of Information .
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The Editorial Committee is comprised of Edilor- David G. Smith , Publicat ions Officer ; Art Direclor - Erich H. Bart h; J . K. Babcock , OAC '54 , Director of A lumni Affairs and Development ; Rosemary Clark , Mac '59 , Assistant Director, Alumni Programs; D. L. WalerSlon, Direclor of Informat ion ; D. W . Jose, OAC '49, Assistant Direclor o f Inform ation . The Edit orial AdviS Ory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Assoc iation is co mprised of Dr . D. A . (Donald) Barnum , OVC '41, chairman; Dr. Allan Aust in W . J . Bowl es, B.A . '72; Dr. W. C. Hacki ng , OVC'69; Robert Mercer, OAC '59 ; G. B. Powell , OAC '62; James Rusk , OAC '65; Mrs . J . W . (Joa n Ellerington) Tanner, Mac '57 ; Ex-offic io : J. K. Babcock, OAC '54; Mr . P. D. (Peter) Anderso n, B.A . '68 ; Co rrespondi ng members: D. A . Bates, OAC '69; G. M. Carman , OAC '49; and H. G. Dodds, OAC '58 . Undel ivered copies shou ld be returned to the Department o f Alumni Affairs and Development University o f Guelph , Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
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Unot just another pretty face" By John Hearn.
• hat kind of man woul d ch oose pro fes sional acting for h is career? A num ber o f possible images spring to mi nd - but not an ath let e, not a cop , not a boun cer - not Barry Belchamber. The man is ta ll. There is vitali ty there. The face is neutral, pleasan t, adaptab le to
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a wide range of roles and the vo ice, wh ich is partl y h is own and partly th e product of first-c lass coach in g, has lot s of projection and a warm, rosinous t imbre . There is som eth ing fam il iar abou t him , someth in g wh ich con j ures up vis ions of coo l schooners of suds and those energet ic 3
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outdoor types whose thirst is t he very stuff that beer commercials are made of. The n you reme mber where you have seen him a "Labatt's 50" commercial. If your memory is really go od , yo u may recall him as a brutal characte r in a local movie Reco mmen dation for Mercy or sporting the uni for m of Toronto's F inest in Po/ice Surgeon. You may rec og nize him as one of the "Magnificent men in their flying ma chines" from a B uic k Skyl ark co mm ercial. Or he may ha.ve thrown you out of The K ing Edward Hotel. Barry is a graduate of the Un iversity of Guelph Drama Department - an actor, an athlete and an individualist.
" . . . 1am a loner . .. " " Oka y, so everyone needs a crutch and I need people , I don't deny it, but I believe in individuality. It is a st rong philosophy of mine . I've never been a foll o wer; I've never gone along with the crowd." He radiates an air of invincible realism about himself. "Conflicts? Within me? I've never claimed to be an intellectual but I am not stupid. I know what I can do and what I can 't do and I choose to w ork wit h in the areas of my strengths rather than my weaknesses. I haven't tried to be cool since Grade Nine. I've tried to be me - and that wasn't too hard. I've played a lot of games - sports, I mean - to win or for the sheer pleasure of the game, but not for approval, not for applause . I was never interested in applause - except for acting, but that's different. " Self-reliance is the thing . Af ter all, when it come s down to it, who els e can you rely on? I know t hat it sounds as t ho ugh I am rejecting people but I am not. What I mean is, who else should you rely on? I don't mind giving a helping hand or asking for one at times - people have always been good to me but you just don't lean on them." 4
"Looking back on it I th ink my experience as a referee, particul ar ly in bas ketball , was of critical imp ort ance. Ou t on the cou rt you are o n your own . Yo u have to make one fast decis io n after ano ther and the re is no question of trying to pl ea se anyone, let alo ne everyone. I call th e s hots the way I see them. "M y father Chari ie, was an import ant influence. He was a Physical Educat ion teacher at one time - grad uated from OAC , as a matter of fact, back in 1940 . I have always enjoyed sports. Ilike win n ing but that is not as im portant to m e as it used to be. In the long run it is partici pation that matters . Competitive sports have their place but we need muc h more physical recreation to bui ld a bett er fitness level . I ca n run a co uple of m iles without flaking out but I doubt if most students here could say the same thing. I am not co ncerned about people being fit enough to play games but to be able to handle themselves well in a crisis. We've never been tested - not in this country - not anything like the Guatemala Earthquake for example. I hope we never are but if we are then physical fitness could be critical and frankly, I doubt if m any people could handle it.
" ... You make your own luck . .. " "I was interested in studying Psycholo gy of Sports when I got into an actin g c ou rse; that was in 1973 , fall semester. A g irl I w as interested in at the time wanted me to take it with her. At the last moment she changed her mind and I was stuck with it. A mon th later, I was hoo ked . "I've been acc used of hopping around, trying too many thi ngs , never sticking with anything . I am not sure if that is true : experimentation is one thing, a life decision is another. Half way through that first semester I had made up my mind. I was going to be an actor . It was as simple as that - no fuss, no bother. I went to m y professor, Harry Lane (Departmen t of Drama) . " I want to try professional theatre what do you think?' He said exactly what I expected him to say - the od ds are terrible, years of gr ind ing appren tice ship wit h not the slightest g uarantee that you will even make a living. The average income of Can adian professional actors is barely $2,000 . It is not worth it. If you enjoy drama why don't you teach it in
hi gh school an d work in amateur theatre . " 'Thanks', I said." "Yo u are not going to take an y notice of me, are you? " "No." He held out hi s hand , " Well , best of luck ." "I bel ieve you make your ow n luck. If you s i t an d wai t for someth ing good to happen to yo u, yo u mi ght wa it forever." A pri m e ex am ple o f Barry's philoso phy in action wa s his part in the Simpson's Great May Sale tel evis ion advertisement where he started o ut wear ing a heavy winter parka and stri pped dow n to a pair o f bermuda sh ort s . "I go t th at job because I happened to b e at my age nt's o ff ice whe n the call for a 'virile yo ung m an' came from t he Si mpso n's co m pany. My agent looked up at me stand ing t here and asked me 'Are you virile?' W it h an inflated chest 'I'm loveable bu t I do n't kn o w if I'm viri le'. She shrug ged her sh oul ders and I w as sent f or an auditio n. I d id get the job and it was partly due to t he lu ck o f being th ere when the pho ne cal l cam e in, but , it was because I was hustl in g th at I was th ere in the first place . In effect , I made my own luck ."
" ... maybe a little pre mature . .. " Early in 1974 , Barry was ready for Stratford. He pho ned Jac k Hutt , Produc tion Manager fo r th e St ratfo rd Sh ake spearean Festi val , and asked for an aUdition. He said he tho ugh t it co uld be arranged and then as ked abo ut exp erienc e. Upon learning that this consi st ed o f o ne semester in the Drama Departm ent at the Universi ty of G uelph and one non speaking role in a high school play, he gently suggested that an audition m ight be a I itt Ie premature. The problem is an old one - no work without experience and no experience without work. The A ssociation of Canadian Television and Radi o A ctors (ACTRA) accepts as members o nly ac tors who have played six speak ing roles - an d it is d i fficult to get si x speaking roles unless you are a member o f ACTRA. It is a device to discourage the faint- hearted and one which can be outflanked only by a combination of bluff and gall. " ... don't call me. I' ll call you .. . " Barry bluffed his way to the casting director of the film Recommenda tion for Mercy and was told that they might g ive him a call in June if they need ed him - as an extra.
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On June 1 , Barry was back. " You told me to come back in Ju ne." " . . . um ... 1 did? .. . . wel l ... ok." He was cast as a policeman , a part which called for a haircut, about a dozen wo rds and two days of sh ooting . He insinuated himself into additional scenes and was handed a contract for 12 days work at $25 per day. That, technically, made him a pro fessional with the begi nnings of a track record. Eventually he appeared in the movie , not as a policeman but as the hunter-rapist - a lesser role calling for only eight days work but, as he said, more likely to be noti ced. It was a start . Af ter that it was just a ma.tt er of knockin g o n doors. " I don 't think I am pushy; I am real ist ic. It would be great to thi nk that directo rs and agen ts , once th ey met me would never forget me. My ego is in good s hape but it is not that good. Send a resu me an d it finishes up on the botto m of the pile. I calion th em - again an d aga in . I never give them t he opport u ni ty to fo rget me; there is a lot of compe ti tion out th ere and unl ess you are prepared to work very hard for a ch ance, forg et It." The agents listen ed. Drama students were not w hat t hey were look ing for - but an actor with mov ie ex erlence, that counts .
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couple of hours . I like to make them laugh. " Stage acting petrifies me - I can't eat on the day of a performance. Television is demanding but it's a much more subtle type of acting . You never have six hundred lines in front of a camera. On stage you have only one chance - the curtain goes up and boy , you are on your own . For the true individualist, this is a supreme moment. There is no second chance. Of course you are not really alone, the other actors and stage crew are part of the same team but if the p lay is to do well then every
member of it has to be right on. This is the point where individualism and teamwork are in harmony - maybe that is why I enjoy it.
" .. . 1 believe in marriage but . .. " " It is better to be happy and lonely than unhapp y and lonely - and I am happ y now. Marriage poses great pro blems for the individualist. I can respect my partner's needs , those are part of her ind ividuality . It
Assum ing yet another role , Barry is learning to fly satis faction . "
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Barry is a member of ACTRA now . Thi ngs are not easy but they are eas ier. The two years have bee n product ive - 10 episodes in th e N BC-CTV series , Police Surgeon , differen t roles in CBC productions and pleasi ng ly frequent exposure by way of co mm ercials . Jack Hutt never call ed back and Stratford is a million m iles away. It does not matter, Barry Belc hamber has found hi s vocation. "I don't care how lo ng it takes or how hard the road is . I never look back. There is nothing I would rather be doing . Act ing is al ways excit ing. I've never been into dope but I can't imag ine an y kind of drug high which could equal a stage performance . To take a solo bow to a standing ovation must be about the ultimate peak experience and just to watch it happe nin g to someone else Is an Indescribable thrill. "Any audience turns me on, large or sm all, o n stage or just tell in g stories for my friends. I like making people happy . I like to take them ou t of th emselves for a
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is the abstract demands of marr iage itself which trip me up. "I was married, for a while. It las ted less than a year. You mig ht say I never gave it a fair chance but the trends were all wrong and the writin g on th e wall spe ll ed out a clear and unm istakeab le message. I was being asked to give t oo much of myself to a compromise which benefitted neith er o ne of us. I have never u nderst ood compromise. I don't see the poin t of it. "Fra nkly, I foun d t he wh o le dating and mating game tire so me and art ifi c ial. It is a rit ual. Everyone get s ca ught up in it sooner or later and mostly it is phoney. "I am enjoying my freedom . I do n't rule marriag e out in t he f ut ure but if t he time ever com es , I ho pe I remember to take full accoun t o f my ow n needs. It woul d have to be with a fully au ton om ous person - an agreed part nershi p bet wee n two peop le wh o d id not need one an ot her as a crutch but were togeth er on Iy because it s ui te d them and req uired neither t o make sacr ifi ces for th e other . You can call it selfis hness if you like b ut sac ri f ice rare ly makes sense - parti cularly those sac ri fices which actu al ly in hib it th e growth of self-rei iance in t he other. The first responsibility of the indi vi d ua l is to make himself happy an d then t he other perso n will be happy. "
".. . I've always had to hustle . .. " He works - rent-a-car di spatch er, bar tender, bouncer, dis patcher fo r the Guelph campus police, bas ketball referee, jail guard at Wellin gton Cou nty Jai l anything whic h w ill make hi m a buck without in terferin g wit h that all-important fle xab ili t y of tim e wh ic h wi ll perm it h im t o respond immediate ly to the magi c call which will summon him t o Toronto another commercial, another television series, something at the SI. Lawrence Centre perhaps. The calls come more fre quently these days but it is sti li all hustle . "I've always had to hust le. I supported myself through school. Nothi ng ever cam e easy so what I am doing now is no hard ship . The security of $1 0,000 a year is nothing; I want all or nothin g . I wan t to ac t regard less of monetary rewa rd. I want to be a good actor . I'll give it whatever it takes. I know what I am up against." It is typical of him that he sees all problems as external. If there are 20 people auditioning for on e part, 19 of them are going to be disappointed . Winning is not just another job, it is a lift, a moment of triumph. "Studying here at G uelph was a great experience, I would not have missed it for anything but I look at acting now from the point of view o f a professional an d f rankly, the quality and quantity of effort required of a professional is of a different order 6
Between engagemen ts Barry has had a wide variety o f occu pations. For a wh ile he was a ren t-a-car dispatcher. than in a university d ram a departm ent. The university environ men t is secu re and no one gets hurt . lowe a lot to Guelp h - I remem ber a com men t made by Professo r D. C. Mu llin , wh o isn't exactl y extravagant w it h pra ise. He had j ust seen me play Morrell in Candida and he said: " Yo u are still lacking i n experience b ut give n another 10-15 years you could be a very good actor." He gave me a ro ugh ti me but he gave me t hat too. It was a 11ft. It carried me t hrou gh. "W here do I go f rom here? Wherever t he act ion is. Toron to is a major theatre city now by any standards. There is work there and I am getti ng so me of it. There is a lot more to be had . (Barry rec ent ly appeared in th e ro le of a cit izen in a science f icti on We ste rn enti t led " Welcome to Blood City" starrin g Keir Dullea, Sa man t ha Eggar, Jack Pa lance , and Barry Mo rse . Th e movie was sh ot at MGM studios in Kl ein burg, ju st north of Toronto. There are more fi lms comin g to Toronto and Barry feels he has a good chance of getting roles in them .) Do n't knock comm erc ials - so t hey are not great theatre bu t t hey are bread and b utter a nd a success fu l one can be steak as well . A bove al l they are exposure. The States? W ho knows . For t he moment it does not att ract me, but if I c hange my m ind . .. . . "
If Barry Belch am ber dec ides to go to the United States o r Ti mbucktu , that is what he will do. It wi l l be a s im p le strai ght forward decisi on , auto nomously arrived at an d auton omous ly carried out. Rig ht now he is t he new man in Canad ian theatre , whether we have an O li vi er o n our hands or not remains to be seen b ut one th ing is certa in , Barry is a fac t to be reckoned w ith - "not ju st a nother prett y face" 0
Editor's note: This article Is an abridgement of two chapters of a book of reminiscences that Harold Disbrowe has written for his family. It conveys the impression of how the Ontario Agricultural College appeared to a 17-year-old boy, fresh from the farm, and the opportunity it provided for him to develop and grow, and find a place in a society where opportunities were limited . Since a lengthy high school teaching career came to an end in 1965 with his retirement, Mr. Dlsbrowe has Indulged In a long-suppressed wish to try his hand at writing. Most of his efforts have appeared in the London Free Press, and some In the Brantford Expositor and the Toronlo Star.
IDlpressions of the OAC
1918-1923
Massey Hall and Library; overlooking the famous "Floral Wheel ", a campus landmark for many years. The picture was taken from o ld Johnston Ha ll in 1922 by Norman M. Bla ney OAC '23, who recently donated it and several other valuable historical campus pictures to Alumni Affairs .
ne morni ng In September of 1918 . I left my Elgin Cou nty farm ho me, and was d riven to the vil lage stat ion where , in a sta te of mi ld excitement, I boarded " Old Grann y", the local train, and set out for Guelph t o attend the Ontario Agr icul t ural Co llege. The di stance was less th an a hundred miles, bu t it requi red nearly a day of travel wit h three changes of trains , to get there . I
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was not the on Iy co llege-bo und passenger; as we approached Gue lph on the Stratford Line in late afternoon , th e coaches were fill ed with bo istero us no isy stu dents , all bo un d for th e same dest inat ion. Th e station at Gue lph was a frenzy of act ivity . Stu den ts were arrivi ng from all d irections ; the y sh o uted greet in gs t o one ano th er, and nois ily comp eted f o r the services of draym en to haul their
belon gings up th e h ill . After cla imi ng my own luggage and arrangi ng for its transfer to the Co llege , I stepped out to Wyn dham Street and made my way to SI. Geo rge's Square, the place where the street cars met for a sociable pause before go ing on their various runs to oth er part s of th e t own. There I boarded a College car w hic h. with freq uent stops and clanging of its bell, went weaving and 7
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bobbing up the hill to College Heigh ts . On the campus there was a fin e flurry of excitement: Students were passing in and out of the Ad ministratio n Build ing , while others formed noisy clusters on the roadway and sidewalks, or c alled to their fr iends from the open windo ws of the residence. I made my way through this scene of frenetic acti vity, and lined up with o ther fresh men to pay my fees and to be assi gned to a room in residence. Afterwards, I followed t he line of stu dents through a large offi ce wh ere th e ac t ing presid ent, a sma ll grey-haired man with a Van dyke beard and twinkl ing eyes , gave each a friendly handshake and a word of welcome . This was Dr . C. A. Zavitz , worl d-renowned agronomist and Field Husbandry Head. When these formalities were ended, I went off to find my room in a pl ace called , "Upper Panton", on the third floor of the building . As I had been told I wo uld have a roommate , I was not surp rised , when I had found my room, to discover another fres h man in the process of movin g i n. Hi s name was McLaughlin , and he , unfo rt unate lad, was destin ed to be a vic ti m of th e dread Spanish Inf luenza wi t hin two mont hs. But of course , we had no premonition of this, and light-h eartedly to ssed for cho ic e of beds, and hel ped each ot her carry o ur trunks from th e basement where th e draymen had left them. By the time we had unpacked it was dinner t ime, and we walked over to th e dining hall for ou r first meal on cam pus . To my unso phisticated eyes , the interior o f t he great hall, with its lo fty cei l ing and d ign if ied decor, was an imp ress ive sig ht. It cont ained, I su ppose, abou t a hundred oak tables of circular des ig n , each covered with snowy linen and atten ded by a bust l ing wa itre ss in uniform. We stood for grace, wh ich was spoke n by t he Dean of Residence, and t hen sat do w n to our meal. The food was plent iful an d wholesom e, and we were favou rably impressed; later, when we were able to determine the day-o f-t he-week by observing the menu , we were less apprec iat ive. Before leavin g the table we were instru cted in din ing hall etiq uette , by the Dean : jackets and ti es were to be worn; we must occupy a place at t he same table each meal; an d o n enteri ng , must stand until grace was sp oken . Our coll ege education had begun' By bedtime we had explored the camp us, and made the acq uaint ance of our freshmen neighbours in Upper Panton. They hailed from every part of Ontario, and other provi nces as well; there were even some from foreign co untries. We had a fine time discussing the merit s of our respective native areas , an d t he course of events that had b rou ght us to th e OAC . 8
It was late when we retired , and being exhausted from all the exci t ement and activ ity , soon fell asl eep . It was somet ime after midnight when all hell broke loose: The door cra shed open; we were doused w ith icy wat er; and ou r beds were overtu rn ed - all in the space of a few seconds . By the time we had regained our senses, and were stand ing wet and shivering am id st the wreckage of our room , o ur noc t urn al assail an ts were noisi ly escap ing down the corr idor. In the momentary s ilen ce t hat followed th eir de parture , we coul d hear the sound of crash ing bedsteads in other parts of the building . The next day the so pho mores extended their persec uti o ns, whi c h were designed to assert their suprem acy over the freshmen: We were given ridiculous little red caps to wear; forbidden to go out with girls; inst ruc ted t o show proper respec t for ou r sen iors; and informed that infraction of the rules would be punished by hair-cropping . Need less to say, while the rest rictions were in effect, th ey were chall enged many times by defiant f resh men. The sop ho mores, armed with barber' s clippers,
battle was vigo ro us , t o say th e least, tho ugh not vicious, as fi stic uffs formed no part of it. But there were torn garm ents aplenty , and som e unfo rtu nates ended the day , " in the bu ff ". In the en d th e superi or strategy of t he better-organized sopho mores prevailed ; th ey captured t he flag , and carried it triumphantly from th e fi el d. During the ear ly weeks of the term, while these pranks were in progress, we were introduced to th e curriculum . Th e subjec t s of the fres hmen program fell into two categories: academ ic and prac t ical. The former con si sted o f English, and the basic sciences; t he latter of such down -to earth things as, ani mal an d fiel d husbandry , dairyi ng , and hort icu lture . Th e morning sessions were devoted to lectures , and on al ternate afternoons there were laborato ry sessi ons . On the re maining aftern oons we parti cipated in , "Student Labour". Th is fea ture , happ il y long-s ince dropped from th e Colle ge program , was fo r many years part of th e experien ce of all freshm en. Th e studen ts were ass igned to the various departments on a rot ati on basis, supposedly to gain experi ence in approved agric ultural methods . In theory, the idea may have had so me
Th ree members of the senior c la ss, sp ring of '23. From left, Ross Kirk of A lmonte, Tim Dyce of Meaford - later to become a professor of apiculture at OAC - and the au thor of this article, Ha rold (Dis] Disbrowe.
patrolled the campus and streets in pairs , meeting out punishmen t to recal cit rant freshmen whom they happe ned to encounter. The hazi ng reac hed its clim ax on "Initiation Day" , w hen the so pho mores subm itled the "Frosh", to a w hole prog ram of assorted indignities. The final event was the traditional "Flag Fight", in which the freshmen defend ed their em blem agai nst th e assaul ts of the sophomores. The ensu ing
merit; in practice it was of m inimal value , for nearly all t he st uden ts were a lready well-ex perienced in practical agriculture. In any cas e, the scheme was unw ieldy and impract ical because of the numbers involved . On stu dent labour days t here was a redundance of horseplay and practical joking , as well as p lain "goofing off" . But there wa s at least one t ang ible benefit: We were paid for our work at t he rate of nine cents an ho ur.
The landscaped campus was a place of serene beauty. Its focal point was t he "O ld Residence", with its distinctive central tower and ivy-clad walls , flanked by clusters of statel y trees; and in front, the famous "Floral W heel", a campus land mark for many years. The presiden t of the OAC was Dr G .C . Creelman, a frie ndly, j ovial man who was well-liked by the st udents. He was one of the first Gu elph graduates to qualify for the 8.S .A . degree. Un der his leadership the College had gro w n in stat us and prestige, and acqui red an internati onal reputation. The total number of st udents enrolled at this time could hardly have exceeded 300, and I soon knew them all, either by sight o r by name. This , and the fact that all li ved in the same residence and dined to gether in the great hall, made us a closely-knit family . I fou nd all of th is much to my liking. At the daily lectures and laboratory sessions, I could feel my interest gro w in g in a way I had not experienced since public school days. There was immense satisfac tion in the discovery that I could hold my own with the others, even in subjects such as Chemistry and Ph ysics, in which my
returned to Guelph for my sophomore year. What a contrast to my p rev ious arrival! On that occasion I had been an inexperien ced insecure freshm a n; now I was a self-assured second-year man re t urning to a familiar place. It was great fun to greet old friends and exchange vacation exp eri ences . There was just one sour note : because of the shortage of residence space, we were informed that we w ould have to find lodgings in the town. We discovered that autumn that our class had doubled in size since t he previous year. Up to then, we had been a typical class o f 60, mainly inexperienced farm youths. Now suddenly, our numbers were augmented by a flood of war veterans intent on resuming their interrupted edu cation. A well-remem bered event that year was the visit of the Prince of Wales, which took place during the fall term. This gol den-haired youth of dazzling boyish charm, was the darling of the Empire, and his brief visit a minor incident of the famous "Royal Tour" of 1919. The adulation he inspired was a fore taste of the bobby-sox hysterics of later years . He lunched at Macdonald Hall , to
A well re m embered event of '19 was the campus visit of the Prin ce of Wa les, which
took place durin g the fa ll term. He lunched at Macdonald Ha ll and la ter p osed fo r this cha rm ing p h otograph on the s teps of th e b uilding .
grounding was inadequate . I worked hard to accomplish this much harder than in high school. I suppose, to use some modern educational jargon, I had been "mo tivated" . In any event, for whatever reason, my first steps to becoming a mature student were taken during that first wonderful year at the OAC . In September, 1919, having passed my first year examinations successfully, I
the ecstati c joy of the girls, who, when he left the table, engaged in an undignified scramble to obtain as souvenirs , the dis carded ch icken bones from his plate . Afterwards, he posed for a charming photograph on the steps of the Hall; and then , stepping into his car, departed for the Royal Train and the resu mption of his tour. Another important milestone that year, in 1920 , was the departure of Dr .
Creelman to assume the post o f A gent General for Ontario, in Engl an d. I suspect th is was a political appoin tm ent and it proved to be short-I ived. He had been president since 1904 some 16 years. During the war he had been absent for lengthy periods on special missions for the Govern ment. To some extent I suspect, he may have lost touch with College affairs. Then too, he had fallen out of favour with some of the "pol iticos " who controlled the pl ac e. Dr. Creelman's successor was the formidably austere Dr . J. B. Reynolds, who came to us from t he presidency of the Manitoba Agricultural College . Th e new president was th oroughly acquainted wi th th e OA C through his previous assoc iation as Professor of English and Physics. He was an unsmiling dark-visaged man whose appearance belied a quiet sense of humour and dry wit. He possessed a voice of deep resonance , and spoke in sentences of grammatical perfection. Early in his regime it was announced that the admission requ irement wo uld be raised to junior matric u lati o n level. How ever, the door was not closed t o non matriculants : Th e two -year Assoc iate Course w as retained, and st ude nts who completed it w ere to be admitted to an Intermediate Year , in which they could make up their academic deficiencies , and afterwards en ter the deg ree course at th e th ird-year level . As I pursued my studies that year, and explored the natural sciences that form the basis of agriculture, I could feel my intel lectual powers developing. I was not a scholarship st udent, but at the end o f the final term, whe n the resu lt s w ere p ub lished , I was agreeably surprised to see my name among the upper third on t he l ist. I have occas ionally po ndered on the . circumstances that attended the salvage of my academic career at the OAC . The credit, I believe, belongs to the facult y of the day . They were not h ighly-qualifi ed academ ically, but in spite of th is, some of these men were excellen t teachers, and the majority were , in my opinion, of ac ce ptable com petence. The strengtn of the facult y , where I was co ncerned, lay in the capacity o f its members to inspire self-confidence . They shared with their students , with whom they were on a first name basis, an affection for the College and respect for its traditions . Without deliberately striving to do so, they succeeded in creating a relaxed but stimulating environment in which an unsophisticated young man like myself could develop and grow. Whe n I left the College at the end of my sophomore year, I was 19 years old, and a far more confident, self-assured young man than when I entered it two years earl ier. In the autumn of 1921 I returned, after an absence of one yea r, to the Guelph 9
Cam pus . My intention to acquire the f unds needed to com plete t he degree cou rse had not been realized, but I d id have enough to meet m y expenses for a fu ll year. As I was by this time, a junior, I was agai n eligible t o l ive in resi dence , an d was fort unate to obta in a prized ground-f loo r ro o m in " Grub All ey", in the main building. I wa s now so mewhat c ut o ff f ro m m y old co mrade s of th e cl ass of 1922, who were by this time, sen iors . I was a stranger among my new classmates ; but t his situa tio n wa s soon remed ied, in the clo se asso ciati on of laboratory an d resid ence , I quickl y came to know th em. Even in t he t h ird year, at t h is t ime, th ere was very li ttl e spec ializat ion. The ma in em phas is continued to be on Engl ish and t he nat ural sciences . However, stu dents were ex pected to se lect and devo te a ce rtain am ount of time t o their cho sen specia lt ies . I selec ted apicu lt ure as m y "op ti on". There were several reaso ns fo r my ch oi ce: Th e firs t was that , th ro ug h my father wh o was an amateur beekeeper , I had acqu ired an interest In th e o ccupati o n; th e second was my in te rest in the bio logical scie nces o n whi ch th e co urse was ba sed ; an d lastly, as a b ran d new spec ialty , it s graduates would pre s umabl y enter an uncrowded f ield. However, I was inform ed that before entering the fi nal year of spec ializat ion I would be requ ired to o btain ad d itio nal pract ical exper ience in commercial bee keepi ng . That summer I went to wo rk for Mr . Jesse Byers o f Markham , Ontario, one of Canada's m ost success f ul beekeepers, with a.p iaries spread over fo ur counties. The experience tau ght me an enorm ou s amoun t concerning the man y facets of commercial beekeeping, which at th e t ime was enjoying its greatest period of s uc cess in this province. In Sep te m ber I returned for my final 10
year. I was contented with my chosen specialty, and m y recent experience had provided me w ith an excellent backQ(Qund. Un der the gu idance of Professor Eric Millen, an d Roy Jarvis, of the Apiculture Department, I and the others pursued our major studies, which consisted of an in depth study of the life cycle and behavior of t he honeybee and related species, as well as apiary products and all phases of management. There were other suppo rti ng science courses, the prerequisites for which we had completed in previous years: animal pathology and immunology; Insect morphology, anatomy , and h istolo gy; plant ph ysiol o gy an d analytic ch emistry. And, as in all the previous years, there was English: nineteenth century literature and poetry, and the fundamentals of writing for publication. It was a heavy program, but the small classes, and close association with our professors in the laboratories and seminar rooms, fo st ered an intimate atmosphere that was favourable to learnin g, and conse quently I profited greatly. As the year wore on I became pre occupied with the problem of fi nding per manent employment. It was at this st age that I came t o realize that , in spite of its newness, there were few pro fe ssi o nal opportunities in my chosen fi el d . I sent out dozens of job enquiries, none of which produced any results. During th e last crowded weeks of the term, my energies were absorbed in completing m y the s is and prepari ng for t he final examinations, which were und er the jurisdi cti on of th e Universi t y of Toro nto. But finally, at t he end of M ay wh en the examin ati ons had been w ri tten, I was again confronted with the prob lem o f w hat to do wi th m y life. I w as rel uctant to return home empty- handed , bu t f or a ti me th is appeared to be the prospect. At the last mom ent I was reprieved . An opportuni t y materia lized for me to manage an apiary at Iroqu o is Falls, in No rth ern On tario. It was a sto pgap at best, but I accepted the o ffer w ith alacrity , and lost no ti me in sett ing o ut forthe Nort h , not even wa iti n g for Co nvocati on at th e U. of T. M y salary was to be $100 per month, and I was re qu ired to provi de m y own board. As I rode t hro ugh t he fire- scarred bushland o f Northern Ontario on m y way to Iroquoi s Falls, I occupied m yse lf by to tall ing th e expenses of my fou r years at Gu elph . I d isco vered t hat my col lege ed u cation had cost appro xim ately $1 ,700, of which I had personally contributed about $700. Another grad uate of t he Ontario Agr i cultu ral College, the fa mous John Ken neth Gal bra ith , OAC '31, wh o was the reCi pient of an honorary docto rate at the firs t Convocation at the University of Guelph in
1965, is said to have described his alma mater as: "The cheapest and the worst in the English-speaking wo rld " Well, inex pensive it certain ly was, fo r the Department of Ag riculture which maintained it, purposefull y kept the fees low; but "cheap" it was not , and to describe it as the "worst", as he allegedly did, not only revealed a strange ingrati tude, but belied the facts. The OAC of my time, and Galb ra ith's, was certainly not Harvard , but neit her was it Pineywoods Baptist. It produced grad u ates who won distinction in many walk s of life: university presidents, pro fes sors, writers, scientist s, professiona l men, business tyc oons, an d o thers a lmost too nu mero us to m enti o n . Ga lbrai t h, the world renowned econo mist, advisor of presidents, Harvard pro fessor, ambassador, and aut hor o f bes t sellers, has been descr ibed as, " Guelp h's most distinguished graduate". At an y rate , he is living proof of the wisdom o f th e lenient admission policy of those years, for he was one of those who, lacking some of the basic requirements, was able to enter the deg ree course by way of the Associate Course, and Intermediat e Year. It was the imprimatur of t he deg ree he w on at OA C t hat gave him the en t re to t he great w orld of acad eme, and mad e pos sible his remarkable career. Th e long-legged professo r was in the habit of making abrasive comm en ts co n cerning the Co llege. To g ive h im hi s due, his rem ark s though acerb iC , were usu ally well-fou nded, and in the long ru n co n structive ; but his surprisin g characteri za tion, in t h is in stan ce so met ime aft er he re ceived his honorary degree fro m Guelph co ntained an element o f malic e tha t mo st surely must have reflected so me an c ien t resentment t hat only he remembered. His st atem ent arouse d m uch indign at io n am o ng the alumn i and fri ends of th e Co llege , b ut pro voked no pub lic response , defens ive or otherw ise , f rom the admini s trat io n . In bes towi ng th e ho norary degree on Dr. Galbraith , the new Uni versi ty of Gu el ph ass uredly exem pl ifie d one part of an ancient aphori s m: " He wh o bes tow s a benefit sh ould never rem ember it ; he wh o receives it should never fo rget it. " Wh eth er Galbraith , by hi s acceptan ce, exem pli fie d the oth r part , is a matter fo r interesti ng co nject ure. I must confess that in 19231 was not thi nki ng of my ow n debt to th e Co ll ege as I passed over t he b lac kened wil derne ss o f the recently burned-over New Li skeard a nd Haileybury areas ; I was to o pre occu pied with my need to secure a footh old so me where that might lead to a sati sfyin g career. It was not un t il a g ood deal later that I ca me t o reali ze th at I, and a ll the others si m il arl y s ituated, owed much to that institution. 0
tive by Mary Cocivera
here graduate st udents once play ed
W sn ook er in s m ok e-filled rooms an d
part ies stretch ed far into th e ni ght , t hirty preschool chil d ren spen d th ei r days in a su pport ive and stim ulat ing en viro nment. The former Grad House, adj acent to the cam pu s, at 346 Gordon Street , has seen many c hanges in it s day , but t he tran s format ion from Grad Ho use to Day Care Cen tre is an ach ievement of great significance to families in the Univers ity community. It is t he culm ination o f no less than eight years of dreams, plans, and hard w o rk , against seemingly ins urmou ntab le odds .
The Cam pus Child Care Coo perat ive opened in Se ptem ber, 1975, with a co re group of hopeful parents and a sta ff of two . By Jan uary, 1976 , en ro lmen t had swelled to cap ac ity, the staff had in creased to three and the parent g roup had ha mmered o ut policies , defi ned jobs and solved most of the probl ems of start ing a cooperative group. By Ju ne, the cen tre had filled its spaces f or September and the wai ting list grows daily. By any yardst ick , the first year was an unquali f ied succ ess. The existence of a day care cen tre o n campus is the fu Ifi Ime nt of a dream conceived in 1967 . Through the ensuing
During circle, Kathy Burgess reads to the older children.
years , many student s , facu lt y and staff members were invo lved in the day care issu e and tri ed to initiate a centre . Their efforts were hampered by a s hortage of funds and th e lack of a sui tab le fac ility. Financial hel p came fro m the Ontari o Government. Earl y in 1974, am end ments to the Ontario Day Nurseries Act enab led parents to form a day care cooperative and receive govern ment fu nding for construction of new fac ilit ies or re novation o f exi st ing fac ilities. Pam Cross , B .A . '75 , and Birg it Castl ed ine, the Canad ian Un iversity St udents Overseas (CUSO ) repres entat ives o n cam pus , were instru ment al in estab li shing the Child Care Cooperative. They spent 18 months fi ndin g a locati o n , planning re no vatio ns , ordering equ ip m en t, hirin g staff an d sett ing up t he organizat io n o f th e centre. Th e searc h fo r a fac ility took several months and cO incided w it h the com pl eti o n of the Universi t y Cent re. Wh en the Graduate St uden ts Associat ion m oved in to new q uarters In the Ce ntre, the Department o f St uden t A ffai rs made rep resen tati ons to the Un ivers ity on beh alf of th e Chil d Care Co o perative. The house an d g rounds were provi ded by th e Uni versit y and are leased to t he cooperati ve for a toke n fee o f one dollar per year. Thro ughout the plannin g stages and d uri ng the f irst year o f operation, University personn el " ben t over backward s to help ," accordi ng to Pam and Birg it. The engineerin g departme nt drew up p lan s for renovations, w hic h were subseq uent ly ap pro ved by t he Ministry o f Co mmuni ty and Soci al Services. Uni ve rsit y peopl e have lent th eir su pport in all areas from accounting t o plu mb ing. Con vertin g t he tw o-storey house to a child re n's cen t re cost $24,000. Renovatio ns incl uded ins tal li ng pint-si zed toilet s , remo ving several wal ls to c reate large open ro o ms , fi ni s h in g the basement, and building a galley-t ype kit ch en . Eq ui p ment purchase s requ ired another$12 ,000 for clo the s was her and d ryer, d ish washer, refr igerato r, f re ezer, dehumidif ier, cribs , toys and play eq uipm en t . The M inistry revi ew ed and appro ved every construction expense and p urch ase, ri ght down to t he last rattle . Coo perative day care is new to Guelph . Indeed, the co nce pt seem s uniq uely su ited to a universit y co m m unity , wh ere st ude nt sched ules are us ually fl exib le enough to en ab le parents to spend fo ur hours week ly in th e cen t re. Thi s pare nt he lp m in imizes costs and en hances thE! day care program. Parents develop a sensitivit y to t he ce ntre, the staff and t he children wh ic h ultimately leads to better rapport . This time commitm ent puts pressure on wor kin g and student parents , whose time for the m sel ves an d their c h ildren is already at a m in im um. Most, however are willin g to pu t in th e time in order to reap 11
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the other benefits of a cooperative namely , lo wer costs and a voice in the day care prog ram . " Parents have control over the operat ion of the centre and the day care program ," notes Pam Cro ss. " Th ey have access to the ce ntre and t hei r children during the day. Parents have organized field trips , planned the menus, and generally become involved in the program." Letty Curley feels her children benefit from exposure to many different parents during the week . "Parents come in fresh every four hours," she explains somewhat facetiously , "and can keep up with the inexhaustible energy reserves of the kids." This centre is cooperative in eve ry sense of the word. Parents adminis ter, maintain , clean and help staff t he cen tre. Each parent is required to co nt ri bute fou r hours per week to the centre, either helping the staff with the program during the day, or in the evenings mowin g th e law n , shoveling sno w , repairing toys, keeping the books o r shopping . Du ring the fi rst year, many parents have demonstrated extraordinary commit ment to the cooperative. They pitched in to do such extras as des ig n ing and building the playgroun d, plantin g a gard en, building a bird feeder , making doll cloth es, collecting good used toys and entertainin g the children with folk songs. The 25 or so families in the cooperative take obvious pride in their "day care cent re with a differe nce". It is the only centre in Guelph to accept child ren un der tw o years of age. The ten "babies" (si x mont hs t o tw o-and-a-hal f years o ld ) have adjusted well to their loosely organ ized rou tine. " The size of the centre appeals to me, " says Sue Ulm eanu . "I di d n't want my son in a b ig centre wh ere th e k ids are homogeni zed. Here, in th e gro up of 20 ol der chil dre n, hecan bean in d ivi dual ." Th irty lively child ren under on e roof req uire some re g imen tat ion for any sem bl ance of order. Fi nding th e right co mbin ati o n of spo ntanei ty and ro uti ne is t he tr ick. A lvin Reb ick, a paren t who has worked as a volu nteer in severa l day care centres, is imp ressed with the " sense of calm nd t he warmth of th e cent re. It's ho mey rath er t han Inst itutio nal. " He att ri butes t hi s s uccess to the staff's sensit ivity to eac h c hild 's problems and spec ial needs . The three professio nal staff members meet t he qualif icat ion s estab lished by the M inistry of Commun ity and Soc ial Services for day care workers. Kathy Burges s and Christina K lerner carry o ut t he progra m for the o lder group of chi ldren , ass isted by one parent . Sue Discipli ne, an infant spec ialist trained in England, has resp on sibil ity forthe bab ies , assisted by tw o paren ts. Pam adm its that sh e and Birgit were 12
very naive when they started organizing the centre. "We just didn't anticipate such problems as apathetic parents. During the f irst difficult months, we parents worked through all kinds of problems and the centre is now running quite smoothly." Birgit is optimistic about the future of the centre because so many of the parents are really committed to day care and are willing to work for the centre's continuing success. Day care is such a pressing need . Yet, the University community has had to rely on a few individuals to organize and run a day care centre . Day care , especiall y on a campus, is a temporary need for a fam ily, but a permanent need for a community.
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Christina Klemer helps the ch ildren to their family style lunch . Children arrive as early as 7:30 a. m . Play is unstructured.
The member parents are worki ng fo r the succes s o f the cent re now and for f uture generat ions of Un ivers ity fam ili es. Diane Goo dw illi e, Comm un ity Proj ects Coo rdi nator in t he Department of St udent Affa irs, fee ls th at co mp leting the f irst year is a major step fo rward for the centre, but it is just t he beginn in g of a more en lig htened atti tud e toward day care and better day care fac ilities . Mean while , th e children happily cut and pas te, si ng, cl im b and read stories in the red brick house on Go rd on St reet , ob livio us to th e hard wo rk and dedicatio n w h ich made t heir cen tre pos sible. Yes .. . it was wort h the effort. 0
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Today 's craft - string painting.
campus highlights Jan is Flowers
G-OPIRG gives relevance to research Something new is being added to university campuses across Canada and Guelph is no exception. It's called a PIRG (Public Interes t Research Group). The PIRG 's in Ontario are called OPI RG's and the one recent Iy establ ished at the Uni versity o f Guelph is logically called , G-OP IRG. Just what is a PIRG? It is an idea first suggested by Ralph Nader, the crusading reformer from the United States, who has been seeking to make the automobile and other large industries improve on the quality of their products. A t the time of his visit to the University of Waterloo in 1972, during " Environmental Week," he argued the students could build on the activism of the sixties by establishing a stable, effective organization unencumbered by "problems of continuity and finances ." The constant request of students is for relevance and meaning in their work. The feeling is that students turn out reams of research that bear little relation to their own interests and concerns. While this situation exists, countless issues of public concern go under-researched. Often what is researched for concerned citizens is by voluntary groups who have insufficient time, expertise and funds to take the action which will cause a change. The PIRG's attempt to offer both a relevant classroom experience for the student and the time to participate in constructive action on issues of public concern. Some of the accomplishments of the University of Waterloo and McMaster University illustrate the kinds of research that the PIRG's are interested in . The PIRG's of these two universities played a central role in helping to preserve the natural beauty of the Elora Gorge, exposed undesirable conditions in the Kitchener jail, and prepared a bicycle path study utilized by the City of Waterloo. Currently, these PIRG's are exploring such issues as land use and land speculation in the Waterloo Region , and the amount of control exerted by the banks in Canada. Over the years the public has developed a "You can't fight City Hall" syndrome. It
will be the business of the PIRG's to see that government and business, and indeed, all social institutions, act in the interests of the many and not just the few. When the background research work is completed, the PIRG becomes an ad足 vocate for its findings in whatever ways and through whatever strategies are most appropriate to the issue. This may involve public education, testifying before administrative tribunals, prodding government departments to perform existing duties , lobbying the leg islat ure for improved legislation , or initiatin g litigation. In the United States there are now 22 states that have PIRG's and the idea quickly found favour with active Canad ian students. In 1973 the Waterloo OP IRG was incorporated as a provincial charitable organization. Another was established at McMaster University the followin g year. The PIRG at th e Un iversity of Guelph was established by a hard- working group headed by Janis Flowers, FACS '75. She was sponsored by the PIRG's of M c Master and Waterloo to form a PIRG at the University of Guelph. To start this group off, the Waterloo chapter sponsored events at the Guelph campus that introduced the PIRG idea to the students. When enough students showed interest, the fledgling Guelph OPI RG applied for club status . This was obtained and w ith it a clubroom and some funding fro m the University of Guelph Central Student Association . Next there was a campaign to carry out a public awareness program and the sponsoring of events that informed the students of the University exactly what kind of issues G-OPIRG was able and willing to sponsor. The PIRG is funded by the students on campus who pay $2 .00 per semester. A referendum held at the University March 19 brought out 27 per cent of the student body and of these, 73 per cent voted in favour of paying the $2.00 fee. At present the G-OPIRG office is in
Room 228 in the University Centre. Similar PIRG 's being established across Can ada will employ two full-time em ployees or coordinators wh o wi ll dra w thei r salary from the Central Ontario PIRG . These full-time workers will have t o be qualified in research in order to direct t he students in their research projects. Jan is F lowers has completed her part in forming the Gue lph PIRG and a resea rch coord inato r, Peter Cameron, fomerly o f McMaster PI RG has been employed. The hiring is the f irst step toward s establishing a permanent group at G uelph after the successful fee referen d u m in the winter semes ter. The fee has received approval from the Board of Governors. 0
Board of Governors has new
chairman and vice-chairman
Ken neth Murra y
A Ia n Marchmen t
Kenneth G. Murray, OAC '50 , has been appointed chairman of the Board of Governors of th e University of G uelph. Alan A. Marchmenl is th e new vice-chairman , succeeding Mr . Murray . The two prominent businessmen to ok over their new positions as of July 1. Mr . Murray , pres ident of J. M . Schne ider Ltd., Kitchener, moved into the vacancy left by the retirement of W .W. Lasby from the position of chairman and member of the Board on June 30. Mr. Murray was first appointed to the Board in 1971 , and became vice-chairman in 1973. Mr. Marchment, president of Guaranty Trust of Canada, Toronto, was first appointed as a member of the Board in 1973. During his five years on the Board Mr. Murray has been actively involved in several committees. He was vice-c hairman of the Membership Committee and a member of the sub-committee on Board Organization and Procedures, and the Finan c e Comm ittee. He also headed the OAC Centennial Fund Management Committee in 1974 which raised $100,000. Mr. Marchment has also been active in committee work for the Board, serving as vice-chairman of the Finance Committee, chairman of the Committee on Compensa足 tion and Social Benefits, and member of the Investment Sub-Committee and the Membership Committee. 0 13
New members on Board
Janet Wardlaw
W.K . Mounfie/d
Profess or Janet Wardlaw, dean of t he Co ll ege of Fam ily and Consumer St ud ies, has been elected to th e Un iversity's Board of Governors , as one of the Senate nominees . Professor Wardlaw joined t he facu lty of the Depart ment of F oods an d N ut riti on at Macdonald Instit ute i n 1966, where she was involved in teaching and research in th e f ield of community nutr itio n and in the effect of feedin g pattern s o n bod y compos ition . With her appoin tment as associate dean in 1968, she was involved in a study of th e Bache lor of Hou seh o ld Science program in Family and Consumer St udies. Appointed dean in 1969, Professor Wardlaw was actively invo lved in t he im plementation of the B.A .Sc . program and the re-organ ization w ith in Mac do nal d Institute whi ch led to the format ion o f the College of Famil y and Cons umer Studies int o wh ich the Schoo l of Hotel an d Food Admini stratio n was incorporat ed . In 1974 , u po n com pletion of a five year term as dean, Professor Wardlaw wo n a World Healt h Organization Travel Fell owsh ip that enab led her to visi t educational Institutions and govern ment and p ri vate agencies in Canada, the United States , Col omb ia , th e Caribbean an d Brita in . A Toront o indu strial ist has been ap po inted to th e Un iversity o f Guelp h's board of governors . William K. Mountield , presi dent of Massey Ferg uson Industries Ltd ., was recentl y named by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Co unc il to fill a vacancy. Mr . Mo unfield, 52, has been with Massey Ferguson since 1948. He served in sales and admini st rative pos iti on s in the U.K ., France and Ital y until 1960 w hen he became assistant sec retary of Massey Ferguson Ltd . In 1972 he became sec retary and director of legal services and a year later was appointed pres ident of Massey Ferguson In du stries Ltd . Born in To ronto, Mr . Mounfield atten ded Universit y of Toronto Sch ools and t he University o f Toronto w here he ob tained a B .Comm. deg ree in 1948 and an M. B .A . degree in 1960. Duri ng t he war he 14
served in the Ro yal Canadian Arti llery, retiri ng as a lieu ten ant . Mr . Mo unfield is al so chairman of t he board of Sun ar Ltd., pres ident an d di rector of Masse y Ferg uson F inance Co mpany of Canad a Ltd. , and a director of Perk ins En g ines Canada Ltd. In addit io n, Mr. Mou nf iel d is a member of th e Canad ian Manufactu rers' A ssoci at io n , the Canad ian Chamber of Co mm erce , Th e Bo ard of Trade o f Metropoli tan To ro nto, an d is a director of both the Canad ian Farm and Industri al Equ ip ment Inst itute and the Cham bre de Commerce Francai se au Canada. 0
Crop Science chairman Profes sor J. W. (Jack) Tanner, OAC '57. has been appO inted ch ai rman of the Uni ve rs ity of Guelph 's Department of Cro p Sc ience . The appointment w as effec tive July 1. He succeeds Professor E. E. Gamble, OAC '52, who has Jack Tanner served t wo five-year terms as chai rm an . A member of the Gu elph crop sci ence faculty since 1959, Professo r Tan ner led the firs t t eam of Gu elph sc ient ists to partic ipat e in the Guel ph-Ghana exchange program in Le gon from 1970 to 1972, and serv ed as head of the crop science depart ment th ere. Over the years Pro f essor Tanner has been heavily involved in th e crop science teachin g pro g ra m, curriculum deve lopment and m ost recentl y in t he min or in int ernatio nal agricul t ure in OAC . Off camp us he has become kn own fo r his research on corn and soybean s . He also served as vis iti ng professor at Iowa State Un iversity in 1966 and as external exam iner fo r the agricultural degree prog ram at Kenya 's Universi ty of Nairobi. More recently, Professo r Tann er has gained the nickname " Ontario's pean ut man " from h is d irecti on o f th e Un ivers ity of Guelp h's project to establish peanuts as an a lternative cro p in so uthwestern Ontario. A native of Eden , Ontari o , Prof essor Tanner gradu ated from th e Ontario Agr ic ultural Colle ge wi th B .S. A . and M .S.A. degrees and from Iowa State University with a Ph. D . In 1974 , Professor Tann er won the OAC Alumn i A ssoc iation's distin guished teach i ng award an d to date, has au t hored or co -authored som e 70 scienti fic and technical papers. Professor Tanner is married to t he form er Joan Ellerlngton, Mac '57, of Exeter, Ontario , and has th ree children . 0
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Convocation Honors The Univers ity prese nted an honorary D.Sc . May 27 to Professo r Emmanuel Crispin Amoroso, currently professor emerit us at the Royal Veterinary Co llege; visi ting professor at the Univers ity of Na irobi an d a member of the In stitute of An imal Physio logy , Barbraham, Cambridg e. A secon d honorary D.Sc. degree , was presen ted on May 28 to Dr. Olga Uvarov who w as e lecte d first woman president of th e Roya l Col lege of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain last June. Th e third ho norary degree , an LL .D. was also presen ted on May 28, to WIlliam A. Stewart, form er minister of Agric ulture and Food for Ontario. Altho ugh Mr. Stewart never received a college educat io n, his 14-year min ist ry gave stron g su p po rt to agricu ltural educa tio n in On tario . Bill, as he's known to most , has been a frequent visit or to campus, c o mi ng officially to open buildi ngs, research stat ions and College Royals . He also came for many c o nferen ces , part icu larly in 1974 at the t ime of the OAC Centennial celebra t ion s. During th e year he was awarded an OAC Centen nial Medal for his o utstanding contribution to ag ricu lt ure. Amo ng the m any hon ors he has already rece ived is th e namin g of a gradu ate research fe ll owsh ip after him , ten ab le at Gue lph and fun d ed by m ilk producers o f Ontario. 0
Wintario windfall for Guelph art collection The University o f Guelp h art collec tion has received an additi o nal " sh ot in t he arm " of $14,000 from the On tario Mi nist ry o f Culture and Recreatio n' s Wi ntario prof it s . These fun ds match alum ni co ntribut ion s to help publish an ill ust rated catal ogue of the Universi ty Art Co llection . "The Ministry has recognized the importance of the Univers ity's Canadian art collection by givin g one of the f irs t catalogue publishing grants fro m Wint ario sources to the Univers ity of Guelph A lumni Assoc iati on ," say s J udith Nasb y , the University's Curator of Art . Th e Assoc iat ion w ill act as p ublisher of the 200-page art catalog ue. An am o un t of $12 ,000 has been des ig nated fro m Alm a Mater Fun d donati ons f or th is purpose. The catalogue w ill be written by Mrs . Nasby and will conta in a history o f t he collection, bi ographical sketches on t he artists, catalo gue entries an d photographs of eac h art work . A pp ro ximately 16 art work s wi ll be ill ustrated in co lo ur. The soft cover cat alogue wi ll be d istr ib uted to galleries , librar ies and other insti tu tions across Canada and be for sale to th e general publiC at a min imum ch arge. Th e catalogue will be availab le in 1977. 0
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you're invited back
PROGRAM OF EVENTS Friday, October 1 12 00
PE P RA LLY AN D M EET THE PLA YER S Talent Ni ght Sem i F inals 20 00 TAL ENT NI G HT FINA LS Wa r Memorial Hall 20 30 CBS A LU M NI-STUD ENT BIO-BAS H Gryphon Room, Al umni Stadium
to Guelph
for
Saturday, October 2
Friday and S aturday,
October 1 and 2
10 00 HOME COMIN G PA RADE OF FLOATS AND MA RCH IN G BA NDS Route beg ins on Sou t h Ri ng Road 10 45 OFFIC IAL OP ENING , AG RICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTE NSION EDUCATIO N BU IL DIN G 11 00 HUMAN KINETICS ALUMNI ASSOCI ATION ANNUAL MEETING 12 00 BRUN CH & A N N UA L M EETING
Hotel an d Food Ad m inistration Alu mn i As soc iat ion
Macdonald Stewart Hall
PRE-GAME B EEF BAR B ECU E
Alumni , Faculty & St ud en t s
Creelm an Green
13 00 W ARM -U P PUB Gryphon Ro o m, A lum ni Stadium 14 00 FOO TB A LL GAM E Guelph Gry phon s vs York Yeomen Half Tim e Show and Sky Divers 14 00 HA FA ALUMNI-STUDE NT CAS H BAR Room 429, Un ivers ity Centre 16 30 GET-TOGETH ER, Mac-F ACS A lumn i-Students Room 441 , Un iversity Centre 18 30 UNIVER SITY O F GU ELP H A LUMN I ASSOCIAT IO N ANNUA L MEETING Room 103, Un iversity Centre 19 00 CAS H BAR , Pete r Cl ark Ha ll 19 30 ' A LU MNI DINN ER-DANCE (Dance o n ly , at 21 00) Peter Clark Hall Ro om 001, University Cen tre (Table reservat ions fo r ticket holders may be made at t he doo r)
Music by THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
RE COGN ITIO N OF
1976 ALUMNUS OF HONO UR Miss Helen M . McKerc her, Mac '30
1976 ALU MN I M ED A L OF ACHIEVEMENT
AWA RD PRESENTATION to
Dr. K. Ross Stevenson , OAC '65
20 30 CONC ER T - A RL O GUTH RI E A thletics Centre 'Spo nsored by the OAC A lumn i Assoc iation
1976 GRYPHON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Friday, September 3rd Saturday, September 11th Saturday, September 18th Saturday, September 25th Saturday, October 2nd Friday, October 8th Saturday, October 16th Saturday, October 23rd Saturday, October 30th Saturday, November 6th Saturday, November 13th Friday, November 19th
OUAA preview tournament Ivor Wynne Stadium - All Day WINDSOR HERE at McMaster WESTERN HERE YORK HERE (HOMECOMING) at Waterloo at Toronto LAURIER HERE Play-Oils Play-Ofts Semi-Final Bowl College Bowl
9:30 a.m. 2:00p.m . 2:00p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00p.m. 8:00p.m. 2:00p.m. 2:00p.m. 1:00p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 15
plan to attend the UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S
GUELPH
AWMNlJS
Summer, 1976 Volume 9, Number 2
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED:
If the addressee o r a son or daugh ter who is an alumnus has moved, please notify the Alum ni Off ice, University of Guel ph N1G 2W1, so that this magazi ne may be forwarded to the proper address.
to be held Saturday, September 25, 1976 in St. Catharines, Ontario
Post age Paid in cash at Third Class Rates : Permit 831 , Guelph , Ontario
$19.00 per person (includes bus, lunch, dinner - the whole shot!) 8:30a.m.
1:30 p.m.
Meet at the Assem bly Hall of t he Hor t icultural Research In st it ute of Ontario , OMAF , Vi nel and Statio n
Lunch at th e Vineyard s Sampl e Ontario W ines in th e Ten t spon sored by the Ontari o W ine Inst it ute
9:008.m. Lect ures and Discussi ons abo ut Wi ne and W ine Using by Ralph Crowther and Ch ris Grant.
10:308.m.
4:00p.m. A tou r of Bright's W inery limited at Niagara Falls has been arranged by Georg e Hostetter, OAC '44 and John Ghetti , OAC '51 .
Bus leaves for St . Catharl nes View t he GRAPE AND WIN E FESTIVAL PARAD E
6:00p.m.
1:00 p.m.
about 8:30 p.m.
Travel to Bri ght' s W in ery Vineyards near St . Catharines
Buses leave N iagara fo r Toron to , Lo ndon and Guelp h
Din ner at th e Pri nce of Wales, N iagara on-th e-Lake
September 20-25
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Aggie Week Aggie Games OAC Alumni Golf Tournament Homecoming '76 Annual meetings - HAFA, Human Kinetics and University of Guelph Alumni Associations
events 8 12 November 12-20 26-27
Convocation Guelph Night Oktoberfest Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto "Fair November" - expose and sale of Canadian crafts
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