Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1978

GUELPH

ALUMNUS

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH

ALUMNUS Winter 1978

Volume II , Number I

VN IVERSITY OF G ' EtPH ALUMNI ASSO('lATlON HO:-l ORAR Y PRESIDE :-IT: Professor Dona ld F .

Forster PRESIDE NT: Olive (T hompson) Thompso n, Mac '35 PAST PRESIDE NT : Dr. Howard J. Neely.

OVe'51 SEN IOR VICE-P RESIDE NT : W. Ken Bell, CBS '73 VICE PRESIDE TS: Rick J. Caw thorn , CBS '73: Dr. -homas R. DeGeer, OV '54; John Ecdes, OAC '40; Janet (Tho mpson) Mc ally, CPS '69; Judie (Earle) Meredith , Mac '61 D. SECRETA R Y: Jack C. Pa lmer, OAC '38 DIRECTORS: Robert Esch , CPS '70; Margaret (P la ye r) Exley, Mac '67; Brad Hicks, CBS ' 73; Judith Mai n, Arts '75; Janice (Robertson) Partlow , Art s '70 ; Kathy Sanford , CPS '75; Tom Sawyer, OAC '59A and '64; D r. Geoffrey Sumner-Smith, M.Sc. '69: Dr. Margery (O' Brien) Thomas, OVC '67; Jackie We myss, CBS '74.

EX-OFFI 10 DIRECTORS: John K. Babcock, OA C '54, D irect or of Alumni Affa irs IlI1d Development; W. Ken Be ll, C BS ' 73, P resident , C oll e ~e of Biological Science Alumni Associa ti on; Gary Beaulne, President, University of Guelph Central Stud ent's Association (UGCSA ); Ewart Carberry, OAC '44, President, OAC lumni Association: Chris Hanna, P resident, Grad uate S tu dent's Association: Sandra (Johnson) Ma rtin, Mac '69, Presid ent, Mac-FACS Alum ni Associatio n; Dr. James H. Millington, OVC '69 , P resident , O VC Alumni Associati on: E lizabeth (Mac N ughton) Sandals, CPS '69: Presidenl, College of Ph)sical Science Alu m ni Association: Mic hael S treib, Art s '69, Presid ent , Colle ge of Arts Alu mni Associ ation.

TREASURER : JimJ . Elmslie ASSOCIATE SECRETARY: Rosemary Cla rk , Mac '59 The Guel ph Alu mnus is pu blished by t he Depart me nt of Alumn i Affa irs and Development in co-operatio n with the Depa rtment of Informatio n, Uni ve rsity o f Guelph .

The Editoria l Committee is comp rised of Ed itor足 Derek J . Wing, Publi ca tions Officer; Art Director足 Erich H. Barth : John K. Babcock, O AC' 54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development: Rosema ry Clark, Ma c '59, Assistan t Director Alumni Programs; Douglas Waterston, Director of Inform ation; Donald W. Jose , OAC '49, A ssistant Director of Information.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelp h Alumni Association is compri sed of W. Ken Bell , CBS '73, chairman; Or. Allan Au stin; Dr. D ona ld A . Barnum , OVC '41; John Bo wles, B.A. '72; Robe rt Me rcer, OAC ' 59; Glenn B. Po well. OAC'62: James Rusk, OAC '65; Sandra Webste r, Art s '75.

Ex-officio: John K. Babcock , OAC ' 54; Olive Thompson, Mac '3 5. Corresponding members: Da ve A. Bates, OAC '69; and Harold G . Dodd s, OAC '58.

Undelivered copies sho uld be returned to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, Universit y of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N IG 2W I.

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Research at the Frontier

by Don W. Jose OAC '49 The University of Guelph is in the vanguard of Canadian research using nuclear technology as a tool to help solve some of the bafning problems of the physical world.

Professor Peter Egelstaff. P hysics, a former chairman of the¡ department, is one of four Canadian university physicists using the Atomic E nergy of Canada Limited (AECL) reactors at Chal k R iver as a site for a neutron beam spectrometer for physical research.

Essentially. the reactor at A ECL pro­ vides a source of neutrons which may be used as a microscopic probe of the atoms in ordinary substances, and so has many different re search applications.

For the non-physicists like the writer, Dr. Egelstaff explains that a neutron is a neutral particle with the same mass as a hydrogen atom. One way to produce neutrons is through the fission of uranium in a nuclear reactor. The NR U reactor at C halk River is similarto th e CANDU reactor being used in the generation of electricity.

When a uranium nucleus undergoes fission, several neutrons are released, and these travel at very high speed which must be reduced before they become useful research tools. We'll explain that in more detail later.

The fission also produces gamma rays. In addition, the products of the fission are highly radioactive, and will be emitting additional gamma rays. Consequently, elaborate screening measures must be taken to protect the research workers from the gamma rays and the fast neutrons.

W hat t he researcher needs is a beam of neutrons from the reactor, similar to one of the rays of coloured light obtained by passing a beam of light through a prism.

Consequently, he has to devise means of

eliminating the gamma rays, fast neutrons and any other "garbage" from the beam.

The next step is to tailor the neutron beam to match the jo b at hand. In Dr. Egelstaffs case, he wants to use the beam as a sort of gauge to examine what he calls "condensed matter" material in which the atoms are fairly close together. Now in condensed matter, the atoms are all separated by spaces of about three Angstroms (A), about three ten-millionths of a millimeter. In order to study the behavi­ our of the atoms, one must be able to make measurements of dimensions of thi s sca le. " Modern physics tells us t hat all matter has the dual properties of subs tance and wavelength," says P rofessor Egelstaff. Thus neutrons behave like particles and like waves at the same time, and the wavelength is directly related to the speed at which the neutron is moving. By slowing down the neutrons given off in a reactor, it is possible to get some of them travelling at such a very, very slow speed (for neutrons) that their wavelength IS a distance of 3A. But fortunately for the researcher, the designers of nuclear reactors also want to slow down the speed of the neutrons to increase the probability of their being reabsorbed by the uranium to produce more fissions. This is where the heavy water, that we read about, comes into the picture. The reactor is designed to slow down the speed of the neutrons by using heavy water to impede them. And this isjust what the research physicist wants because it produces a batch of neutrons whose wavelength is exactly 3A. After separating the 3A neutro ns from everything else, the physicist directs a beam of them at a sample of condensed matter so that he can measure the scattering of the neutrons that results. Sometimes unusual patterns of scattered neutrons are observed from which he can draw new conclusions about the properties of the material being studied.

While AECL provides the source of neutrons it is up to the research team to devise, and provid e, their own means to utilize that source. T hey must separate the wavelength they want from all the accompanying radiation. As the beam comes from the reactor it will contain fast neutrons from fission, gamma rays of many energies, and neutrons with a broad spectrum of wavelengths arising from the collisions of neutrons with heavy water.

Hav ing sifted out the neutrons he wants to use, the researcher then must design a diffractometer that w ill adequately define what happens when the monochromatic beam of neutrons interacts with a sample of the material that the researcher is

investigating.

A t present Professor Egelstaff and

niversity of G uelph colleagues have two major projects under way at Chalk R iver.

One is nearing completion, th e other is in the initial stages.

In recent month s, P rofessor Egelstaff and a P h. D . student, Bob Hawkins, have been studying water absorbed between the atomic layers in a clay. Clays are made up of alternating la yers of silicates and water, much like the pages of a book. T he unique properties of slow neutrons allow them to "see" the water molec ules rather than the basic cIay material.

In the case of the collaborative work being conducted by D r. Egelstaff and Bob Hawkins, the analysis relates to the molecular structure of pure water trapped in the clay. This information is becoming an essential Ingredient, for example, in finding out what happens when toxic ma terials are carried in aqueous solution into the soil, or in understanding, for engineering applications, what are the underlying reasons for the changes in the physical properties of clay as it absorbs water.

Post-doctoral fellow Alb ert Teitsma and Professo r Egelstaff, on the other hand, are using the C halk R iver facilities to study the properties of gases. In a gas like the normal atmosp here, the molecules are re lative ly remote from each other. A s a sample of a gas is progressively compressed, the particles are forced into increasingly closer proximity, a nd simultaneous collisions between several molecules occur.

T hus, the properties of t he gas in this condition are governed by the " many body effects." These effects can be st udied in detail by observing the ways in which neutrons are scatt ered by the gas.

W hen we can learn what happens in a dense gas we shall be able to understand the forces at work jointly between several atoms in a group (at present we have only vague ideas about these forces) then we should be able to make better foreca sts of what happens when they are compressed further to make a liquid or a solid. Thus Albert Teitsma's attempt to increase the understanding of the " many body effects" is at the frontier of the physics of matter.

This research being cond ucted by Guelph scientists at Chalk R iver may well pr ovide a start ing point for other studies by scientists at other places, but it's just one small segment of the research coming out of Guelph's Department of Physics . It reflects w hat department chairman D r. Jack M acD ona ld describes as the "international stature" of a number of the members of his department. 0

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Part of the recent "back to nature" trend has been an increased interest in bee-keeping. It's hard to imagine a more natural food than honey, and there probabl y isn't a cleaner. less time-consuming outdoor hobby with a sweeter reward.

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Some University of Guelph alumni may not be aware that this is the only C anadian university which offers courses in beekeeping - and it has had a hard time keeping up with the number of people who want to take such short courses.

The industrious little honey bee has fascinated many people who are now enjoying the edible rewards as well as the fresh-air-and-sunshine benefits of beekeeping. M any of the new beekeepers are professional people or businessmenjust looking for an outdoor ho bby. Some are young - and eager for a second income.

O thers are retired and want to turn their interest into a satisfying pastime.

M.S c., 77, are two of Ontario's newest bee足 keepers. Bob took lhe University's bee足 keeping coursefor fun, lhen sel up lwO hives which helped gel Joyce, lhen hisfiancee, inlereSled. They slarled offmarried life lhis pasl summer with 12 colonies and hope 10 expand 10 100 this year.

Guelph post gradphilosophy student Bob Coffin and his wife, Joyce (Leslie) OA C

Before opening a hive, Guelph post grad student, Bob Coffin, makes liberal use ofhis smoker to pacify the bees.

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A beekeeping hobby can easily fit into your week-end schedule. You 'll check the hives once every week or tw during the honey-producing summer months, and you can lea ve them alone all winter if you provide the bees with sufficient food and shelter.

Another attractive feature of the hobby is that bees prefer company on warm, sunny days. So if it's raining today, stay at home and check the hives tomorrow.

Anyone who keeps bees will tell you

or not to they're very compatible insects and will cause trouble only if you ask them to go against their nature - so the novice beekeeper should be well read on the habits of honey bees. That's a good winter project if you're seriously thinking of setting up a hive or two next spring.

The O ntario M inistry of Ag ricult ure and Food (O M AF) ha s se veral information sheets and booklet s which can help get your hobby started. Any OMAF office or the De partment of Environmental Biology on campus can provide you with P ublication 490 , "Beekeeping in O ntario". You might also request factsheets on beekeeping information, feeding bees , winter protection and moving bees. The order numbers are 74足 088 , 74-051,74-053 and 71-026. The first

Bob and his wife, Joyce (Leslie) OA M .Sc, 77, gather the harvest. Bob is using an electrically heated knife 10 uncap aframe before placing it in a cenlri(ugal extractor.

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factsheet includes the names of severa l good beekeeping journals yo u may want to su bscribe to.

Both Bob and Joyce Coffin are enthusiastic aboUl the University's beekeeping courses. "One is the bare minimum/or novice beekeepers," says Bob, "because there's a lot to learn just to be able 10 ask intelligent questions." He-also suggests you int roduce yourself to a commercial beekeeper who'll help you get some practical experience handling hives.

Along with your winter reading, you'll have to find a suitable locati on for the bee yard. Provincial regulations stip ulate that the y must be at lea st 100 feet from your neighbor's propert y line, so that eliminates most city locations. In rural areas, the hives should be 30 feet off the road or highway, in a sheltered area that has a nea rby water suppl y but won't be threatened by flooding during spring run-off.

Your cottage property may be the most convenient location, but on ly if there's good bee pasture next door. Trefoil, alfalfa a nd other clovers provide good bloom for early light honey. Goldenrod, fall aster , and buckwheat are common types of late summer ho ney, darker in colour.

If yo u don't own country property, cons ider renting space. Your offer to pay rental in hone y will be welc omed by most farmers and rural residents who recognize the va lue of honey bees in pollinating crops.

One word of warning: although an o rchard may see m like an ideal location, avoid it because of the frequent use of insecticides.

Check this point with the owner of the orchard .

Bob and Joycefeelfortunate to have the bees close to home on a/arm they rent near A nhur, some 25 miles northwest of Guelph.

After a winter's reading and perhaps a short cou rse in beekeeping, yo u can put your new-found knowledge to work in Ma y when hives and bees s hou ld be purchased and placed out of doors . Estimates say yo u should be ab le to set up two hive s with bees

and all the extra equipment to care for them for about $300. Expect to pa y $65 to $70 for a good hive and $25 for the standard two­ pound package of bees to fill it (a queen and 10,000 workers). By the end of the summer, your colony wi.11 have expanded to a full working force of 50,000 to 80,000 bees, but there proba bly won't be much extra honey for you t he first year. If your sweet tooth won't wait, yo u might consider purchasing an establi shed hive from a commercial apiarist.

Believing that every beekeeper has to learn patience, Bob recommends the/irst approach. "A lot ofpeople hurry into bee­ keeping, "he says, "staning off with more hives than th ey can really handle. Because of poor management they may lose bees over the winter or through swarming and eventually give up."

Building your own hives, like Bo b has done, will certainly teach you patience. If you're handy with tools, it could prove to be an ideal winter project. . but don't expect to save money on the cost of the hi ve and remember that accurate mea sure me nt and dimensions are critical if the bees are to work well in their new home .

Early next spring you'll want to contact OMAF or the De partment of Environmental Biology for the name of your local bee inspector. He 's responsible for the provinci a l disease prevention program in your area and will remind you that all beekeepers must register by M ay 31 each year with the pro vincial apiarist here at OAC. There are presently more than 3500 registered beekeepers in O ntario, mo st of them hobbyists or people who keep bees for a second income.

The fresh air and sun sh ine benefits of beekeeping will appear as soon as you begin check ing on the hi ves and working with th e bees next summ er. You may get the occasional sting, but will soon Jearn to ignore them. R emember that an angry bee is more likel y to sting, so don't open the hives to o ofte n and try to work with the bees on a

sunny day.

You'll har ves t your first honey crop around the end of July, with the second extraction beginning in late August. You can expec t each colony to produce 60 to 100 pounds of honey , if properly managed.

Beekee ping is probably more dependent on wea ther conditions th an most other types of agriculture, but eve n after a series of dull days a colony can add 10 to 20 pounds of honey per day, if conditions are ideal.

Through the somewhat tricky process of double queening, Bob and Joyce gol 200 pounds of honeyfrom some colonies this past summ er. Such management techniques arefrequently used in Ontario, but should be tried only after you've acquired a good deal of experience working with the hives.

Generally, each colon y has one queen which is replaced every other year.

After the second extraction, it'll be your job to mak e s ure each colony has enough honey on reserve to last through the winter.

M ost experienced beekeepers can tell by the weight of the hive if there is enough honey for the winter. If a double brood chamber does no t weigh 115-120 pounds, better add more honey or a sugar syrup substitute.

D epending on the kind of natural shelter around yo ur hives, you may want to add insulation. Despite what many people think , bees do not hibernate and cannot stand freezing temperatures. They restrict their activity during the winter months and form clusters inside the hive for warmth.

You can spend the winter enjoying your harvest of honey and anticipating the next season's honey prod uction. But that's a whole year away, so let's not put th e bee before the hive. There's still much reading a nd preparation to be done this winter.

Many thanks to Bob and Joyce Coffin and AI Adie, OA Cs retired beekeeper, for their cooperation in pu{{ing this anicle together . .. and especially to Professor Mauri ce Smith, OAC '42, Department of Environmental Biology,for the information he provided. 0

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Alumni at The Bedford Institute of Oceanography

by Bob O'Boyle C BS M.S c., '76

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T here is a standingjoke here at the Bedford Institute of O ceanography (BfO) that the M arine Fish D ivi sion of the Department of Fis henes and the E nvironment Resource Branch is really just a front for the Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. It's really guite remarkable to discover just how man y Guelph alumn i are working in this gcoup.

The function of thc arine Fish DIvision is to carry out research on Canada's East Coast fish stocks and assess their productive capabilities. Prior to the setting of the 200 mile limit, the group was small.

Ex tended jurisdiction has led to expansion of the Marine Fish Division and it has split into two components, one residing at the BIO and the other at the Biological Station located in St. Andrews, Ne w Brunswick , these being officially established as of April I, last year.

The first component, at the 810, referred to as Fishery Syste ms and Data Processin g G roup (FS DP) is respo nsible for carrying out analysis of research on the population energetics of fish stocks through the analysis of results from laboratory and field experimentation using a systems approach. It acts as a "think tank", integrating the research an d routinely collected data from the other four main M arine Fish Division Groups. These other groups deal with different aspects of the more practical issues of fisheries management.

Patrick Lett, CBS '74, heads FS DP, a job he is admirably suited for. He did his undergraduate degree in Honours Physics and Biology, then concentrated on physiology to do a Master's degree under Dr. F. W. H. Beamish of the CBS Department of Z oology. At Guelp h, he turned out a computer simulation in GPSS of the predatory activities of sea lampreys on lake trout in the Great Lakes; which no doubt raised eyebrows at the International Great Lakes Fishery Commission. H e's become even more productive (another child) since arriving on the East C oast, turning out models on Gulf of St. Lawrence cod and herring populations with emphasis onjust what factors regulate recruitment.

He's also become ve ry much involved with management of the ' orthwest Atlantic harp seal population and again has produced, with T. Benjami nsen of orway's Instit ute of Ma rine Research, a stochastic model describing the population's productivit y. Compared to some eco logical models, Pat Lett's are sim ple though comprehensive in their generalities. H e's now gathered around him individuals who will provide the necessary expertise to

produce models of East Coast fish stocks at levels not possible previously. There are five main people under him at the moment, three biologists, a computer scientist and a mathematician.

Ken Waiwood, CBS '77, and I, are two biologists of diverse backgrounds w ho have gained post-graduate degrees at G uelph also under D r. Bea mish. I have a heavy bi ochemistry and physi ology backgro und with a liberal sprinkling of math aDd computer science while Ken is p ro bably one of the most competent laborat o ry people this side of the R ockies.

We have, with P a t's mandate, designed, among other things, a program to study the fl ow of energy through selected fish stocks with t he aim of defining precisely how fish utilize food energy and what factors influence this. It will tie in an animal's population ecology with its individual physiological reactions. It is a fairly ambitious endeavour which is not expected to reap returns overnight. At the moment, Ken is busy running a ration level - fecundity experiment on cod in the St. Andrews lab while I am busy on other stocks, these being Brown's Bank haddock and Gulf of St. Lawrence capelin. T he job, it is seen,

requires a diverse backgro und.

Bill M arshall is th e main computer scientist in the group. He was on staff at the Institute of Computer Science at G uelph .

H is forte is without question A PL At the last CAFSAC (Canadian Atlantic F isheries Statistical Ad visory C ommittee) assessmen t meeting, he made programming in A PL look easy, turning out 10-15 catch projection programs in a day. H e's head of the Computer Services part of the group and as such is responsible for the activities of technical people both at the B10 and St. And rew Biological Stati on. The biggest job is the establishment of a comprehensive data management system for the information which has accumulated in St. Andrews since the mid 1940's. This is truly a ho rrendous task and will no d o ubt take a number of man- yea rs of labour. Software development related to this data base is slowly accumu足 la ting, one of the people involved being G erry Black , C BS '76. H e's exten sive ly in volved in development of plotting packages, mostly three-dimensi o nal, which include plots of catch/effort in relation t o coastline, bottom contours, in addition t o a n informa tion system for the Fundy H erring Co-operative.

Wa yne Stobo heads the second major group of the Marine Fish D ivisi on. It's the yo unger of the tw o groups and is therefore still accumulating staff. All the peo ple inv olved are bi ologists. In this group are stock assessment people and international o bserver program people a nd it includes Doug Clay , CBS '70, and Kaija Ma tuzals, CBS '75.

Doug travelled extensively before settling in D artm o uth - Northern Ontari o, Israel, South Africa, Rhodesia, Kenya - and has experience in fish farming, and therefore

has a good grasp onjust what makes a fish stay alive. Consequently, besides being of use in doing stock assessment, he can offer advice to Ken W aiwood in the lab experiments part of things. KaiJa, again , has a broad biology background but will come in most handy in the data management side of things for she's had a good deal of experience with Da ta Management System 2000.

There's a good possibi lit y that this will be implemented by the group as the main data retrieval system. D a ve Kulk a , CB S '73, is also a member of Wa yne's group. H e has an M .Sc. degree from G uelph under the su pe rvision of D r. Susan Corey. H e's working on the pop ul a tion bi ology of mackerel and icthyoplankton surveys. He provided valuable information to Pat Lett and myself on possible interactions of these species with each other as cod and hadd oc k.

Finally , in the International Observer Program there is Jim Simon, CBS '77. This program was set up just this summer and involves the placingofunsuspect ingsummer students on foreign vessels for one to three weeks to estimate catch rate s, disca rded or non commercially exploited fish. It ' s a hard job but one that pays well and they all enjoy it.

O utside the Ma rine Fish D ivision there are other alumni. Dr. G il Farmer, CBS '69, of the Freshwater and A nadro mous Di visio n and Dr. Peter We lls, CBS Ph .D .

'72, of Environmental Protecti on Services are two notables. Gil is study ing the cha nges in proximate bod y composition of Atlantic salmon during the year under hatchery conditions at different ration levels. H e also serves as a squash pa rtner for Pa t Lett.

As one can see F isheries Ma nagement Re sea rch on the Atlantic coast contains a number of G uelph graduates. D

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This article, reporting the success of Don Ziraldo, OAC '71, president, Inniskillin House Wines of Niagara-on足 the-Lake, is reprinted verbatim with permission from the Globe and Mail, Toronto. Some of the bracketed additions have been added to clarify and op-date the article.

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Don Ziraldo

The head office of the wine company is deserted;just the hum of an air-conditioner.

Bottles filled with the latest vintage are on the wall and stuffed in cardboard boxes on the floor: Marechal Foch, Yin Nouveau, Chelois. The door to the president's office IS open.

A visitor easily could walk in, open a bottle of Marechal Foch, and sip contentedly from one of the spotless wine glasses on the desk. It would be a grandjoke on th e C anadian wine industry if someone in this situation turned and fled to the nearest gas station for a Pepsi. It would be a grand joke, but a pretty thin one because this is the head office of Inniskillin House Wines of Niagara-on-the- La ke.

There has developed in Toronto a cult of Inniskillin, adherents being wine drinkers who love to display a bottle of Inniskillin wine at a dinner party, waiting for the inevitable "Not a Niagara wine'" They serve the wine and watch the reaction. W ill the label alone convince the guest that the stuff is terrible~ Or will the guest be discriminating enough to overcome the bias and ad mit, "My God, they've done itl" Some people actually drive from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake to buy certain limited-edition Inniskillin wines.

They cost more than other Canadian wines, but often they are sold out at Liquor Control Board outlets. After only four years of operation, Inniskillin House Wines are

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regarded as the best wines made in Canada and in blind tests they have beenjudged better than some expensive imports.

Inniskillin's winemaker is Karl J. Kaiser, an Austrian who was raised in a monastery, who was introduced to fine wine when he was nine years old, and who didn't taste a Canadian wine until he visited Canada on vacation in 1968. It was a dry red - he refuses to name the wine - and he found it so harsh and bitter that he could not finish the glass. "It was horrible," he said. "That really made me decide that I should go into the field." He enrolled at B rock University, in St. Catharines, to study chemistry, laboring over wine-making books on the side and preparing wines in his garage in plastic drums.

W hile he was studying and tinkering with wines made from European vinifera grapes he got to know Donald Ziraldo, a young grape-grower and agriculture grad uate of the University of G uelp h. One day he invited Z iraldo to his home to sample some wine and Z iraldo was so impressed he decided to take the steps to form his own wine company.

The odds were formidable: the last winery licence issued in Ontario was in 1929.

Major-General George Kitching, chief commissioner of the LCBO, asked M r.

Ziraldo to prepare a sample batch of wine to be examined by the board's wine-tasters. Mr. Kaiser worked on the sample batch at Mr.

Z iraldo's home in St. Catharines and M r.

Z iraldo prepared a brief explaining their plans for a small operation to produce quality table wines from Ontario's hybrid, vinifera grapes. It took nearly a year - all the work was done without a lawyer - but in the end the board granted them a licence to produce up to 10,000 gallons of wine (about 60,000 bottles) That may seem like a considera ble amount, but compared to the giants of the industry it is miniscule. Bright's has a 9 million gallon storage capacity, Jordan's is 7 million gallons, but even after three years in the business Inniskillin produces only 50,000 gallons. M r. Ziraldo likes to think of his operation as a "boutique" winery.

From the outside, the Inniskillin winery looks like a milking shed at any dairy farm.

Mr. Kaiser works out of a corner office, behind a door with a sign that says, "Employees will please wash feet before returning to work." The office is immaculate, with test tubes and vials and a modest Ii brary with titles such as First Steps in Winema king and How T o Make Wines With a Sparkle. It is not what one expects to find In the control centre of so heralded an operation; something like watching your jet pilot th um bing through Flying M ade Easy.

"One doesn't have to be a wizard, " M r.

Kaiser says. "There are no secrets, no magic recipes. I don't go around with little salt shakers putting stuffin here and there."

Being small is I nniskillin's strength.

It gives the winemaker total control, from grape-growing to bottling, and it makes the winery flexible, when one of the big companies is making, say Marechal Foch, the call goes out to the grape-growers and they bring in the M arechal Foch grapes, whether they're ready or not. The sun trans足 forms natural grape acids into sugar and the last weeks on the vine are crucial. The big companies try to compensate by adding sugar, but the result is never as satisfactory as when the sun and grape make their own music. Inniskillin is small enough, flexible enough, to wait for when the grapes are at their peak.

"In California ," M r. Kaiser says, "the best wines are always made by the smallest prod ucers."

Inniskillin House Wines is the only wine com pany in Canada owned by the wine足 maker and the grape-grower. Besides Mr. Ziraldo and Mr. Kaiser, there is a third partner - a Burlington lawyer who owns a vineyard. Inniskillin produced only 5,000 gallons in 1974, then 12,000 gallons in 197 5, and 35,000 gallons in 1976. The company will prod uce 50,000 gallons this year, (1977) stay at this level for a while, then move up to 250,000 gallons a year, and that's all.

"The ind ustry was ripe for dramatic

change," says Dr. M ic hael Vaugh an, a Toronto wine critic and consultant. "It t ook someo ne with imagina tion to see the potential for making good ta ble wines, free of an y lab rusca tas te, without doi ng what the industry has done in the past - a meliora ting the wine with water and sugar and blending the grapes."

Dr. Vaughan says all Canadian wines have improved rem arka bly in the past 10 years, but Innis killin is the most dramatic evidence that e xce llent wines are possible from Cana di an soil. " P eople a re surprised to know thi s. The climate and conditions here really are as good as in G ermany an d many regions of France th at people 'o h' and 'ah' about. F or some reason, people think Europe a n wines are natu ra l, an act of God, and Canadian wines a re unnatur a l, an act of techno logy. That sim pl y is not true. It's a gross misconception. " D r. Vaugh a n took so me Inni skillin wines to England a year ago to ha ve them te sted by Hugh J o hnson, the Briti sh wine ex pert and author of The World Atlas of W ine. Six years earlier, Mr. J ohnso n sa id that O nta ri o wines were not go od eno ugh to be included in hi s atlas. He remarked on th e "foulness" of the taste ("a n artificially sce nted, soap y na vor").

After tr ying several C a nadian wine s, Mr . Johnson sa id they " bore no resemb lance whatsoever to the wines I tasted severa l years ago ." H is favorite was Inni sk illin's 1974 Marechal Fo c h.

Mr . Z ira ldo was in Wa s hington last yea r to take part in an 18-c ou ntr y wine足 tasting. His Marechal Foc h 1975 was sel ected by the Ontari o Win e Council to represent Ca nada. Several distributors were impressed enough to a sk Mr. Zi ra ld o if they could handle his wines in the United States.

H e might sele ct one t o handle a small amoun t of Inniskillin wines "for the prest ige ." He has had no such luck in Canada. H e approached boa rds in No va Scotia a nd Quebec and was turned down .

Innisk ill in wi nes are available only in Ontario.

M r. Z ira ldo does not hesitate to approach the hau ghtie st maitre d' and ask him to try one of hi s wines. H e has bee n asked to leave some restaurants without hi s wines being ta sted (a European rest a uranteur told him he tried a C an a di a n wine 10 years ago and "wouldn't wash his feet in it" ), but he a lso managed to get his wines into some choice locations: T hree Small R ooms, Fingers, Valh a lla Inn, the Royal Yor k H o tel , Vine s, an d the O nta rio Art Gallery. (Some of these est ab lishments have not yet updat ed their menus to include the Inniski llin wines.)

"They ar e t he best wines p ro d uced in Onta rio," says T im Love lock , manager of Vines , a new wine bar on Wellingt o n Street Ea st in Toronto. The only Canadian red , rose , a nd white wine s served at Vines are fr om Inniskill in.

Innis killin wines sold a t LCBO o utlets are Mare chal Foch, Vin Nou veau , a blend , R ose, Chelois, De Chaunac and Seyval Bla nc, the new white wine. O ther wines are sold in limited editions and are available a t the winery and the LCBO' R a re Win es a nd Spirits Store. The m os t expe nsive In nis killin wine is Gewurztraminer, a limited -edition dry white.

Dr. Vaughan, the win e critic, thinks the success of Inniskillin might change the bias against Canadian wine s. "The wine ind us try in Ontario has und e rgo ne a revo lution in this decade and in the las t few years I nniskillin has been the prime pusher. Don (Zi raldo )

had the int e lligence an d guts to open the winery a nd he connec ted with a wi nema ker with a hell of a lo t of ability. D on is the g uy wh o d oes all the fr on t stuff an d Ka rl (Kaiser) is in the back, bu bbling aw ay with th e wine.

That kind of matc h is a perfect thing" T he danger, of course, is growth - an d greed. If Inniskillin keeps th inking small and doesn 't try to elbow a side the indu stry's giants the qu ali ty prob ab ly will continue.

"It 's when you ha ve a chairman and a board an d all th ey' re interest ed in is the profit th a t the wine-making go es d ow n ," Dr. Vaughan says. "I d o n't expect this at Inni s killin because th e winemaker owns part of the company. I can ' t think of a better si tuation."

It is a ri sk y ope ratio n. The vinifera gra pes are expensive and tricky to gro w. Mr. Z irald o has hi s own vin eya rd, but he still mu st buy fr om other growers and supplies aren't alw ays available. lnniski llin also c hooses the hard roa d in winemaking, such as malo-lactic ferment a tion, a process that uses natural ba cteria to reduce ac idity an d imparts a s plendid fi nish to th e w ine . W hen it doesn't , the wine can be contaminated. (The cheape r, faste r way is by ion exc hange ort he addition of water. ) Mr. Ka iser, the winemaker, believes in an " abs olut e tas te" and he says a ll good wine-makers, like a ll good chefs, know what they wa nt. "It is like the Pinto and the Mercedes," he sa ys. "You drive o nly a Pint o and yo u think it's pretty good , but you drive a M ercedes and you know what is good.

Everyo ne who drives a M ercedes knows it is good. " Mr. Zi ra ldo, me a nwh ile, knock s on the doors an d when he is at home a t N iagara-on足 the-La ke he nurtures his prized European grapes in his vineyard - th e Pinot C hard o n足 nay , G amay Be aujolais, R iesling. 0

Also involved with the grape .. .

T he University of Guelph has strong represe ntati on in Can ada's wine ind ust ry and ca n p roud ly boast of alumni In volvement in most areas o f prod uction.

A t Bright's Win es Ltd., of SI Cath a rines , George H os tette r, OAC '44, is di rector of Viticultura l Re search, J oh n Ghetti, OAC '51, manager - gr ape pr o duct io n co ncerned with research and production while Ar t Ne ff , OA C '42, is employed as a vi ticulturi st.

On the j ob at Andres Wines at Win ona, also in the Niagara P e ninsul a , are prod uction man ager Barry Poag, OAC '69, and Larry Gib so n, O A . '66A. Ron Purdon, OAC '65 , is produ cti o n manager of Les Vines Andres at St. Hya c inthe, Quebec .

At Jo rda n-St e. Michelle Ce llars Ltd ., of

SI Ca thari nes you will find Bill Anderson, OAC '50 , head winemake r an d plant superintendent and R on Bea um o nt, CPS '69, quality co ntrol manager (Ca nada ).

Clo se by at Jo rd a n Valle y Wine s Ltd . we're represented by mic robi olo gist Rick Rylk o, OAC '72, a nd P eter Kn ox , OAC'76.

John Parosc hy, OAC M. Sc . '75 , and John Duff, O A C'73 are in vo lve d in soils a nd equipment research fo r the wine industry.

Bu sil y growing grapes in the Niagara Penin sula are Vi nce Len art , O AC '53 A, a field man for Ch ate au Gai Wines; Jim Ba tcules , O AC '56A, vin eya rd manage r for Chate au Gai Win es; Clare Wiley, OAC '56A ; Murray Pudd ico mb e, OAC ' 73, Bill P uddicomb e, OAC '75, and Bob Zira ldo, O AC '74.

C ond ucting government research a t the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontar io are To m Challen, O AC '7 I A a nd Ollie Bradt, OAC '38. John Wieb e, OAC '50, is at the Alberta Re sea rch Station, Broo ks.

Away over on the West Coast in British C olumbia, a t Calona Wine s in Kel ow na , are H arold Bates , O AC '67; Bob Claremont , O AC '67, and Paul N elso n, OAC '70.

Also in B.C. , a t Summerland, is G a ry Strachan, O AC '64, who is concerned with win e rese arch a t the Canada D epa rtm en t of Agriculture.

There are probably more grape oriented alumni ou t th ere so mewh e re wh o s hould have been add ed to this listing - forgive us if we missed yo u.

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campus highlights New members on Board of Governors

Rober! Kerr

Donald MacD onald

The Board of governors has announced the appointments of five new members.

Robert Kerr, OAC '68, of Chatham, Ontario, is president of Kerr Farms Limited and is active in a number of agricultural organizations.

H e is president of the Kent C ounty Cattlemen's Association and a director of the Ontario As paragus G rowers M arketing Board . I n addition, he is a member of the Ontario Institute of Ag~ologists and the Kent County Vegetable Growers Association. He is a member of the Board of Stewards of St. Paul's United Church.

Mr. Kerr is also a graduate of Harvard University. He has been president of Ke rr Farms Ltd. since 1970. While a student at Guelph, he served as finance cha irman of the University Centre Building Committee, in addition to his activities in student government.

Dr . Donald S. MacDonald, OVC '57 , has been in veterinary practice in T o ronto since his grad uation.

In 1975, he served as campaign chairman for the University of Guelph Alma Mater Fund . H e was chairman of the licensing and registration review board for the Animals for Research Act from 1969 to 1974. He is a member of the sports committee of the Canadian Na tional Exhibition, and a member of the American Animal Hospital Association. He is a past president of both the Ontario Veterinary Associati on and the Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. M acDonald wa s born in Toronto and attended Upper Canada College.

Professor Jack R . MacDonald, chairman of the Department of Physics, came to the University of Guelph faculty in 1975 after

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Jack MacDonald

James M oreton

spending a year as a visiting professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. Prior to that he spent eight years as a member of the technical staff of th e Bell Laboratories, M urray Hil l, Ne w Jersey .

Du ring his service at Bell Laboratories, he also served as an Associate of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, and as a Visiting Resea rch Associate at the Brookhave n Na tional Laboratory, Upton, New York.

Dr. M ac Donald is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a native of Vancouver.

James M oreton is vice-president , Business Develop ment Division, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, head office, Toronto.

Born in Winnipeg, Mr. M oreton wa s educated in Calgary , and has been associated wit h th e Bank of Commerce since he joined the bank in Calgary in 1936. During the ensuing years he represented the bank in Vancouver, D allas, Chicago and New York before his move to head office in Toronto in 1971.

Among other memberships M r.

Moreton is a director of the Ontario C hamber of Commerce; The T oronto M endelsson Choir; the Junior Achievement of Metropolitan Toronto and is chairman, advisory board, Bureau of M unicipal Researc h. He was chairman, corporate division, United Way of Metropolitan Toronto for the 1977 campaign.

Hugh Peacock, of Don M ills, Ontario , served as mem ber of the legis lature for Windsor West from 1967 to 1971.

Since 1972, he has been executive secretary of the Toronto Newspaper Guild.

He was appointed legisla tive representati ve of the Ontario Federation of Labour a year ago. In 1972, he served for a short term as temporary research assistant to Professor Abraham Rotstein, chairman of the research

Hugh Peacock

and policy planning committee of the Committ ee For An Independent Ca nada.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Mr. Peacock served as research and ed ucation director, eastern Canadian region, International Woodworkers of America , and as Research Department representative , UA W, for Canada. He was active in many community projects in Windsor prior to his election to the legislature.

Mr. Peacock was born in Northern IreJand and was educated in T oronto schools and at Trinit y College, University of Toronto. 0

New OAe undergraduate major The Ontario Agricultura l C ollege is adding a new major area of st udy in response to a public need for people trained in agricultural mechanization. The undergraduate major, approved by Senate last December will commence in the spring se mester.

The major is actually a revival of a study area which was eliminated in 1956 when O AC underwent a push to put more engineering science in its course offerings.

No other college or university has stepped in to fill the void, says Professor J. R. Ogilvie, O AC M .S .A '60, D irector of the School of Engineering, adding that in recent years there has been an increa sed demand for people t rained in agricultural mechanization.

The new major will concentrate on the technology of agricultural mechani za tion with a strong emphasis on business management. Students will also choose a seq uence of courses in animal and pOUltry science, crop science , soi l science or horticultural science. Graduates will be qualified for jobs in machinery sales, the management of agricultural equipment distributorships and machinery sales outlets, as well as farming. 0

OAC Agricultural Conference Held during the first week of Janu ary, the annua l OAC Agricultural Conference ha s become known to many rural people as fa rm week on campus and this yea r's program attracted 1200 registra nts.

The imagina ti ve three-day program offered items of interest to a wide range of producers and agr icultural industry personnel.

During the popular Poultry Industry School sess ions , held at the Arboretum Centre , recent research results on feeding, breeding and poultry management were presented.

The two-day Processor's Fieldmen's Co nference , a lso held in the Arb ore tum Ce ntre , included items o n trad e negotiation, machine har vesting, labour c hallenges and licensin g of farm vehi cles.

Day-long programs, held in the U ni versity Centre, featured farm business arrangements, making money fr om milk, effic ient beef production and land erosion.

Many Guelph a lumni attended the conference and th e presence of so me was record ed by the Guelph Alumnus camera 足 hence t his ph oto-j o urnali stic presentati o n of activities at th e OAC Agricultural Conference '78. 0

Dr. S tan Young, OA C '49, co-ordinator of Agricultural Extension, with Jacqueline Grosbein, OA C 79A, and Eugen e Lammerding, OA C 78A.

Allending the Fieldmen's Conference were: Earl Mighton, OA C '31; Corwin Scrat ch; Bob Sanderson, OA C '49; Doug Gendron, OA C '5 1, and John Ingralla, OA C '62

In Peter Clark Hall, the session was Aids to Efficient Beef" Produ ction.

Ken M cIntyre, OA C 76, gives an OK wink to th e lunch break hamburgers. His wife Sue, Arts 78, wears a smile of agreement.

Al the Fieldmen's Conference in the Arboretum Centre: Bill1ngralla, OA C 71; Jim Krushelniski, OA C '72, keynote speaker Robin (FUlcher) Jeffery, Ma c '56, ex-mayor of Belle ville, and Bob Allen, OAC '60.

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More money to attract Ontario scholars A revamped scholarship program recently approved by Senate will assist the University of G uelph in attracting top high school students in the province.

The University has expanded its scholarship program by about $163,000 annually and the additional funds will be mainly used to attract more O ntario scholars. The new scholarship program includes 75 entrance scholarships of $1 ,500 each and 150 early in-course scholarships of $500.

According to a C ouncil of Ontario Universities publication on undergraduate student awards in Ont ario, the University of G uelph ranks lowest among the nine universities of comparable or larger enrolment in the total amount of money awarded for entrance scholarships ($60,300 in 1974/75). Guelph is seventh in the total amount of money awarded for in-course scholarships ($63,423 in 1974 / 75) and lowest in total funds for all scholarships. On a dollar-per-student basis , Guelph stands eighth in terms of ad mission scholarships and eighth in terms of total scholarship funding.

In its report to Senate, the Awards C ommittee concluded that Guelph's position in regard to scholarships awarded is reflected in its seventh place ranking in the proportion of its Grade 13 freshmen who are Ontario scholars (23.3 per cent in 1976) and recommended that the University could attract a greater share of outstanding students by increasing its scholarship funds .

Finding the dollars to cover the new scholarship program is simply a question of identifying non-formula (non-government) funds, says Vice-President, Academic Howard Clark , and using them to maximum advantage. For the past year and a half, President D. F. Forster, Vice - President, Administration Charles Ferguson, and D r.

Clark have been examining various ways of using University income to "maximize returns." When speaking for the administration at a recent Senate meeting, Dr. Cl ark said, "We should and we could do it using non-formula money efficiently."

The new scholarship program wil! be incorporated in the budget as a University expenditure covered by non-go vernment funds.

The first entrance scholarships will be awarded next fall, replacing the 50 existing Guelph entrance scholarships, and are intended to cover about half the estimated cost of the first yearofuniversity. Applicants will be judged on the basis of Year 5 admission averages , with 75 students receiving $750 after registration for their first semester at Guelph. The second $750

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payment is cond itional on the student obtaining an "A" average with a full course load in semester one and continuing in a program at this University.

Beginningin the fall of 1979, 75 students who have achieved an "A" average while carrying a full course load in semester one will receive $500 early in-course scholarships, as will 75 students who ha ve maintained an "A" average through their second semester. Because these scholarships are awarded on the basis of marks earned at Guelph , they are intended to partially com足 pensate for variations in grading standards among Ontario secondary schools.

Entrance scholarship winners will not be eligible for the semester one early in足 course scholarship but may qualify at the end of semester two, making it possible for them to receive a total of $2 ,000 . Students who qualify for both early in-course scholarships would receive a total of $ I ,000.

The number of scholarships available in each undergraduate degree program will be determined by the proportion of the University's total enrolment registered in the program. Although they will normally be awarded at the end of the fall and winter semesters, students who choose other than the fall entry point will also receive a scholarship jf their admission or semeste r averages are higher than the lowest qualifying a verage in the previous semester in which the majority of scholarships were awarded. ''I'm certainly not going to be embarrassed to send a scholarship offer to a student," says Gary Davidson, assistant registrar , awards, in expressing his happiness at Senate's approval of the new scholarship program. "[ think we should spend more time and effort recognizing the bright students on this campus." He feels that Guelph has, in the past, unintentionally penalized outstanding students who may have turned down attractive scholarship offers elsewhere to study at this University.

"We have to encourage scholarly performance and certainly the in-course scholarships will do that." They may also open the door to further extensions of G uelph's scholarship program, suggests Mr. D avidson, as the colleges become aware of the need to keep these students on campus throughout t heir academic careers.

"If we succeed in attracting a higher proportion of outstanding students," he says, "then that's an advantage because it. will have spin-off to the total student population." It will be good for t he academic sta ndards of t he whole University and will provide a challenge to the colleges to meet the needs of these "A" students, he says. 0

Carrying on the old traditions now 100 displays campus-wide open house

Winter semester enrolment Final winter semester enrolment figures have exceeded projected targets for both undergrad uate and grad uate enrolments.

For undergraduates, the Registrar's office reports a total enrolment of 9, 751 full and part-time students. The projected figure was for 9 ,725 undergraduates. For graduate students, the Faculty of G raduate Studies reports a total enrolment of 704 fuJI and part-time students. The Faculty's projected figure was for 695 graduate students.

Of the undergraduate enrolment, 9,132 are full-time and 608 are part-time students.

A further II students remain unclassified.

New undergraduates registered for the winter semester total 387. Of these, approximately 325 are full-time and 62 are part-time students.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies still anticipates a few late students and Withdrawals, but these are not expected to greatly alter the total figure of 704. 0

J. Stevens apPointed

James S tevens Professor James Stevens, D e partment of P hysic s, has been appointed Assistant Vice足 P resident , Academic. In making the announcement P resident D onald F orster stated that in this new position P rofessor Stevens will playa vital role for the University through being respo nsible for the detailed content of academic programs.

Professor Stevens will report directly to P rofessor H oward Clark, Vice-President, A cademic, as a staff officer. "Thi s will enable Dr. Clark to devote more time to the vital area of long-term academic policy ," Professor Forster stated. The reporting relati o ns between the Vice-President, Academic and D eans, Directors , Chief Librarian and Reg istrar will be unchanged.

P rofessor Steven s has been at Guelph si nce 1957, w hen hej oined the faculty of the OAC as an assistant professo r in the Department of Physics. He was promoted to associa te profess or in 1961 and professor in 1967. D uring his time at G uelph he has had leave to be a visiting professor at th e P o lysa r Corporation in Sarni a as well as the Unive rs ity of Kent and the University of Ma nchester in England. He has been a consultant to th e O ntario M inistry of Education, P o lysar C orpo ration and the C anadian Specifications Board .

Professo r Stevens is a we ll-known research scientist and has over 20 publication s to his credit. Hi s research interest s have bee n mainly in the area of applied physics. He has been the recipient of severa l awards from ind ustry and government agencies. They include Polysa r, Abitibi Paper C o., and Sentrol Systems, beSides the N ational Research C ouncil and the Defence Resea rch Board.

Profes sor Stevens has ser ved on many committees and organizations both inside and outside the University. W ithin the U niversity, they include the Senate and committees dealing with Uni versity priorities, University aims and Objectives , the University's academic and administrative re-orga niza tion, as well as many others. He has also served on several selection committees.

Outside the University, Professo r Stevens has served on man y provincial and national bodies. From 1974 to 1977 he wa s chairman of the committee on academic freedom and tenure of the Ca nadian Association of University Tea chers (CA UT).

He has held executive positions in the Canadian Track and Field Association , the Canadian Inter-C ollegiate Athletic Union , as well as CA T and the O nta rio Confederati on of University Facult y Associations . He is c urrently on the exec uti ve of the O ntario Universit ies Athletic A ssociations and is chairman of the curriculum study committee for the Science Teachers' Association of O ntario.

Professo r S tevens was born in

Man itoba , but soon after moved t o Toront o where he recei ved his early schooling. He earned his B. A. in mathematics and ph ysics in 1953, his M .A. in geophysics in 1955 and hi s Ph. D . in polymer physics In 1957, all fr om t he University of Toronto. W hile taking graduate w or k he held the M cKee足 Gilchrist scholarship and in 1973 /74 he was awarded a Nuffield Foundation Tra ve l Grant.

In addition to hi s u nive rsit y career and public service acti vities , P rofessor Stevens, toge ther with his wife, the fo rme r Ca rol Nichol, and their four childre n, operate a 132-acre fa rm just outside Guelph. They are raising 45 head of beef cattle in a cow-calf opera tion . 0

alumni news Your UGAA Executivefor197S...

Front row, (J to r); Rick Ca wthorn, C BS '73, vice-president; Janet ( Thompson) M cNally, CPS '69, Vice-president; Olive (Thompson) Th ompson, Ma c '35, p resident ; Ken Bell, CBS '73, senior vice-president, president CBS Alumni Association; Judie (Earle) Meredith, Mac '6 1 D, vice-president . Centre rOIr, (J to r); dire ctors Ja ckie Wemyss, CBS '74; M arga ret (Play er) Ex ley, M ac '67; Margaret ( Kirkland) Shullieworth, Mac '58; ex-officio direct ors S andra (Johnson) M artin, M ac '69. p resi足 dent, Ma c- FA CS Alumni A ssociation; and Elizab eth ( Ma c Naught on) Sandals, C PS '69, president C PS Alumni Association. Back row, (Ito r); director Janice (R obertson) Partlow, Arts '70; ex-officio director John Babcock, OA C '54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development; Rosemary Clark, Ma c '59, associate secretary, Ass istant D irector, Alumni Programs; Jim Elmslie, Treasurer, A ssistant Director fo r Development; ex-officio director Dr. James M illington, 0 VC '69, president, 0 VC A lumni Association; Dr. Thomas De Geer, 0 VC '54, vice-president; ex-officio directors Chris Hanna, presiden t, Graduat e Student 's A ssociat ion and Michael Streib, A rt s '69, p resident , College ofArts Alumni Association; director Judith Main, Arts '75, and ex-offiCio director Ewart Carberry, OA C '44, president OA C Alumni Association . For other members of the Univ ersity of Guelph Alumni A ssociation ExecUl ive not p resent in the picture see listing on page 2.

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Off to Greece " Mo re than 200 requests for brochures fuJly describing the proposed Alumni T o ur to G reece have been answered and reservation applications ha ve been co ming in since mid December," re port s R osemary C lark , Mac '59 , as sistant direct or, alumni programs.

For those still stud yi ng the broc hure and still undecided , an d for those about to writ e for it , we 'd remind yo u that the deadline for re serva tions for th e April 16 to Ma y I tour is March 15 - whi c h is not far off.

Arrangements for pre-tour orientation sessions are being finalized so we'd suggest tha: the time fo r action is now.

If yo u haven 't written fo r a broc hure then dash o ff your request for one with o ut dela y to : Alumni Tours, Alumni Office, Level 4, University C e ntre, Universit y of Guelph, Gu elph , O ntario N IG 2 W I. We'll shoot one to yo u by return mail. 0

Alumni Maple Syrup Festival

Rea c h right now fo r a pencil and prominently mar k M arch 19 on your copy of the special 1978 Da teline issue of theGuelph A lumnus (which by now, no doubt, has assumed a prominen t pla ce in your home or office.)

P lan on that date to att en d , between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, the Alumni M aple Syrup Festi val at the Universit y Arboretum and t rea t yourself and yo ur family to a delicious lun ch of pa ncakes a nd maple syrup th at YOU help t o make' A lan Watson , CBS '73, A rb oretum naturalist, is planning to tap ab out 150 of the 300 tall m a ples adjacent to the J . . Ta ylor Na t ure Centre in the A rboretum's Vic toria woods and set up a wood-fired evaporator.

H e is hoping that all who a ttend will ph ys i足 cally ta ke part in the ga the ring of sa p and the boiling-off for sy rup, s ugar and taffy.

A displ ay in the Nature C entre will cover th e sociol og ical and cultural impact of syrup-making down through the yea rs.

Literat ure covering the subject and con tainin g recipe s in volv ing maple syrup will be ava ilable.

"Snow or shine, we'll be o peratin g" is the message from A la n Watson. Join him for what's going to be a real fun event. 0

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letters to

the editor

The way it was in 1910 Dear Mr. Wing: Reading over the Summer 1977 edition of the G uelph Alumnus, I th ought you might like to ha ve a word from one of t he last of Class OAC '14. War and tim e have greatly redu ced the numbers living.

I was born in Kent, Englan d, in February 1889, and in December, 191 0, I came oUlfrom England to join the staff of the Dairy Department of th e OAC under Professor H. H. Dean. I spent that Ch ristmas with m y cousins, the Fran ces, near Hamilt on.

Atthe opening of th e Spring term Profess or Dean said to me, "Mr. Golding, you wil/ teach the labs in separators and milk test ing to th e M acdonald Hall girls". I had never taught before and a class of 12 young ladies. averaging ab out m y own age, was rather formidable fo r a start in a subject I kn ew lillIe aboUl. Ho wever, Ifound th em quite co-op erat ive, bUl j udged they were m ore interested in m y accent than separators or milk . My English accent may haveformed a go od source of humour on their long walks back to the Hal/.

The next lab I taught wasfactory buller making to th e second-year men (who I joined later in the th ird year). One of the problems resultedfrom summer bUlter having been stored and goneflshy inflav our. and it was being served in the dining hall - an invitation for my class to p ock et pounds offresh bUll er wh en my back was turned. A senior mem ber of the Department, seeing th e low yield we were gell ingfrom cream, told me in no uncertain terms that I should control my class beller. A short time later, when he was teaching a class farm bUller making, he pUl aboUl 30 one-p ound prints ofbUller on a window ledge to co ol. When he came to take this bUller to st orage, only two pounds were left . I heard no more aboUl controlling m y class.

Lat er, the studentsfound an ingenious method of gelling sweet cream which was stored overnight in winter locked in a small cold room with an open fa nlight. The large can of cream had a hole in th e lid to help remove the lid when required. One night. with the help ofa ladder and a long thin

rubber tube put in to the hole in the lid, they siphon ed out as mu ch sweet cream as they wanted into dorm itory water j ugs.

In th e Fall of 19 12 I left the Dairy Department andjoined the j unior class (Class 1914) after having taken several supplemental exams such as vegetable garden ing, bee-keeping, etc., which I had not taken in England.

Lewis Mosley, also' 14, j oined me in a dormit ory bedroomfo r two in th e main building -then p rovided with ajugfor water, wash basin and slop buck et. One night,for my initiat ion, the junior class arranged a pillow fight (whi ch I lo st) and I had my bedding thrown out of our windo w. The sophomores on th e samefloor thought they shouldjoin in thefun but were deterred by the Juni ors with our slop bu cket. Wh en I ran outfor my bedding, I had to avoid the sophom ore contributions.

Th e Massey Loan Fund has been a great help to students. Dr. George Creelm an told the story of Jerry Hu rst who phoned him fr om th e lockup in Guelph and said - "The sheriff has picked me up because l owe about 50 dollars to theflorist and the irony is that I got theflowersfor the Sheriffs daughter." I believe he got th e loan that evening. I also go t a loan of50 dollars to tide m e over until I was paid by Io wa State Co llege (now University) to which I had been appointed in June 19 14.

A. E. Palls and Ij oined Iowa State at ab oUl th e same time and room ed together.

Both a/us enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary For ce the next winter, he with th e Princess Pats, and I with th e 9 1st Highlanders of Hamilton. His rise fr om the ranks was spectacular as he became a M ajor General commanding th e Central Division of Canada towards the end of the Se co nd World War. Norman S. Golding, OA C ' 14 Apt. 207. 250. West George Vic toria. B.C V9A I M 6

As others see us Dear Editor:

As Head of Guidance and Counselling

Ser vices, I receive the G uelph Alumnus and

read it wit h much enjoyment.

Although I do n ot know yo ur graduates, I must say that the Alumnus always contains excellent well wrillen articles that reveal pride in th e A lma Mater.

Congratulations for an excellent job !

Rheal J. Caron, Head of Guidance S ervices Ecole secondaire Andre-Laurendeau 235 chemin McArthur Vanier, Ontario 0

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The Department of Alumni Affairs and Development has been bothered for some time by the fact that there are a number of severed umbilical cords ­ those important pipelines of information between the department and alumni that are designed to transmit news of alumni happenings.

In an effort to make some reconnections, we've listed below some of o~u~ lost alumni together with their last known whereabouts and we'd appreciate . :/ .);\ ../' any news at all regarding their whereabouts now - any clue will be helpful; ......-~~~ what town or city they live in; their place of employment; reference to a ~ friend or relative - we'll follow up.

Information, hot tips, clues etc. should be sent to Joe Brooks, Assistant to the Director, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, University • • • of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1

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Ryan, Patrick, Toronto Sokol off, Stephen, Will owdal e Swan, Michael , G uelph Tupling, Barba ra, Guelph Tyne, John , Sudbury

CBS '68 Cargo, Wayne, Burlingt o n Dormaar, Kim, West Hill Kunau, Eva , Wind so r Worsfold, Robert , Scarb o rough

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'70 Belfry, Derek, Stouffvi lle Bla nd , John, O ttawa C oleman , J. H ., S tr o ud Doupe, Lind a , Brampton Fo ulds, Jam es, Spryfield , Halifax , N .S .

Gibbons, Alan, Guelph Jefferson, John , Scarborough Kidd , Brian, Ottawa Lewis, Wa y ne, New mark et Liddle, Mauree n, Guelph McIsaac, Ma rgaret , Bobcaygeon Melbourne, Terra nce, Oak ville Norwood, John , Bran tford R o binso n, David , Guelph Sawyer, Mark, Guelph Watson , C heryl, Toron to

'71

Swiss, James, St. J o hn's NF LD

Wruttle, David , Is lington

'72

Atkinso n, James, Owen Sound

Beaver, Janet, Etobicoke

Benjamin, J ohanne, Ottawa

Evernd en, Deanna, Kingsto n Hagge rt y, Lloyd , S t. Jo hn's Nfld .

HaJJ, David , Guelp h

Ham ilton, Mari lyn, Co bou rg

HeJJewell, Robert, Mi ssi ssa uga

H elmka, Mary, Listo we l

Henderso n) Joanne, Kingston Hicks, Kathryn, Islington

Hiller, T ho mas, Stratford

J o hnston, Steve n, Guel p h

K eJJ y, Mic hae l, Ham ilt o n

Kempto n, Robert, G uelph

Lindsay, David , R oc kwo od

Motayne, Gregory, Guelph

Muckle, J o hn , Whitby

Rubaszek , Andrew, Whitb y

Rubasze k , Lucia

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'69

R ice, \Vayn e, Scarborough

'74

CPS C uri e, Sha ro n, Burlingt o n Lock, Wa lt er, Denfi eld Wilson , Ga rland , New Li skea rd

Burch, Rodney, Scarbo roug h

H enders on, Donald, Port C redit

Hoover, la n, St. Augustin, Quebec

Jemmett , J ohn , Oakville

Jones, Marvin, Toronlo Kn ox, Anth ony, Don Mills

Aldridge, Ri chard , G uelph Brown , Patricia, Elmira Immerseel, J ohan nes, Brockv ille,

Peacock, S tephen, Vancouver, s.c.

Rehi ll, Astrid, Toronto

Rogoyski, M att hew, Toro nt o

R oss, James, Markham

Wh it e, Barry, Dorchester

Whit e, Elaine, Toron to

Alle n, James, GUelph De Souza , Peter, Scarborough Emery, Judith, Dow nsview Emery, Lo~ ne , Down sview Hea ld , Kenneth , T hunder Bay Huggins, Rod erick , K itch ener Koven, William , Will owda le Litke, Eliza beth, St. Ca tharines M cAndrews, Carla, St. Catharines M cquarrie, Paul , Guelph M iller, Gord o n, Guelph Mille r, Susan, Guelph O liver, Larry, Brock ville Zi linsk as , Doris, Ha milton

Allen, George, Thund er Bay C han, f ranc is, Toronto Einarson, Gregory, Douglas Gr zegor wski, Ira, Ca petown H o man , Menn o, Hamilt o n Hughes , Jo hn , God erich La ngan, Mar y, Rexd a le Paciga . Jo hn , Red La ke Pla tt , Margaret , Weston Steiner, Peter , K ingsville TunniC\iffe, Linda, O shawa

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McCa ul , Ronald , To ronto McFad den , Donald , Wallace burg Mitchell, Andrew, Guelph Mo ntgom erie, Robert, Mo ntreal , Quebec Pelton , Laurie, Embro Ram say, Michael , M iss issau ga Rich ar ds o n, W ill ia m , Shelburne R oje nko, Swjatoslaw, Ham ilton Ruby, Gerald , Toronto Stewart , Donald, Bram pton S tewart , W ayne, Waterloo Strupp, Mary , S t. Catharines S utherland, Anne , G ue lph T urnbull, David, Willo wdale Weiie r, Bria n, Walkert o n Winn , Irene, Thunder Bay Wood , Trudee, London

'74 Ayisi , J oshua, Alabama, USA Baxt er, Richard, Toronto C hipman, Mars ha ll, Gue lph Co rnacchia , Frances, Scarborough Devin, Joseph , Ottawa Grant , William, Lo nd on Paolini , Aida, Mi ssissa uga Schoch, Jean , Guelph Shek, Yuen- Ming, Bram pto n Street, Roger, Halton Hills

'75 Bonnett , Bre nda, Ha milt o n Coates, M ark, Toronto Gushie, Michael, Burlington Howard, Kenn eth , Vic toria , BC Hrabi, Mervin , G uelph Lawso n. Da vi d , Brantfo rd Lowes , W alter, Toront o

L u bcrt , J o hn , Gu elph Ng, Chak , Barrie Og bonnah, Amadi, Guelph

'77

Turner, E. D., Toronto Weir, Dennis, Scar boro ugh

Wi JJe r, Brian, D o n Mills

Austin, Lee , Guelph

Showalter, Ga yle, Cambridge (G )

'71

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A iJJes, Ca t herine, Gue lph

Andrews, M ichael , No rth Ba y

Bruce, Kenn el h, Hespeler

Ca llaghan , Patrick, Ottawa

C hapman , Robert, Guelph

Charland, Louis, Scarborough

Ch iu, Regina, M o ntreal, P.Q.

Chung, Nelso n, Guelph

Ch ung, Alice, G uelph

C hute , Ri cha rd , Brantfo rd

Debeye r, Thomas, Fredericton , N .B.

Fleischer, Prulip, Inge rsoll

Fraser, Colin, Freeto n, Sierra Leone , Afri ca Frisque, Michael, Ottawa

Gata, Sydn ey, Guelph

Gleeson, Thomas, Ottawa

Ho wse, Karen, G uelph

Kai ser, John, Gu elph

Kem p, P atri cia , Lond o n

Leitch, Ri cha rd , Simcoe

MacDo nald, Ke nneth, Tr uro, N. S.

Macgce, Brian, G uelph

'70 Burns, WiJJiam, Spruce Gro ve, Alberta

Ca meron, Donald, Cha mpagne , Ill inois, US A

Curry, Frederick , Windsor

'72 Bee r, R obert , Mi ss issauga

Co ttrell, Judith , Fergus

Cummings, Gary, Edmont on, Alberta

Fawce tt, Robert, Burling ton

Hunter, Ro dger, Belle viJJe

Whitley, Ma ril y n, Th o rnhill

'74 Dougall, D a le, Islingto n

Har loff, Gle n, L is tow el

Lindfield, George, Kitchener

Ma scola , Gary , G uelph

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coming events

19 Alumni Maple Syrup Festival at the Arboretum March 11-12 College Royal Open House 11 Alumni Association Annual Meetings: 31 OAC Annual Alumni Bonspiel April 1 OAC Annual Alumni Bonspiel College of Arts College of Biological Science 16 to May 1 Alumni tour to Greece 20 OAC Alumni Association Annual Seminar College of Physical Science 15 Reservations deadline, Alumni tour 29 Green Thumb Day at the Arboretum to Greece May 6 Mac-FACS Alumni Association Annual Seminar

Alumni elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill alumni seats on the Senate of the University of G uelph.

Each year, the three-year term s of office of three of the nin e alumni senators expire. R etiring A ug ust 31 , 1978 arc Dr. E. Rendle Bowness, OVC ' 32, Miss Isabel J. Lockerbie, M ac '30, and M rs . S. (Ann) Smith, OAC '52. T he terms of office of M iss M ary H ofstetter, B.A . '68, W illiam D. Laidlaw , B.A. ' 74, and Ron T ay lor, B.Comm. '73, will expire August 31. 1979. F rank A rchibald , O A C ' 39, M iss G retchen Mac M illan, C SS '70 , and Dr. V. C. Rowan W a lker, OVC '47, will sit o n Senate until A ugust 31 , 1980.

The a bove incumbents should not be renominated. All al umni who ha ve graduated from th e University of G uelph or its founding colleges a re eligible to nominate members to Senate. S ince the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June, the position of alumni senator is a working position, not an honorary one. Accordingly, only candidates w ho w ill be ina position to attend meetings should be nominated. M oreover, nominees must not be registered for a degree or d ip loma at this U niversit y, nor be a mem ber of the teaching or ad m inistrati ve staff of this U ni versi ty, a s t hose groups are otherwise represented .

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and ma y be used to nominate up to three candid ates.

o m inations wil.l be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by Ma rch 20 , 1978.

Senate Nomination Form W e n om inate th e following graduate(s) , ordinarily resid en t in Ontario, for election to Senate for th e three-year term commencing September I, 1978.

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