Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1982 by University of Guelph

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH A WMNUS WinlÂŤ 1982 Vol. IS, No, I

UNIVERSITY OF GUEL PH ALUM NI ASSOCIATION HONORARY PRES I DENT Professor Donald F, Forster. PRES I DENT : J ackie ( Wemyss) Wr ight, CBS '74 . PA ST PRES ID ENT: Dr . T om DeGee r, OVC '54. SENIOR VI CE, PRESIDENT: J a ne (Vollick) Webs ter, FA CS '75, SECRETAR Y: Dr, O. Brian Alle n, C PS '72, ASSOC IATE SECRETAR Y: Rosema ry Cla rk , Mac '59, TREASURER : James Elmslie, D IRECTORS : Linda Allen, C PS '72 ; Peter Anderson, Well. '68 ; Dr. Cl iff Ba rker, OVC '4 1: Debbie (Nas h) Chambers, Arts '77 ; Les Dunn , C BS '76 : Lynn (Morrow) Featherston, M ac '68 ; Dr. Peter Forte , CPS M .Sc. '70 ; Eli zabeth Heeney, FACS ' 7 1; A lvin Jo ry, CSS '7 4; Edith Le Lacheur, Arts '72; Ri c ha rd Moccia, C BS '76; Pat ri cia (Shie r ) Mighton. OAC '64 ; Elizabeth O'Neil, FA CS '74; Ross Pa rr y, CSS '80; Dr. Me l Po land, OV C '44; G lenn Powell, OA C '62 ; Clare Rennie, OA C '47: M a rgo S hoe ma ke r, Arts '79; M argo Ta nl. C BS '76; Dr. Sta n Wa rd , OVC '36. EX,OFFICIO DIRECTORS: Larry Argue, OAC '58, President, Onlario Ag ri cultural College Alumni Associa tio n; Jo hn Babcoc k, OAC ' 54 , Director of Al umni Arrairs and Development ; Joffrey Cowan, Pres ident , Universit y of Guelph Central S tudent Association; G reg Coulte r, Pres iden t, Graduale S iudents Associa lion; Jim Ga lli van , CBS '73, Presidenl, College of Biological Science Alumni Association; Ma ry ( Web be r) H enry, Mac '66, Presidenl M_c- FACS Alumni Association; Ba rba ra (Porter) Hi nds , CSS '74, Presidenl, C ollege of Soc ial Science Alumni Associ_lion; Dr . Archi e Mac Kinn on, OVC '43, Pres idenl, Onl_rio Velerin a ry College Alumni Associalion; Ba rry Stahlbaum, CPS '74, Presidenl, College of Physica l Sc ience Alumni Associ.lion; Julie (Russell) Thur, Art s ' 78, Presidenl, COllege of ArlS Alumni Association ,

Th e Guelph Alumnus is publi shed by the Depa rt ment of Alumn i Affairs a nd Development in co,operati o n with the Depa rt ment of Information, Un iversity of Guelph . EDITOR : DEREK J . W ING , Publication s Offi cer , Department of Alumni Affairs a nd Development. The Edit orial Comm itt ee is compri sed of the Edit o r, Derek Win g; John Babcock, OAC ' 54, Director of Alumni Affairs a nd Development; Erich Ba rth , Art Director, Department of Inform ation; Rosema ry Clark, Ma c '59, Assistant Director for Alum ni Prog rams; Do ugla s Waters to n, Director , Department of In formation; Donald Jose, OA C '49, Press-Pu bl ic it}" Depart ment of Informati on; Robin Ba ird Lewis , Arts '73 , Develo pme nt /Com municat io ns Office r, Department of Alumni Affairs a nd Develo pment. The Edito rial Adv isory Boa rd of th e Uni ve rs it y of G uelph a lumn i Associa ti o n is comprised of Ewart Ca rberr y, OA C '4 4 , C hai rman ; Dr. Allan A ustin ; Dr. Do na ld Ba rnum , OVC '41 ; W . Jo hn Bowles, CSS '72: Judith Ca rso n, Arts '75; Pete r H ohena del, OAC '75 ; Janice (Robert son) Pa rtl ow, Art s '70; Oli ve (Thompson) Thompson, Mac ' 35; Sandra Webster, CSS '75: Ex-offi cio; Jo hn Babcock, OAC ' 54; Jack ie ( Wem)'ss) Wri g ht , C BS '7 4. Undelive red co pies should be returned to the Depa rtm ent of Alumni Affai rs and Development, University or Gue lph, Guelp h, Ont ario N IG 2W I

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Universities are National Assets

By Don Jose, OAC '49. anadian universities need the resources of both the provincial and federal governments if they are to maintain cxcelknce in post-secondary education. This is the essence of a 200-page n:port, Fiscal Federalism in Canada, prepared by the Parliamentary Task Force on Federal-Provincial Arrangements, which advises the federal government to maintain levels of funding to provinces in education, social security and health. Guelph's administrators and academics have studied the report, and the big 4uestion on their minds is, "Will the federal government accept the task force 's n:eommenda t ions ')" Appointed last Spring, the task force spcnt three months touring the country and speaking to people and groups involved in post-secondary education, health and hospital insurance and social security programs. The federal/provincial funding agreements on the programs end on M arch 31 and the universities have been concerned about Established Programs Financing (EPF) transfers since the fall of 1980 when federal finance minister Allan MacEachen announced intentions to cut $1.5 billion from the services over a two-year period. It

should be noted that, in his November 1981 budget, Mr. MacEachen postponed the dec isions on any revisions of EPF until 1983. The origina l post-secondary transfer of 1967 was absorbed under the EPF arrangements introduced in 1977. In these new arrangements the federal compensation to provinces in support of post-secondary education was placed on a per capita basis and escalated at the rate of growth of the eco nom y.

Will the federal government

accept t he task force's recommendations?

The result is that the federal government provides an estimated $18 .8 billion to the provinces for social programs and provincial equalization, with the Province of Ontario receiving amounts variously estimated as high as 90 per cent of its university grants. The task force rejects the notion of further federal withdrawal from, or diminished interest in, post-secondary education . It could not identify any areas in which reductions in overall levels of funding could be undertaken without a serious risk that important program goals and standards would be jeopardized. "There is no fa t in post-secondary education, . .. " says the report, and it accepts the representations of those who argued before it that serious cuts in program funding would cut into muscle and sinew-not fat. The task force recognizes that post-secondary educationa l institutions are national as well as provincial resources, a lt hough the provillciallevel of government has primacy of jurisdiction in education . It would be unacceptable for the federal government to attempt to legislate national standards for post-secondary cducation, continues the report, but it does call for greater consultation between the

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federal government and the provinces towards establishing national education goals. The federal government's apparent unhappiness with the lack of visibility and accounta bility for the expenditures of its funds, and for the lack of concern for the meeting of national objectives, is noted by the task force. The federal government wants to identify where its dollars are going, and ensure that these are being used to resolve problems of national significance. The report also recommends that federal and provincial ministers jointly review, and place a priority on, action to improve assistance to needy students. A number of organizations and individuals were witnesses at public hearings or presented written briefs. President Donald Forster was one of four, representatives of the Council of Ontario Universities at a hearing. He is also chairman of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada committee to monitor developments in this area and make representations on behalf of the universities.

• appreciates fully that because education is under provincial jurisdiction, the responsibility for coping with change and effectively serving broad Canadian interests must rest with the provinces and their institutions . Therefore, the Task Force believes that there should be an effective consultation mechanism to ensure concerted efforts by all concerned to establish and attain the goals that are of mutual interest to both orders of government. • recommends that in line with the 1976 First Ministers' commitment, the responsible federal minister or ministers proceed on an urgent basis to consult with the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), on matters of concern to both orders of government in the field of higher education. • suggests that early attention be given to the definition of purposes in post-secondary education that are of concern to all governments. I n this connection, priority consideration should be given to the need for more highly-qualified manpower in the 1980s, and the confirmation of existing commitments to student mobility and equality of access to post-secondary education for Canadians . Similarly, it is desirable to ensure reasonable access to Canadian higher education for foreign students.

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• recommends that early consideration be given to the establishment of a focal point, post-secondary or mechanism, to ensure internal co-ordination of federal programs related to education.

post-secondary education. Serious cuts in • recommends that federal general support for ttigher education be continued on the program funding current block-funded basis, at least until the two orders of government have would cut into consulted about the goals and future needs the higher education sector, but as a muscle and sinew, ofprogram separate from future support for health programs. The Task Force believes not fat.

that this method of providing general

• agrees that there should be greater accountability to Parliament and more public information made available on the general EPF support provided to provinces for post-secondary education by the federal government. • recommends that the minister designated responsible for consulting with the CMEC, report annually to Parliament, beginning in 1982-83 on: -transfers to each province for higher education; - to the extent appropriate, other programs of federal support to, or involvement in, post-secondary education; -the effectiveness of these federal programs in moving toward the country's economic and other goals; and -the results of consultations with the CMEC about the definition of national purposes to be served by higher education, and the means by which the CMEC and the provinces will achieve these objectives. • recommends that the minister's annual report be referred to a parliamentary committee for review, and that arrangements be negotiated with the provinces covering information exchange and such other action as may be required to enable the responsible minister to discharge his or her responsibility for reporting to Pa rliament. 0

support to the provinces best accords with the primary responsibility of the provinces for education. Excerpts from Conclusions and Recommendations

The task force: • recognizes the need for general base funding for the post-secondary sector, to permit adults of aJl ages- not just the traditional 18-24 age group-to pursue spiritual and intellectual goals, to polish their critical faculties and to expand their general base of knowledge on which more specific skills may be built.

• recommends that the responsible provincial and federal ministers jointly review, and take appropriate action on, the alternatives for improved assistance to needy students, described in the Report of the Task Force on Student Assistance, and that priority attention be given to early adjustments in existing programs that will ensure that needy students have realistic levels of assistance in the light of rising costs and reduced opportunities for summer earnings.

he products of the sugarbush make a substantial contribution to the value of agricultural production in Ontario. The business is very scientific and efficient nowadays. The trees in the bush are festooned with miniature plastic pipes that convey the sap to the building where it is processed. Inside the structure there is an awesome-looking stainless-steel evaporator, with thermostats, gauges and hydrometers, to say nothing of some very modern packaging equipment. The product that emerges from this elaborate manul路actory is of uniform quality , clear and wholesome, but in my unrcgenerate opinion, it is not the equal of the cloudy-brown smoke-flavoured product of (ong ago. It was the Indians who taught the early settlers how to make maple syrup. They collected the sap of the sugar maple in gouged-out wooden troughs, and evaporated it by tossing in red-hot stones. The mcthods I remember were pretty erude too, but a little more advanced than the Indian way. I was seven years old when I became acquainted with the business. It made quite an imprint, for I remember the details with astonishing clarity. I was the youngest of my family, and had several brothers who were already young men. The sugar season started around the middle of March. On a sunny day, at the appropriate time, the boys would load the bob-sleigh with tools and blankets and some 30-gallon milk cans and head for the bush. I went along as an interested observer, and for the fun of it. The sugar-shanty was primitive, nothing more than an open-fronted lean-tb. The horses were unhitched, and one of them was attached to the whiffletree of a stone-boat that we found at the shanty. The sap-buckets, some of wood and some of metal, were taken from where they were pikd in the shanty, and loaded onto the boat. Then we drove off through the trees, pausing at each sugar maple to bore a hole or two in the trunk, drive in the spiles, and

attach the buckets. The sap started to flow almost immediately, striking the bottom of the bucket with a reverberant plink-plonk. On sunny days after frosty nights the sap ran fast, and it was collected once or twice each day. The stone-boat was driven between the trees, and the sap dumped into the large milk cans. When a sufficient supply was accumulated, "boiling" commenced. It was done in the open, using a shallow pan that sa t on a crudely-constructed furnace of fieldstone and baked clay. It had a chimney at one end, and an opening at the other through which fuel could be added to the fire. Syrup-making was a continuous process that went on night and day during the season. The furnace was stoked with wood from a convenient pile from time to time to maintain the moderate boiling temperature needed to reduce the water content of the sap. As the process got under way, a white cloud of condensation formed over the furnace area; sometimes it rose high through the tree-tops, at others it drifted laterally through the trees until it disappeared. As evaporation proceeded, more sap was added to keep the contents of the pan a t a uniform level. When the fire became too hot, the frothy liquid rose in [he pan and threatened to overflow its sides. This was averted by attaching a piece of fat pork to a stick and running it around the edge of the pan, causing the boil-up to subside. It was pleasant to be in the sugarcamp. The work was not overly hard, and it was an agreeable change from the ordinary round of dull farm chores. During the day the various members of the family, and neighbours too, liked to visit the camp for an hour or two to talk with the boys and share their work. Sometimes a meal was brought from the house to be shared picnic-style in the lean-to. At other times the food was cooked on a shovel held over the coals. It was necessary for someone to

be on duty at all times to keep the fire going and prevent the sap from boiling over. At night, the watch was divided; one person looked after the pan, while the others slept under the horse blankets in the lean-to. It required the addition of many gallons of sap to produce a pan of syrup; but gradually the contents of the receptacle thickened to the proper consistency. Our boys required no fancy hydrometer to tell them when we had syrup. They just poured some of the hot liquid onto a fresh snow-patch; if it congealed to form a taffy-like wafer, they knew it was time to remove the batch from the pan and start another. At this point the product was rather murky and dark brown, as it contained some impurities, including wood ashes, bits of bark, and tiny twigs. Some syrup-makers liked to cleanse the product on the site, but we preferred to clarify it at the house. It was my mother who attended to this important part of the process. The syrup was poured into a clothes-boiler, and a clarifier consisting of several eggs beaten up in a mixture of milk and syrup was added. The contents of the boiler was brought to a slow boil, whereupon the clarifier would rise to the surface carrying the impurities, and the whole was promptly skimmed off. The resulting syrup was brighter and clearer than the ra w product, but not entirely robbed of its dark-brown tint and smoky flavour. I n our spartan Canadian climate the rite of sugar-making, coming as it does at the end of Winter, has, since pioneering days, injected a note of gaiety into the scene at a time when it is needed. While the method of producing maple products may have changed, the capacity of Canadians to appreciate the traditional festival has not. In fact, more people than ever now visit the sugarbush in season, to share in an obser-vance that reminds us of our pioneer origins. 0

FOOD

A Force for Hope and Peace

An abbreviated presentation of an on-campus address deliv足 ered during Aggie Week by John M. Lindley, OAC '53, President, Campbell International Division of the Campbell Soup Company. ood is the most powerful single force in our interdependent world . It has toppled governments and brought victory and ruin to politicians. It has, on occasio n, changed the course of history. It can dictate economics. It can cause war and activate emotions. It can be a binding interna tional force for hope and peace. It means life. You and I have chosen one of the oldest professions known to man-agron足 omy. You are about to accept its challenges-and they are great. In the 1980s there should not be a single human being undernourished nor underfed . But there are many' You and I can help to formulate the tools to do something about it. First, let's understand the problem. There are divergent views concerning the outcome of the race between food and people. The present world population is in the neighborhood of four and a half billion and some estimates suggest it will exceed six billion by the year 2000-a mere 19 years away. Just to maintain the status quo, food production will have to grow by 50 per cent during the next two decades. It is estimated that one billion of the world 's population currently are undernourished. Allover the developing world the consumption of meat, which includes poultry, is soaring. In the past five years consumption per capita in developing countries has risen by 24 per cent. Many worry that the demand for meat will con~ribute to serious food price inOation in the 1980s and, indirectly, to the spread of hunger around the world. A recent report by the Brandt Commission indicates each of the 30 least-developed countries of the world has a . slim margin between subsistence and disaster. These countries exist in a fr ag ile and sometimes hostile tropical environment. Without well-planned irrigation systems and prudent water management, many of

these countries are highly vulnerable to droughts, Ooods, soil erosion and creeping deserts. These circumstances, combined with a continuing popUlation increase, have decreased per capita food production during the past two decades. In some of these countries, total food production-not just per capita-has actually fallen. Ethiopia's total food production, for example, dropped over 16 per cent between 1974 and 1979. Society IS capable of nutritiously feeding the world 's population. There are many examples. Let's examine three: Taiwan, Israel and orth America. Taiw an lies in the earthquake and typhoon belts and suffers periodic damage from violent rains, Ooods, winds and tremors. Yet this little island, through the dedication and innovative capacity of its people has, since World War Two, essentially cap tured the world market in asparagus, mushrooms and pineapples . It also produces substantial quantities of other crops. If the accomplishments of the Taiwanese could be duplicated through the massive areas of the tropics, the harvest would be astounding. Today, however, only a small fraction of the world's food is produced in the tropics. Israel has been in the forefront in researc h and development in the utilization of water, labour and energy for agricultural production. This little country of about 20,000 square kilometers, half of which is desert, exports large qu an tities of citrus. It also exports, to Europe, cotton, processed foods, fresh fruits, vegetables, peanuts and cut Oowers. Simply stated, where there is a will, where there is dynamic leadership, there is progress. Most of us are aware of the outstanding accomplishments of North American agriculture. Many people of the

world have depended, and still depend, on us for food. How have we been able to do this? We will concede an abundance of good land and reasonably favorable climate. I know, however, that our output records would not have been possible without many other basics: the will and determination of innovative farmers operating in a free enterprise system; excellent training provided by our agricultural universities; the accomplishments of our agricultural research institutions; the transfer of technology by our extension services, and, finally , a supportive political system relatively free of bribery, corruption and personal gain. As meritorious as our past accomplishments have been, new records can still be ach ieved. For example, experts say the theoretical yield for corn should be 580 bushels per acre and 165 bushels for soybeans. Yet, the highest U.S. average yields for these crops is only about one fifth of the theoretical yields. The present U.S. a verage corn yield is 109 bushels per acre. This contrasts with a record yield of 312 reported by a researcher and 352 reported by a farmer. In Canada, the present national average wheat yield is 28 bushels per acre, while the average for Kent County is 72 bushels. Some farmers in Kent County rather consistently produce in excess of 100 bushels per acre, and it has been suggested tha t yields of 130-140 bushels per acre are possible. The gap between present average yields for these crops (corn, soybeans and wheat) in North America and their projected potential yields represents a tremendous reservoir of food. If we back up further and contrast the projected potential yields with the present low yields in developing countries, the reserve world food supply becomes astronomical. We should consider, however, that ultimately North America cannot meet the world dem a nd for food and the effort to do so could sidetrack developing countries' efforts to build their own agricultural production. Clearly, our challenge is to find the combination to open the lock on the world's enormous gra nary. We can do more with food production in those countries already well advanced technically, and we MUST do more in those areas of the globe where progress continues to be slow. How do we proceed and what are the essentials? I th ink there are at least four basic contributing factors: education and research, technology interchange, the political environment, and the profit motive and a will to achieve.

Education and Research Let us look at a few challenges and opportunities confronting various agricultural specialists.

The animal scientist: I. Develop production and feeding regimes that produce carcasses of high muscle (meat) yields and low waste fat. 2. Develop procedures for estrous synchronization to achieve a more uniform ca'iving, lambing, or farrowing time. The plant and biological scientist: I. Accomplish nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous plants such as corn, tomatoes and other vegetables. 2. Through genetic engineering and other means, develop crops and varieties that are resistant to major diseases and insects prevalent in the growing areas around the world. 3. Develop biological controls to replace pesticides.

eating habits to acce p t our traditional N orth A merican fo od recipes. Instead, we have had to make cha nges to meet the desires of th e people in the countries in which we operate. Some of the more difficult and frustrating problems encountered by research agencies and industriall companies in developing and implementing new tech nology in many of the third world countries are related to social constraints and entanglements. I suppose we are partiall y res ponsible for some of these frustrations, because at times we do not do our home wor k. Sometimes we do not understand the culture, the symbols, the motivations or the values of those whom we attempt to help. It is difficult for us to understand that culture' s traditions and values have a tenacious hold on the minds and attitudes of its people, and that change is often very slow and difficult.

The Political Environment The soil scientist: I. Develop procedures for more efficient utilization of fertilizer and water where irrigation is used. 2. Improve productiviiy of marginal soils. 3. Improve North American soil manage足 ment to reduce ;I ong-term impact of increasing soil erosion. The agricultural engineer: I. Develop management practices to achieve reduced ,l abour and capital costs per unit of production. 2. Develop more energy-efficient planting, cultivating and harvesting machinery. The marketing specialist: I. Understand the basic needs of the consumer in order to better focus the efforts of food and agricultural scientists and governments. 2. Understand better the complex distribution, storage and trading systems in order to maximize efficiencies and reduce costs.

Technology Interchange How might this be accomplished? I would be the first to admit I don't have the answers. But, I would like to make a few observations. First, it is not simply a matter of transferring North American technology to other areas of the globe. The fit is not always compatible with diverse climates, soils, societies and political aspirations. Our system was built around, and has flourished on, a tradition of change. We have learned by costly experience that people in other areas of the world do not change their taste preferences and

The political tradition of a country significantly influences the extent to which long-standing traditions and values are to be supported, or are to be challenged, in the interest of progress. To really make meaningful progress in the production of food in the developing countries, we have to break the shackles of subsistence-type agriculture. Politically, this is a very difficult task. Little can be a ccomp!l ished by dividing land up into small parcel s just large enough to provide a subsistance level of food for a fa mily group, with nothing left to sell or to trade. T here is a truism in economics which says: "N othing happens until a sa le is made ." Accordingly, little agricul tu ral devel opment, and hence little increase in food supply, is possible in a subsistence agriculture. Progress and development are possib,Je only if there is development of an exchange economy wherein a demand is created for farm products by non-farm consumers with purchasing power. Thus, a sort of symbiotic relationship needs to devel o p between agricultural development and industrialization. G overnment pricing and tax policies often have inhibited agriculture by keeping costs of imported machinery and fe rtilizers high, whi le holding payments to farmers low. [n many countries there is a consta nt bias against agriculture. M ost developing countries have relied heavily on government to operate their manufacturing and agriculture industries, in part to avert domination by foreign companies, and they have moved to keep imports out. If developing countries a re to survive, they must go beyond the building of new political institutions that followed post-war

decoloni zation efforts and concentrate primarily on spurring new production足 pa rticul a rly in agriculture.

The Profit Motive and a Will to

Achie ve

Agribusiness throughout the world has progressed in the past, and will progress in the future, in almost direct proportion to the return on capital it provides the investor. Most of my post-graduation years have been in the service of a major multi-national food company. I am a devoted disciple of the free economic system . Under this system , I believe an individu a l's personal ambitions and abilities can be devel()ped to the utmost and , in so d oing , contribute the utmost to society, to his or her na tion and to the world. This system cannot be perpetuated without profits. Looking at agribusiness, this giant encompasses a broa d range of industries including fa rming , mining, farm machinery, pesticides , fertilizers , slaughter houses, dairies, fisheries, grain mills, paper mills, chemical plants, refrigeration , food processing, advertising, sales, wholesale distribution, retailing, restaurants, agricultural colleges, experimental farms, financial institutions, etc. The combined accomplishments of these interrelated industries, operating in a free enterprise environment in North America, ha ve been phenomenal. If, somehow, thi s system could be expanded to every corner of the globe, and if there were freedom from worry about government instability and confiscation of property, then there would be no need (excuse) for hungry people now or in the foreseeable future. In summary, as a gribusiness professionals of the '80s and '90s, and on into the next century, our task is clear: to assure an adequate supply of nourishing food for the world's population at prices which are within reach of the masses. The tools we need to do the job are few, but they are essenti a l: a generation of scientists, skilled in their trades, who understand the role of food in our world; agribusiness management in fields and factories, well educated, dedicated, innovative and ready to take risks; a political climate supportive of the industry and free of those who foster self-serving interests; and a profit motive to assure sufficient capital to get the job done. I am certain that each of you, in your career, will contribute and achieve far in excess of your current expectations. Our profession needs that. The people of this world need that. If we fail , the signs are ominous. 0

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How Leslie Arrived

Leslie Barrell-Sanderson, CSS, M.A. '79.

By Nancy Mott. CSS '81. lumni don't have a great number of opportunities to get together so, once in a while, we, as Board members of the College of Social Science Alumni Association, like to look up some of our graduates to see what they're doing. We've discovered that, judging by the varidy of fields that they're working in, our alumni are very versatile people. I spoke to Leslie Barrett-Sanderson, CSS M.A. '79, a government relations analyst with Ontario Hydro to find out how she had arrived at her presen t occu pa tion. Leslie graduated from York University with an Honours B.A. degree in Political Science and History in 1976. With no clear idea a bout how she could apply her education on the job market, she decided to enrol in a French immersion course. Fluency in French can be a real asset when applying for jobs, especially with the government, according to Leslie. Following this, she held a number of jobs in Guelph including one as a part-time hostess at Mother's Pizza Parlour and Spaghetti House. It was while working there that she decided to register for a Masters in Political Science at the University of Guelph. The graduate Political Science program was small, so a friendly camaraderie developed between the students. Leslie was a bout the only person in the program who was not affiliated with a specific political party. "Everyone put up pictures of their favourite politicians. So as not to be outdone,. I put up one of Mahatma Ghandi," Leslie says. After her first year at Guelph, Leslie applied for , and won, a scholarship from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. It was a six-week travelling scholarship, designed to promote relations between India and Canada by alleviating prejudice through exposure to the Indian culture. She put her education first and, after being married for only ten days, she left for India while her husband , Hardie, CSS '78, a Geography grad, headed to Baffin Island

to do glacial studies. Despite the fact that Leslie contracted dysentery while in India, or "Delhi Belly" as it is commonly referred to, she still feels that the trip was worthwhile because it started her interest in international nuclear energy policy, a relatively new field. Leslie graduated with distinction and moved to Toronto with her husband when he took a job there. She quickly found a summer job as a consultant with the Canadian Nuclear Association. Her work there involved preparing a report based on the analysis of the Provincial Conservative government's nuclear policy, in preparation for having a hearing on that form of energy. Leslie was hired by Ontario Hydro following her summer job and, as part of their training program, was assigned to the corporate relations branch. She was later offered a position in the newly-formed government relations department. Leslie felt that she was offered that position because there were few people who had her qualifications and background. The government relations department was created to facilitate communications between the government and Hydro and, as an analyst in that department, Leslie is part of a young, professional team, most of whom hold Masters degrees. It is part of Leslie's job to scan the major Toronto newspapers each day to find articles that refer to Ontario Hydro. "Scanning the newspapers is necessary because articles are usually written with a particular focus and may be inaccurate and incomplete." She must research Hydro's position on each issue and prepare a statement for the Minister of Energy in time for question period in the House the same morning' "It can be a real pressure-cooker at times," Leslie said, as very little preparation can be done in advance. Her job also inc'l udes the preparation of briefing material on Hydro's policies and programs for the government. She enjoys

her work, however, because she is exposed to aU aspects of Hydro's operations. Leslie has discovered that "poli,tics at the working level is much different than in academic study; it can be a lot more mundane." What about the future? Leslie has considered doing a Ph .D. but feels that she would have difficulty finding an advisor in the field of international energy policy . Taking '(he external affairs exam is also a possibility, but married people are not encouraged to apply because of the lack of guaranty of jobs for spouses and the problems of relocation. Leslie would, eventually, like to focus her career on the area of international politics so, in the meantime, she has enrolled in an evening course in public administration at the University of Toronto. She and her classmates, who are mainly civil servants, are required to analyse case studies involving issues such as the negotiation of labour contracts. One of Leslie's friends jokingly remarked that the reason we chose to interview her was that she was one of the few graduates in her field who had a job. "When I graduated with a B.A . in history, I felt that I didn't really have any marketable skills," Leslie says. "Taking a year off to work and then doing a graduate program gave me more experience and confidence. You must have some direction or goal, though, when you choose to do a Masters." Leslie comments, however, that "the job market is different now. Many employers will only hire people with a Masters degree." Leslie 's career shows that 'perservance, the ability to seize opportunities, and a little luck, can help College of Social Science graduates to do whatever they want. Whatever the direction you choose to follow, Leslie, we wish you the best of luck. D

Nancy E. MOll, CSS '81. A uthor of this article, Nancy MOll is a member of the Board of Directors of the College of Social Science Alumni Association.

Through The ir

Commitmellt 路and Vis ion

By Rob.in Baird Lewis, Arts '73 ,S

ince the beginnings of the University of , Guelph's three founding colleges, many students have benefitted from awards, bursaries and scholarships provided, ,In part, through the Bequest and Commemorative Gift Programs. Cl)mmemorathie gifts can be endowment gifts In thedooor's o wn name . They can also be lasting symbols of respect and love, to honour a deceased relative or friend. or the do nor may wish to honour someone still Hvlng so that both , will enjoy watching the benefit o f their action. These gifts., as .well. may render tax advantages to the donors In their lifetimes. Most bequests are carefully planned ilL advance wlth'the University's awareness and, If required. Its assistance. To achieve thJs e nd, John K. Babcock.OAC '54. Director, Department , of Aluglnl ,Affalrs and De velopment. will have confidentially m e t with the donors and discussed

their w ishes In order to e stablish correct terms of reference. Whether the gift 1'5 a painting. a book p rize, a $300 bursary or iltesearch fellowship worth thousands of dollars. Guelph undergraduates and gr.aduatestoday enjoy the benefits of a century of g iving. This tradition stems from generous-minded alumni, their famiUes and friends, and other bene factors w ith some previous UnJverslty of Guelph connection who 'wished to establish something tangible that would hist beyond their lifetime and provide valuable aid to the advancement o f higher e'ducation. Through路 thek commitment and vis ion. the University Is strengthened. The follo wing profiles describe just a few of , the bequests and commemorative gifts recently r~celved by the Uni~er~ity.

Oswald McConkey Bequest Oswald Murray McConkey, OAC ' 17, was born in Bruce County, Ontario, in 1891 and spent his youth on farms and ranches in Ontario and Alberta before he entered the OAC in 1910. Following graduation, he enlisted in an artillery unit that served in rance until 1918, Before returning horne, Mr . McConkey remained in England after hi s demobiliza tion, to take graduate courses a t the University of Oxford , He continued hi s academic pursuits at the U niversity of Illinois a few years later where he received his M.S . in 1922. Later, in 1930, he was awarded his Ph.D . at the University of Cambridge, England . Dr. McConkey returned to the OAC from Britain with much information on grassland improvement, and accepted a position as an Associ a te Professor with the Department of Field Husbandry. Between 1930 a nd 1940, Dr. McConkey acquired a reputation as an active pioneer in grassland research. In 1940, Major McConkey was mobilized from the Reserve Army to a

comma nd a nd served with the Third Canadian Division overseas. He gained a promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel and was Staff Officer with Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, during the post-war period of European rehabilitation.

Oswald M cConkey, OAC'1 7. From 1946 to 1948 , Dr. McConkey served with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in China, then returned to Canada and the

OAC to resume his work in the Department o f Field Husbandry, and embarked upon many resea rch conferences and publicity projects to establish a national policy for natural reso urces. "Mac's" list of memberships in local, na tional and intern a tional conservation societies and organiza tions testifies to his serious commitment to improved , wise land use. In 1963 Dr. McConkey received the Award of Merit from the American Grassland Council; he was elected an Honora ry Life Member of the Canadian Seed Growers Association, and was awarded the Centennial Medal in the 1967 a nniversary of Canada's confederation, for his valuable service to the nation. Upon his death, in 1970, proceeds from the McConkey estate, after a life interest for his widow, Louise, had been a rran ged , created t he "McConkey Scholarship Foundation" to fund a wards of varying amounts for post-graduate study a nd research in crop science an d natural resource conservation. The estate was settled in 1981 and provided an endowmen,t of almost $120,000.* COnld.

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The George and William Manton Fellowships

George Manton, OAC'15.

William Manton,

OAC '20.

In March of 1981, Miss Violet Manton wrote to the University offering to provide a scholarship in Horticulture in memory of her brothers, George, OAC ' IS, and William OAC '20. Both men were raised in a horticultural environment which blossomed when their parents, who shared an avid interest in horticulture, attended the 1879 Canadian National Exhibition, Manton senior became a frequent prizewinner at subsequent exhibitions.

Elder brother George Manton entered the OAC in 1905, He was interested in the Literary Society and became its president in 1909. In sports, George broke the College record for standing broadjump and held that record while he was at Guelph, He was vice-president of the Inter-College Debating Union of Toronto in 1908 and 1909, and acted as the representative from the OAC. However, he did not stay to complete his final year. Later, after earning a certificate from the Massachusettes Agricultural College in 1912, George turned down an opportunity to assist the professor running the course. Instead the elder Manton brother returned to his family to continue a prize-winning career as an artist and f10ral decorator. He returned to Guelph to finish his B.S.A degree, graduating in 1915. William Manton, although six years junior to George, proved to be just as talented and eclectic a student as his sibling, He entered the OAC in 1912 with the Class of '16, took a year off to study orchids, returned to

Harry Marshall Robbins was born in Ontario's Oxford County and entered the banking profession before he seriously committed his attentions to the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the 1930s. As a researcher and then public relations officer, Harry was a key member of the original team that came to be known as the "Big Blue Machine." He held several important government positions including that of Deputy Provincial Secretary.

Lorna Alma Edwards moved with her family early in life from her birthplace near Dunbarton to the Toronto area where she met her future husband, Harry Robbins, through her activities in local politics. They worked together in this shared interest in Toronto and were married in 1940. Beyond their political lives, Harry and Lorna were ardent gardeners and devoted to their sequence of cats. Ref1ecting this strong domestic interest, the estate of L0rila Robbins has provided a capital of $50,000 to genera te interest for an OVC graduate feilowship for a student doing research in small animal medicine, or surgery, with the Department of Clinical Studies. *

Mrs. Louise E, (Hanna) McConkey, Mac '27, was born and raised in Wingham, and continued her education in the domestic sciences in Montreal and Toronto where she received a Bachelor of Household Science in 1935. She returned to the OAC as a dietician and met her husband through her connection with the campus Officers' Mess. That Louise was asked to replace her husband as Honorary President of the OAC Class of '40 after his death was clear testimony to Louise's warmhearted and

much-esteemed personality. I n her own right, she was a career-minded and independent woman who, in her turn, left a bequest of $5,000, upon her death in 1980, to the Department of Consumer Studies, College of Family and Consumer Studies, The endowment will generate funds to be used, at the discretion of the Department Chairman, for example, to support workshops student travel to federal and provincial ministries or studies in other areas of benefit to Consumer Studies students. *

The Harry and Lorna Robbins Memorial Fe llowship Lorna and Harry Robbins.

The Louise M cConk ey

EndoWDlent

Louise (Hanna) McConkey , Mac '27,

his studies with the Class of ' 17 and broke his studies again to fight in World War One in France. Wounded shortly before the armistice he returned to Canada and joined the Class of '20, Recorded as "a very thorough student ," Bill was on the 1920 team of Aquatic Meet Champions. He also took an active part in track and field, specia'l izing in weight-throwing competitions. Years later, his horticultural enthusiasm renected itself in daringly original exhibits using exotic tree forms and rare orchid species which he had grown himself. Wishing to commemorate her brothers' achievements, Miss Violet Manton has provided funds to create two annual fellowships of $1,000 each in hopes that "it will enable some young person to get started in horticulture." The George and William Manton Fellowships are especially welcome for they ensure much-needed scholarship opportunities which the Department of Horticultural Science heartdy welcomes. *

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Dr. Edith B. Williams Memorial Bursary

Dr. edith B. Williams, OVC '41.

B orn and raised in Toronto, Edith Williams had always been attracted to the medical profession . It was a strange quirk of fate that directed Edith Williams to veterinary medicine. When she could not obtain what

she felt was the proper treatment for her pet cat in Toronto, she brought it to the clinic at the OVe. Noting her intense interest in the care of pets, one of the clinicians suggested she consider registering for the DVM program . On hearing of this suggestion at the dinner table, her family thought the whole idea hilarious for a woman 37 years of age. This only strengthened her determination. Edith won admission to the Ontario Veterinary College and graduated in 1941. A Toronto practice for small animals that would last for about 25 years was soon set up. and Edith enthusiastically pursued a Ii fetime of caring for animals in her own s pecial way as she collected a staunch circle of friends. Dr. Williams played an active role as a

The John D. Bandeen Memorial

Fellowship

John D. Bandeen. OAC '57.

John Drummond Bandeen, OAC '57, was born in Rodney , Ontario, in 1933. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 and was a faculty

The Grant and Muriel Crittenden Bursaries Muriel and Grant Crittenden.

member with the University's Department of C rop Science since 1960. John was married to the former Virginia (Ginny) Shortt, Mac '57, who scrved as president of the UCAA in 1974 to 1975. They had three children. After his sudden death in 1979, the Dr. John D. Bandeen Memorial Fellowship Fund was established to create a $1,000 annual award to be given to a graduate student in the Department of Crop Science conducting research in weed science. Dr. Bandeen was one of the first researchers in Canada to recognise weed resistance to triazine herbicides and he

The Grant and Muriel Crittenden Bursaries are an excellent example of an award arranged through the generous bequest of someone who has had no direct connection with the University of Guelph. After his retirement, in 1975, from his position in security at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Grant and his wife, Muriel , decided to pursue their shared love of animals. They established their own Richmond Hill business, Gran-Mur Kennels, where they raised Manchester terriers for 18 years . Because of this, it had always been the desire of the Crittendens to assist a student at a veterinary college, and,

volunteer leader in the annual Alma Ma ter !Fund. She served as chairman of the special gifts division in 1971 and as campaign chairman in 1973. After her death, in November 1979, Edit h's many friends and associates proved their affection by organizing a com足 memorative fund campaign with the assistance of the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. From approximately $3,000 raised, the Edith B. Williams Memorial Bursary of $300 will be awarded annually to an undergraduate registered in the DVM program. In addition to the monetary award, Edith's friends arranged for the recipient student to receive an attractive plaque created by Miss Frances Gage, a sculptress and long-time friend of Dr. Williams. These clay-poured plaques, with their endearing design of three common pets, are limited to 20 in number and will add a unique personal touch to this bursary's practical benefit.*

co-ordinated and stimulated research ,in this field, especially through his graduate students. It is hoped that Dr. Bandeen's interests in weed research will be taken up by others through this fellowship. Deeply involved in local as well as national programs, Dr. Bandeen's concerns ranged from an on-campus weed control projects to executive membership on the National Council of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Post-humously elected as a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America, Dr. Bandeen's efforts will be remembered through this fellowship which will help to encourage contributions and accomplishments in the area of academic interest that was so much a part of his life. *

by so doing , contribute further to animal care. They planned a bequest of $10,500 which came into effect upon the death of Grant Crittenden in 1977. Muriel Crittenden predeceased him in 1976. Since 1978, the bequest had accumulated interest of $4,000. Bursaries of varying amounts will be made available to veterinary students, of demonstrated financial need. Each application will be judged on its individual merit so that the student can attend or continue studies at the Ontario Veterinary College. 0

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uman Sexuality's Five Rs

By Mary Coclvera. he third annual University of Guelph Conference on Human Sexuality acknowledged the need for professional training in sex education and sex counselling. The Guelph Conference, the largest of its kind in Canada, draws together social workers, counsellors, teachers, clergy, nurses and doctors to hear leading figures in the field and, through workshops, to share their own professional experiences and insights. Consideration of sexual health has become not only respectable, but an integral part of helping people function well in their daily lives. Professor Edward Herold, Conference Co·ordinator and faculty member with the University's Department of Family Studies, observes that the Guelph Conference is a continuing effort to help professionals recognize and respond to the sexual concerns of people. This year's conference explored the relationship between human sexuality and physical and mental health by addressing current research, teaching and counselling approaches in an inter·disciplinary framework. The three major addresses at this year's conference put the field of sexuality and health into perspective and highlighted the concerns of men and women in coming to terms with their own sexuality.

Sexual Health and the Life Cycle Sandra Cole, a sex educator from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, opened the conference with the reminder that we are a\l "temporarily" able bodied. If we are lucky, we might live long enough to have an aging disability. "I am concerned," she continued, "about sexual health in all people, including persons who have a physical

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disability. What would it be like to have a disability when you experience the first excit~ment of falling in love, or the first sexual experience? "A disability is superimposed on the developmental tasks and on the jobs a child has to learn. A disabled child knows what it means to be imperfect; this message of imperfection can lead to desexualization. "Adolescents, abled bodied and disabled, are curious about the same things. All children need informed, and confident, role models who can provide meaningful information in a nonjudgemental way. "In adulthood, sexual concerns are pregnancy and fertility, contraception, health hazards, and changes in sexual health that accompany aging: menopause, diminished potency, and perhaps disease that may intrude on intimacy. "Sex is a na tural function. Sex is a health issue. We are negligent as counsellors if we do not address the issue of sexual health for a\l people, able bodied or disabled, young or old." Women and Healthy Sexuality Shirley Wheatley, a registered nurse in private practice in Toronto, had a forceful message for women: "Everything starts and ends with the individual. We must stop depending on others to give us pleasure, happiness and joy, a peculiarly female tendency. We ourselves are responsible." Mrs. Wheatley pointed to the confusion and stress women feel about their own sexuality. "They have been told that sex is mostly for men, that their sexual needs are secondary to those of men, tha t sex is wrong or dirty, and that they are sexually dependent on men. "To make matters worse, women are frequently uninformed. Mothers often don't

tell their daughters enough about menstruation, let alone male sexual development, necking, petting, intercourse, conception, birth control or masturbation . As adults, women have often found their physicians to be uninformed about female sexuality . "To become comfortable with their sexuality, women need to overcome these conflicts and stresses . They need to know themselves as sexual persons and to value the sexual part of themselves. Every woman should write her own sexual history in order to re-examine and evaluate her ideas and attitudes, many of which are left over from childhood. Every person has a right to a fulfilling, happy sexual life. It has to be worked for, and the achievement is up to you." Sex education is crucial to helping women establish their sexuality. Mrs. Wheatley urges educators and health professionals to speak out in the political arena, defending the view that information about sex, presented early and appro priately, can help young people make responsible choices about their sexuality . Men's Reactions to Changing Women's

Sexuality

Dr. Claude Guldner, the professor in charge of the University of Guelph's new Child and Family Services and Research Unit, offered insights into men's reactions to women's changing sexuality. In a men's discussion group at a conference two years ago, Dr. Guldner encountered rage, frustration and violence from men who were having difficulty adjusting to a revised social order in which women have a changed role. As a result of this experience, he interviewed groups of men of different ages

and with different backgrounds. He sought out groups because "much of the myth of the male mystique has been developed and perpetuated in groups. I wanted to see if men in groups could express themselves as individuals with separate and, perNaps, contrary opinions and attitudes about sexuality and masculinity to their peers." Based 011 the men's reactions. Dr. Guldner describes five distinct groups: ramrodders, rebellers, resisters, resigners and relaxers. He found that some men are not even aware of the changes in women, some are fighting any change in the status quo, others are confused. Only a very few of the men he interviewed expressed positive feelings about women's changing roles.

Ramrodders have blocked from a wareness the cNanging roles of women. Women are objects to be used by men and are described almost exclusively in derogatory terms. These men never become emotionaUy involved, always keep the upper hand with women and believe women want them to be tough and aggressive. Women are viewed as either "ball busters," or easy riders, that is, easy to make sexually. These men spend their leisure time with other men, put emphasis on a strong body and generally see themselves as macho men. They see their role as providers of income and in parenting as disciplinarians. In this group blue collar workers and high school students predominated. Rebellers believe there is a "small group of women out there who are trying to undermine society. . .we men must not tolerate that attitude, but must rebel against it." They feel extremely threatened by changes in women's roles and believe the women's movement runs counter to "the wa y society has been throughout history," with women in the traditional roles of wife and mother. Any changes in women are perceived as a direct threat to their own masculinity. Their women are supposed to be passive partners to their active partnership in sex and everyt hi ng else. As one young man said, "A man who is securely a man knows what his partner needs sexually and can give her that-it never fail's ." Sex thus has a strong performance or ientation and reinforces the man's control of the relationship rather than being a mutual sharing of affection and caring. Resisters are aware of the change in women's sexuality, but believe it has negative impl,i cations for society in general. They defend their own personal positions in the guise of protecting the structures of

society. The women's movement is blamed for increased delinquency, promiscuity, unwed pregnancy and the worsening economic si tua tion. Some of the resisters are so dependent upon women' as nurturers and care-givers that they live in tremendous fear of abandonment. They have no life足 maintenance skills except "brute strength or an overstuffed rational head." They are totally reliant first on mother then on a wife for sustenance. They cannot grasp the idea that a wife is a peer, with wants of her own beyond taking care of her boy-husband. Other resisters see themselves as defenders and protectors of women. Like the knights in days of old, men protect and gain honour from their women. The essence of masculinity is courage, honour, strength and valour. While being protective, they are also disdainful of women. Said one man, "Women are fickle. They never know what they really want. They are two-faced and not to be trusted." Underlying these resister posi tions is tremendous anxiety and anger: anxiety because any shift in the system will upset a fragile balance in how they define themselves as men; anger because these men discover eventually that the person in the weaker position (the woman, tha t is) has the ultimate power.

Resigners recognize the women's movement as a powerful force, but they cannot figure out what is expected of them and have resigned themselves to living with the changes. One man put it this way, "[ find it very confusing to know just what women want and how they want us men to be." A resigner may push his wife into the women's movement and into changing roles because he believes it will be best for her. He adopts as his personal goal his wife's liberation, but sees little need to change his own role. He wants his woman to be more independent, competitive and assertive, without recognizing the complementary need within himself to be more dependent, passive and receptive. Other men resign out of guilt. Because they are afraid of hurting women, they are unable to constructively deal with real conflict with women. Instead they comply on the surface and build a reservoir of rage underneath the facade. They know how to use the language of liberation, but beyond that they have not changed. They adopt new functions and roles on top of their old sense of masculinity, thus adding more pressure and responsibility. They support their women through their changes, but make no essential resolve in the man/woman rhythm.

Still l another type of resigner feels helpless in the face of the changes women are making. "I felt for a time I could still be myself while she changed," admitted one man, "but she kept challenging me until finally I gave up. Today I get along as best I can, going along with what she wants even when I don't agree or believe it best for me,"

Relaxers are comfortable and relaxed about their own sense of self and their relationship with women. They have worked through their initial fears of change. They have challenged the male myth and are able to become "truly human men searching to discover what it is to live out this life as a person, gender identified as male." They are in touch with their anger and ventilate that anger with like-minded individuals. They have discovered a comradeship with their fellows which provides a mutual trust, openness, support and nurturance that has been culturally taboo in most of society. They also have reduced the tension by staying in contact with women. There are conflicts, to be sure, but they are energizing rather than frightening. These men are in touch with their guilt, helplessness and anger and use those feelings to de-structure the traditional patterns of behavior and re-structure male and female relationships. These men are comfortable with an entire range of feelings. They display gentle and caring sides as well as confronting and assertive sides. Many have re-examined their whole life style, changing jobs to get out of highly competitive fields and becoming more involved in the raising of children in nurturant ways. The differences between the groups of men can be summed up by their answers to the following question: "When you and your wife or partner ride in a car, who drives and why?" -The ramrodder is always in the driver's

seat charging away telling the bitch next to

him to shut up.

-The rebeller always drives and tells his

wife she doesn't need to know how to drive.

-The resister always drives and believes that God and the automobile manu足

facturers ordained it that way.

-The resigner rides in the passenger seat,

tense and angry, still driving internally.

-The relaxer rides as much as he drives

and while riding is trusting and confident

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ON AND OFF CAMPUSI

Don Ziraldo Awarded Medal of Achievement

I n recognition of his significant con tribution to agriculture, Donald J.P. (Don) Ziraldo, OAC '71, has been awarded the University of Guelph Alumni Association's 1981 Alumni Medal of Achievement. Founder, president and major shareholder of Inniskillin House Wines Inc., Niagara-on-the-Lake, Don has proven that Ontario can produce and market quality wine. Through his promotional travels across Canada and the U.S.A., and overseas, Don has been, and still is, an excellent ambassador for the entire On tario wine industry as well as for Cana da. Raised on the family fruit farm and nursery near St. Catharines, Don gra duated with a S Sc. (Agr.) with a spe cialization in Horticulture. Following the death of his father, Don assumed the presidency of Ziraldo Farms and Nursery Inc., but subse quently relinquished the position in fa vour of his younger brother, Bob, OAC '74A, and is now vice-president of the

President Donald Forster, left, Honorary President UGAA; Don Ziraldo. OAC'7!. and Jackie (Wemyss ) Wright. CBS'74, President of [he UGAA.

company. Don Industrial the-Lake; ties Ltd.,

is a past chairman of the Committee of Niagara-on president of Kordon Proper a development company; a

Nominations Sought for Two UGAA Alumni Awards The Honours and Awards Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Asso ciation invites nominations for the Alumnus of Honour and the Alumni Medal of Achievement. The Alumnus of Honour was estab lished to recognize, annually, the alum nus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater and fellow alumni through significant contribution to one or more of the following: a national cause for Canada: service to the com munity, the world of science or educa tion; leadership in business, industry, or alumni affairs. The Alumni Medal of Achievement was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who

brings distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country, community or profession. Each nomination should contain the nominee's full name, address, business affiliation and title, year of graduation, details of family, alumni affairs par ticipation, contributions and achieve ments in general, which in your opinion entitle t he nominee to the award, and any other additional information which may assist the selection committee. N ominations should provide infor mation about nominees with respect to activities outside the nominee's profes sional life and, as well, supporting infor mation from other colleagues, friends, community leaders, service clubs, etc.

director of the Shaw Festival Theatre; a member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists: an active member of the OAC Alumni Association and an ardenil skier and squash and tennis player.D

could be considered with the nomina tions . The nominee should NOT be ad vised of the nomination. Individuals who are presently ac,tive members of the U.G.A.A. Board of Directors or who are employed full time at the University of Guelph should not be considered for these a wards. All nominees must be living at the iime of nomination. Nominations which have been made within the last five years will be updated and considered by the selection commit tee along with new nominations re ceived. Nominations are held in confi dence. Please forward your nomination by May I, 1982 to Glenn Powell , OAC '62, Chairman, Honours and Awards Com mittee, University of Guelph Alumni Association , Department of Alumni Af fairs and Development, University. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N IG 2WI. 0

Although individual alumni have tradi tionally recruited students for the Uni versity of Guelph, no formal program was developed until recently. Because of declining numbers of college-age students, the University of Guelph Alumni Association felt a pro gram should be established to mobilize alumni to assist the studen t recrui tment efforts of the Admissions Office. Thus, Volunteers In Support of Ad missions (VISA) was formed. During the first year of V ISA, results have far surpassed all expectations. The following statistics show the resuI:ts of the projects planned, and completed, by VISA volun teers, in seven geographical areas, in the Spring of 1981. We now have registra tion figures to prove that alumni con tacts with prospective students have had a very positive innuence. A phonathon was organized by To ronto's VISA group to contact appli cants who had selected the University of Guelph as "second choice" on their applications. Members contacted a total of 129 applicants of whom 23 are now registered at the University. In the other areas, student informa tion nights were organized. Students,

parents and fFiends were invited to at tend evening gatherings where alumni were on-hand to offer information in response to questions regarding finances, residences, a wards and general campus activities . At London, of the 26 prospective students who attended. 18 are now en rolled at the University; in Chatham 24 attended and 22 enrolled ; St. Catharines 37 attended and 26 enrolled . The Wind sor team held two such programs attend ed by a total of 30 applicants. I n Guelph and Ottawa, alumni at tended the University's New Student Dialogue program in june to welcome visiting students. Alumni, who are teachers, play a vital role in liaison . Last Fall many represented the University by attending secondary school graduation ceremonies to congratulate students receiving en trance scholarships ,to the University of Guelph, The Admissions Office keeps a'i umni teachers up to date with regular mailings of admissions brochures and handbooks, and the teachers keep in touch with the University to arrange campus tours for interested students. VISA members receive mailings of

admissions materials, the weekly Uni versity of Guelph News Bulletin and quarterly newsletters. Al so, workshops are held in each area and new members are provided with a manual outlining their role in student recruitment, togeth er with some basic information to help them respond to student concerns. The success of the VISA program depends on teamwork, and area co ordinators are to be commended on maintaining close communication with admissions office representatives. Spe cial thanks to Linda Lantz, FACS '77 , Chatham; Jane (Pettit) Holland, Mac '67, Windsor; Peter Stanleigh , Arts '69, St. Catharines; Jim and Barbara (Lo vett) Ashman, OVC '73, and FACS '75 , London; Mike Vanzieleghem, CBS '77, Guelph, and to our newest Oshawa co-ordinators Ambrose Samulski, CBS '75, and his wife, Maureen . Alumni are invited to contribute suggestions for future activities of VISA, a nd area co-ordinators welcome inquiries from alumni or students . If you wish to be contacted by a VISA mem ber, or know of a student who is interest ed in receiving information about pro grams at the University of Guelph , please contact Donna Webb, Alumni Liaison Co-ordinator, Alumni Office, U .C.4, University of Guelph , Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W 1.0

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the University welcomes the opportunity to participate in the management of this va luable community asset, and to be in a position to protect the University's adja cent property. In particular , the Arbore

tum , a unique outdoor laboratory and teaching resource, abuts the Cutten Club course. The shares received , Mr. Ferguson says, would be held in the University's Endowment Fund.D

A Tip of the Hat to VISA

Canadian General Electric has donated its shares of the Guelph Golf and Re creation Club Limited, known as the Cutten Club, to the University of Guelph. Jack Churchman, Vice-President of Canadian General Electric and Gen eral Manager of the Company's power delivery department in Guelph, present ed the Company's shares December II to Charles Ferguson, Vice-President, Administration. M r. Churchman stated that the company's shares, which were purchased originally in 1954, represented 28 per cent of the ownership of the Club. He said that the Company is now disposing of its shares because the affairs of the Club are unrelated to the Company's operations . In accepting the very generous gift of the shares, Mr. Ferguson stated that

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Charles Ferguson, left , Vice-President , Administration, accepts Cullen Club shares from Ja ck Churchman,

Vice-President,

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The Football Gryphons Had a Great Year The J 981 Gryphon football season was certainly one of the most successful in recent years. Numerous team and indi vidual goals were reached, including the first ever berth in the Yates Cup final. The season started out on a bleak note as the Gryphons had to come back to tie McMaster, but from that point on it was all much brighter. A victory over the Lancers in Windsor was next on the agenda, with a convincing victory over Waterloo in the University of Guelph Homecoming game to follow. The battle of the undefeateds took place at Western the next week, and it took a desperation pass in the last min ute of play to hand the Gryphons their first loss of the season. Two big victories over York and Laurier followed before the Gryphons headed for Varsity Stadium to go head-

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Thought you might be interested to know that out of a IOtal non-Inuit population of six in Grise Fiord (pop. 100), N. Y. T., three, or half, are Univer sity of Guelph graduates-myself;' Gil lian Mann, Arts '77, and her husband, Ian Smith, CSS '70, the lall er being the teacher here.

on with the Blues for second place and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Victory went to Toronto that day, but not so the following week in the OUAA semi-final. The Gryphons went to Toronto, still smarting from the previous week's loss, billed as heavy underdogs. In one of the finest team efforts in Gryphon history, the team thoroughly dominated the pow erful Blues and their potent offence to come away with a 35-18 victory and a playoff berth in the Yates Cup, emblem atic of the OUAA Championship. A large crowd turned out at West ern 's Little Stadium to watch the up start Gryphons take on the undefeated Mustangs and witnessed one of the best games ever played in varsity ball. It was a tremendous defensive bat tle, but when the gam e had ended, the Mustangs had their unbeaten record

Dear Sir: I am a Master's student in History at McMaster Universit y, and am writing a thesis 'on the origin , early years and activities of the Student Christian Movement on Canadian college and uni versity campuses before World War Two. I am hoping to contact alumni who were involved with this organiza tion during that time period. I would greatly appreciate it if you

intact - and the Gryphons headed back to the drawing board for next season. Gryphon praises were not quite over, however, as an unprecedented ten play ers were named to the league al'l-star teams. Named to the f.irst team were inside linebacker Sam Benincasa, corner back Don Williams, offensive tackle Jeff Hale and tight end Mike Hudson. Named to the second team were flanker Andy Balson, defensive end Harry Doering, defensive end Peter Langford, running back Peterson Dou glas, line-backer Kerry Hiebert and cen tre Carmen Sferrazza. At the College Bowl dinner in To ronto, two Gryphons were paid the high est tribute when Jeff Hale and Mike Hudson were named to the Ali-Canadi an tea m. Final statistics show the Gryphons of 1981 at 4-2-1 for third p'lace in the OUAA and a loss to the Mustangs in the Yates Cup, but, already, teams around the league are counting the Gry phons in when discussing OUAA foot ball powers. 0

would be willing to put a notice in your alumni magazine to the effect that I am interested in hearing memories and re miniscences, and tracing old records of the Student Christian Movement. Thank you for your allention. Sincerely yours,

Donald L. Kirkey, 25E Bryna Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario L9A 4W9.

Mark Your Cale ndar and Plan to Att end

The OVC Alumni Weekend Program

June 19, 198 2

"Stress Management and Survival in Today's Society" Speaker

Kenneth E. Bre itman, Ph.D., C. Psych. Regards,

of the Homewood Sanitarium

Open and Free to All Guelph Alumni and Guests

Larry A. Simpson, CSS '77, Grise Fiord Eskimo Co-operative Grise Fiord, N. W. T. XOA OlO

9:00 - 12:00 Noon at the University of Guelph Sponsored by the OVC Alumni Association

Dear Sir: I was pleased and proud 10 read th e tribute to my father, the late Ernest Albert McCallan, OAC '95A , in the Fall 1981 issue of Guelph Alumnus. How ever, I would like to make a few correc tions and additions. He was a native Bermudian of many generations. He and Philip Black burn Smith, ·OAC '96, were the first Bermudians 10 allend the OAC. arriving in the fall of 1893. Unfortunately, due to the untimely death of his father, my father was able to stay in Guelph for only two years. Upon returning to Bermuda, he farmed for a few years and then entered the Civil Service where he had a variety of non-agricultural jobs. In 1913 he was appointed first agricultural assistant at the Agricultur al Station. In 1920 he became director of agriculture. He retired in 1934 and died in 1966 in his 91 st year. He was very active in the Presbyte rian Church and a new wing recently added to the building was dedicated in his honour. Also, his book Life in Old St. David's, Bermuda, an historical re cord, has become a classic and rare volume. The island, once the most primi tive, where he was brought up, became markedly changed with the building of a u.s. base and airport in World War Two , and later, a tracking station. Incidentally, his two brothers-in law, Howard E. D. Smith and Reeve T. Smith, were noted lily growers. Howard developed a leading variety which is called in the trade Lilium Howardii. Agriculture in my father's time was the first source of Bermuda 's income. Now it plays a lesser role, and the Agricultural Station has become the Botanical Garden. The population has increased some three-fold since 1913 and, to provide jobs in the over populated islands (about 60,000 in 20 square miles!), the govemment encour ages the building of large hotels for the dominant tourist industry.

They had a picnic in Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park .

Alumni in Alberta Get Together Dear Ed. The first of, hopefully, many gather ings of University of Guelph alumni in Alberta was successful. A total of 66 alumni. wives, children and friends spent an enjoyable day last summer at Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park , south of Calgary. Old acquaintances were renewed and new ones made. Rosemary Clark , Mac '59, from the Alumni Office, brough greetings from Guelph and I wish to extend sincere thanks to Rosemary for her assistance in co-ordinating mailings and questionnaires, and for taking time from her vacation to allend the picnic. Thanks also to Dwight Greer, OAC '72; Ken May, OAC '69; Keith Merrifield, OAC '74; Don Milne. OAC

Bill H. Mains, OAC '75, 1032, Lakeway Blvd. , Lethbridge, Alberta TI K 3E5 . 0

COining Events

March

4-6 6-14 13

Sincerely yours,

April Samuel E.A . McCallan, OAC '21 A and '23, Scientist Emeritus, 60 Dart Drive, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850. U.S.A.

'78, and Ernie Whelan , OAC '63, for helping to make the 1981 picnic a success. Thanks to Ed Turon, our newest grad in Alberta; Glen Kyle, CSS '73; Joe and Sally (Sjolander) Manchurek, CSS '71 and Arts '70; Anne Pippard, FACS '74; Pat Doyle, OAC '75, and Dennis Laughton , OAC '69, who volun teered to make 1982 another year 10 remember for University of Guelph alumni in Alberta. And, finally , thanks to everyone who came to Carseland to make the 1981 picnic a success.

June

Ontario Institute of Agrologlsts Annual Convention.

College Royal '82.

Annual Meeting, CBS Alumni Association,

During College Royal '82.

13-14

Colle ge Royal '82 Open House.

22-24

March Counselling Days for Prospective Students.

2-3

OAC Alumni Association Annual Curling Bonsplel.

24-30

AAHA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

18-20

ALUMNI WEEKEND.

Annual Meetings: OAC, Mac-FACS, OVC, Arts,

CSS, CPS and U of G Alumni Associations.

The College of Arts Alumni As soc iation

DELPHA

Editor: Debbie (Nash) Chambers, '77.

Fond Memories

and New

Horizons

When alumnus Beverly Lemire, B.A. '79, M.A. '81, left the University of Guelph community last summer, she went with fond regrets. For Bev, her husband Morris, B.A. '78, and their ten-year-old daughter, Shannon, educa tion has become a family affair. The Lemires came to Guelph in 1975 when Morris enrolled in the B.A. program as a mature student. A year later Beverly, too, had commenced full time studies. Bev and Morris believe that Shan non equally benefitted from their Guelph years. The experience of residing in culturally diverse Wellington Woods, and Shannon's participation in the Uni versity's children's activities, gave her access to ideas and events seldom avail able in a non-university environment. In August 1981 a new educational opportunity drew the Lemire family far away from Guelph to the pomp and circumstance of England and the Uni versity of Oxford. Although Beverly was offered a Commonwealth Scholarship and a doctoral candidacy at Balliol Col lege, the decision to move to England was not an easy one. The change was particularly risky for Morris, who had recently completed

Beverly Lemire. '79.

a degree in education at Queen's Uni versity and was embarking on a teaching career. The move also constituted an intrusion into Shannon's French immer sion education. The Lemires had already tested their familial resiliency during the years when Morris was away at school in Kingston. Rather than have Bev face Oxford alone, the Lemires set out on a new family adventure. Despite the initial obstacles to over come, the Lemires' new life-style offers many pluses to all three family mem bers. Morris, an invenerate outdoors man, is looking forward to fresh rock climbing challenges in Britain. He is also very eager to compare teaching techniques in his two career specialties

of ou tdoor education and learning disa bilities. Since she considers her own travels in Europe as a formative experience in her life, Bev is pleased that Shannon will, hopefully, derive the benefits of travel in Britain and Europe. Beverly, herself, will be able to pursue her interest in the relationship between fashion, industrialization and the East Indian cotton trade at an institution with a world-renowned Com monwealth library and a fine reputation for its Imperial History offerings. Ox ford's relatively close proximity to Lon don will provide her with much-needed access to London's archives and mu seums. Beverly's intense interest in present ing the cotton trade as a barometer, measuring England's transition from a pre-industrial to an industrial society, had a rather obscure beginning. The concept emanated from exam prepara tion for an under-graduate course devot ed to Commonwealth and Imperial His tory. At the time, Bev had been drifting away from her initial interest in psychol ogy . A growing fascination with the his torical impact of social and economic change on British society prompted her to approach Dean David Murray to design a pertinent reading course. From there, her investigation provided the basis for both an undergraduate and an M.A. thesis . Having previously confined her assessment of the cotton trade to the years 1680 to 1722, she now plans to carry her Oxford-based study on to the year 1815. Beverly is very grateful for the direction and assistance offered by her M.A. thesis supervisor, Dr. Murray. Ac cording to Bev, Dr. Murray's expertise in Imperial History was invaluable. Im portant criticism and supplementary supervision were also provided by Dr. Keith Slater, professor of textile science with the University's Department of

Consumer S tudies, and Dr. John Boyle of th e Department of History. Respec tively , these faculty members gave Bev erly a tremendous insigh t into 18th century fashion and the changing con tours of British society. The obvio us appeal of Bev's new acadcmic ca reer did no t minimize her a ppreci a tion for the advantages of stud ying at the U niversit y of Guelph. S he reluctantly left our Depa rtment of His tory kn ow in g she could no longer rely on the close supervision and th e academic intimacy fostered by both G uelph 's em phasis on teaching and its low student teacher ratio. Even though her new A lma Mate r will subj ec t Bel' to greater a no nymity and more di sta nt supervision , it is unlikely that she will break her established pattern of achievement. When she began full- t ime study at Guelph s he was returning to school after a nine-year absence. At age 17, she success fully completed one year at McGill University but left feeling that he r studies lacked a sense of direction . Beverly attributes her present sense of direction to the wealth of life experi ences fo stered by travel, work and fami ly respo nsibiliti es. The key factor in her estimation, howev e r, was the constant support of Mo rris and Shannon. Whatever the rcason, Bel' set an impre ss ive r eco rd while a ttendin g Guel ph. Befo re obtaining her M .A . with distinction, she graduated with a B.A . in 1979 with the D.C. M asters History Pri 7.e, held an Ontario G raduate schol ars hip, a nd brought a great dea l of recognition to the University community by winning the nationally-awarded J.H . S tew a rt Reid Scholarship. Consequently, Bev's academic ca reer is not only a source of pride for her family a nd friends, but is also a prime exa mple of the internationally competi tivele vel of scholarship being nurtured in the College of Arts. 0

Grad News

Gary Kearns, '68, is a la wyer with the firm of Kearns , McKinnon of Guelph . Dr, Ian Newbold, ' 68, holds a profes sional appointment at the University of Lethbridge, Alta.

The College of Arts Alumni Association wa s saddened to learn that Lynne Sim ioru, '77, died at home on Augu st 6, 1981 after a lengthy illness. We wish to express our si ncere sympath y to her famil y. 0

Christine Carson, '75, works for Canada Trust in London, Ontario. She is a computer programmer. Marta (Gurney) Lee, '75, is a teach ing master at George Brown College.

J ane Garen, '70, is a teacher employed by the Toronto Board of Education.

Susan (Thorning) Dennis, '76, and Christopher Dennis, '72, are both em ployed in the Gue lph a rea . Susan is a program assistant at the Wellington County Museum, R.R. # 1, Fergus, On tario. Chris is employed on ca mpus as a libra ry associate.

Catherine Beattie, '71, is an assistant professor at McMaster Uni versity.

Michael Donohue, '76, works in Toronto in Methods Resea rch a t Simpsons.

William McKelvey, '71, has been ap pointed to the position of headmas ter , Hockley Hills College.

Steve Traplin, '76, is in Ottawa working as a detail man for M e rck Shar pe & Dohme a pharmaceutical company.

Ovey Mohammed, M,A. '71, is a profes sor at St. Regis College, University of T o ronto.

Peter Dembski, '77, tea c hes for the Department of Continuing Education at Wilfred Laurier University.

Donald Munson, '71, is the assoc ia te pastor of Covena nt Presbyt e rian C hurch , Hendersonville, N.C. , USA.

James Felton, '77, and his wife Jennifer (Townshend), '78, live in the Guelph a rea. Jim is a representative with Versa tile Investments In c., Kitchen e r, On tario. Jennifer is a flower designer for Eileen 's Flowers, Guelph, Ontario.

Judith (Parks) Bali, '69, resides in Gue lph and tea ches at Conestoga Col lege.

Louis Me L an, '72, liv es in Guelph and is employed as a secondary sc hool teac h er at Guelph CVI. Carol (Oult ram) Plousos, '72, is tea ching fo r the No rthumber1and-N e ~castle Boa rd of Education. Jane Caspers, '73, is concurrently comp leting a Ph.D. from the University of W estern Ontario while studying law at the University of Windsor. She res ides in Windso r. Margaret Ann Ross, '73, is a United C hurch Minister in Clifford, Ontario. Mar ta (Rieger) Hopkins, '74, is a layout artist employed by Simpson·Sears, Dev onshire Mati , Windsor, Ontario.

In Memoriam

Alan Barkley, '75, is an assist an t profes sor in the Depa rtment o f Art, Universi ty of Lethbridge, Alberta.

Andrid Johnstone, '77, is an editor for Genera l Code Publishers, Spencerport, N ew York. Tanis (Bell) Kelly, '77, is a teac her of the deaf at E .C. Drury School in Mil ton , Ontario. Alan McKenzie, '77, is employed by Noyes Supervision, Calgary, Alberta, as a con s ulting pe troleum geologist. Helen Moir, '77, is e mployed as a library clerk at the Gu el ph Public Li

bra ry .

Amy (Gard) Anderson, '78, is working in . Guelph with Canada Trust.

Graeme F. Simpson, '74, is working in Toronto for Moore Business Forms. He is currently the company's personnel s upervisor.

Bonnie Ashton, '78, is working in glass

sculpture in Toronto and she is em

ployed with Currys.

Mi c hael Yeates, '74, is station ed in W ashington, D.C. as a Foreign Service O fficer for the Canadian Government.

Anthony James, '78, is employed by the

Ford Motor Company in Talbotvill e,

Ontario, as a production supervisor.O

The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Associat io n

ALUMNI BULLETIN

Editor: Dr. Cliff Barker, '41.

From Dr. Archie Mac Kinnon, '43.

the Pres

This "news" is old "news" for those who attended our J 98 J annual meeting, but it will still be news to many alumni, and it will update everyone. My news concerns your Associa tion 's interest in the diplomas, instru ments and artifacts that have been col lected at the O YC, during the last ten years, forming the basis of a veterinary museum. I've been gathering informa tion on O YC museums, and I thought alumni should hear about our interest in establishing a veterinary museum. As early as 1877, the OYC founder, Andrew Smith, obtained a provincial government grant to establish a museum in the College. This museum became his pride and joy and he advertised it as an important part of the College's program in veterinary medicine. The museum was soon a collecting place for anatomical a nd pathological specimens from his practice and those of graduates. It contained examples of fetal monstrosities (stuffed) an d similar teaching materi a ls. It did not, however, contain artifacts of veterinary medicine recal ling the earlier days of farriery in Canada. Smith 's museum was retained fol lowing subsequent moves of the College to Universi ty Avenue, Toronto, and then to G uelph. Graduates, up to those at tending in the 1950s, may remember (he old museum in what has become the Dean's Office. Smith's museum disap peared as space was required for offices, and the items were dispersed to the areas of Anatomy and Pathology . Since 1977, a collection of non-

anatomical or pathological artifacts has been developed through the efforts of Dr. Cliff Barker, '4 1, and alumni ac ross Canada and the United States. Within our profession are a number of persons interested in preserving the history of the OYC and veterinary medicine in Canada. Medals, diplomas, photographs, and instruments have been sent to the O\:,C from graduates who bought them at a uction, obtained them from the es tates of graduates, or found them in unusual pl aces. Some of our graduates of the 191 2- 1920 era have made very signifi cant additions to the collection, and deans of other veterinary colleges have enthusiastically supported the idea of eventually having a Canadian veterinary museum at the Oye. Two years ago, a provincial govern ment grant (Experience '80 program) was received by the College. This was used to employ a student for the summer to begin cataloguing the collection under Clifrs direction. In Februar y, 1981, the OYC Alum Ol Association directors were ap proached to take on the support of the collection and, eventually, establish the first veterin ary museum in Canada. At

our a nnual meeting last June, a motion was passed to obtain supplementary let ters patent for the Association , permit ting it to support a museum and to collect items relative to the history of the OYC. In add ition, a motion was passed authorizing the directors to nego tiate with the University of Guelph on the subject of establishing a museum at the OYC or elsewhere on campus. To further the cataloguing, we ob tained, last summer, a federal govern ment student summer employment grant of $6,872 through the office of Dr. J.D. Schroder, '42, M.P. for Guelph, that permitted employment of three students from May to September. Half of thc co llected items have now been recorded and catalogued by the students. Our application for supplementary letters patent has been approved, and we a re now at the point of having a small alum ni committee study the motion con cerning the founding of a veterinary museum. Our expenses to date have only been those assoc ia ted with the letters patent. Donat ions from a few enthusias tic a lumni have carried the project. It is fortunate th at the collection of these items began when it did. Much of our heritage in respect to the OYC and

Mus eum items have been used 10 complement this 'farriery" display. Prepared by staff of the University of Guelph Library and viewed by students and faculty in the stoa of the library on two occasions last year. Just one of th e many uses for museum amfacts-good publicity for th e ove and veterinary medicine. Only part of the display is shown.

veterinary medicine in Canada has been lost. As a professional organization , it is only very recently that we have begun to appreciate the efforts of those who kept the profession alive during two wars and a depression . We must preserve as much as possible of our past. If we don't know where we've been, we'll not know where we're going. This project is the fourth major one undertaken by our Association since its rebirth in 1950-51. We have funded a room in the University Centre, provided scholarships annually, and we have sup ported additions to the clinics. Now we need your assistance in this undertaking to leave some of our Canadian heritage for those who will, some day, appreciate what was done to keep the standards high in our profession. Support . the Alma Mater Fund. Earmark your funds accordingly . 0

Where are They Now?

ONTARIO VETERINARV COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEET As at October 1, 1981 ASSETS Cash in bank $ 2,537.05 Investments 110,887.50 Mortgage receivable 19,722.45 Interest, investments 3,206.96 Medallion inventory 767.74 $ 137,121.70

LIA BILITIES, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS GENERAL FUND Liabilities Scholarship Awards Life membership fund General fund

Nil 60,953.92 63,416.25 12,751.53

$ 137,121.70

Evidently, many alumni read our news item last spring asking for current journals and books for use in Nigeria. Dave Hull, librarian at the OVC, received enough material through Dean Maplesden's office to make up a 22-carton shi pment to Nigeria. Many thanks.

Nearly 40 y ears ago, ,he DelTa Chapter of Omega Tau Sigma was a small but active fraternity . At the conclusion of the Spring term of 1942, the graduating brothers of that year were photographed in academical dress. the others in ordinary dress, and a composite photograph was prepared. Where are they now? J.G. Black, '42, 27 Helen Avenue,

Thornhill, Ont.

George K. Boyce, '42, 14 St. N eots

Drive, London , Ont. N6C 2M9 .

W.T. Cawker, '42, 54 Smith Avenue,

Matamata , New Zealand .

J.e. Dancey, '42, R.R . # 1, Aylmer, Ont.

K. Robert Griesbach, '42, 303 Welling

ton Drive, Edna M. Forest, Charlottes

ville, Va. U .S.A. 22901.

W.L.F. Hill, '42, Box 1317, Carma n,

Man . ROG OJO.

A. Kidd, '42, 4345 Harder Road , Victo

ria, B.C. V8Z 5L5.

J.B. Leatherdale, '42, 263 St. Johns

Road, Pointe Claire, Que. H9S 3J I.

Bernard J. McSherry, '42, Pathology,

University of Guelph.

Walt D. Morley, '42, R .R. # 2, Mild

may, Ont. NOG 2JO.

J.G. O'Donoghue, '42, Deceased , Sep

tember 1981.

Alex J. Rattray, '42, 1406-12303 Jasper

Avenue, Edmonton, Alta . T5N 3K7 .

Clem R. Reeds, '42, R.R . # 5, Guelph,

Ont. NIH 6J2 .

W allace H. Reeker, '42, 139 Mayfair

Crescent, Regina, Sask. S4S 4J 1.

Daniel J. Smith, '42, 4500 S. Ocean

Blvd . #508, S. Palm Beach, Fla . U .S.A.

D.e. Thompson, '42, 80 Tunis Bay,

Winnipeg, Ma n. R3T 2Xl .

Ross Walton, '42, 31902 Madiera PI.,

Clea rbrook, B. C. V2T 4B7 .

E. Ballantyne, '43, 9333 -1 58th St., Ed

monton , Alta. T5R 2C6 .

Mike F. Comfort, '43, 1096 Adelaide St.

N ., London, Ont. N5Y 2NI.

Donald F. Damude, '43, 9 Reginald

Crescent, Markham, Ont. L3P 3T6.

George F. Hanna, '43, Box 966, Stayner ,

Ont. LOM ISO .

Archie J. MacKinnon, '43, 36 Drew

Ave ., Cambridge (G), Ont oNIS 3R5.

Stuart E. Magwood, '43, #908-225 Bell

ville St., Victoria, B.C. V8V 4T9 .

E.L. Nundal, '43, Box 3308, Langley,

B.C. V3A 4R6 .

J.e. Selke, '43, 164 McRae Drive, To

ronto, Ont. M4G IS ~ .

David L. S mit h, '43, 11 Kirk Crescent ,

Saskatoon, Sask . S7H 3BI.

G.D. Stirk, '43, R .R. #3, Brampton ,

Ont. Robert H . Fitts, '44, 4005 Golfe Shore N ., #702 Golfsid , Naples, Fla. U.S .A. Wally Moynihan, '44, #406-1149 Rock land Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8V 3H8. Hank R. Steadman, '44, 602 Wes tern Ave ., Magnolia, Mass. U .S .A . 01930 . George B. Murray, '46, #203-7300 20th St., Vero Beach, Fla . U.S.A. 32960. 0

The College of Social Scie nce Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor: Brad Coddington. '72.

Departmental News Department of Economics

Last Fall, the Department welcomed one new regular faculty and a visitor. Profes sor Bill Furlong, a Ph.D. candidate at Queen's, comes to the Department with interests in welfare economics, urban economics and public finance. Bill's thesis deals with the econom ics of crime and punishment. Professor Henry Rempel is from the University of Manitoba where he is Associate Profes sor of Economics. His special interests are the economics of development and trade. Early in January, the Department welcomed Professor Ray Rees from Wales for a one-year visit. Professor Rees' interests include public enterprises and microeconomic theory. There was also a significant change among regular faculty. Professor John Vanderkamp became Dean of the Col lege of Social Science in January and until June I, Professor Ken Grant served as acting chairman. Professor Douglas Auld became chairman at that time. The former Dean of the College, Profes sor Jack Skinner returned to teach in the Winter semester befo re starting his administrative leave. Professor Gustav van Beers re mained in Transkei for another year and department members Professor Clive Southey and Professor Robert Swi dinsky joined him for short term special assignments. Professor Southey wa s re sponsible for studies in the a rea of benefit cost analysis and Professor Swi din sky prepared a report on labour force migra tion. The Fall of 1981 a lso saw the return of Professor Jim McR a e and Professor Francis Tapon from sabbatical leave. Regretfully, Professor McRae will be resigning to take up a new position at the graduate School of Public Adminis tration in Victoria.

A number of publications were credited to the Department in 1980-81 . Professors Ankli , Auld, Chr istofides, Forster, Furlong, Osborne, Prescott, Swidinsky, Tapon, and Wilton publis hed in referred journa ls. Pro fessor Steele received a large grant from the Ontario Economic C o uncil to study hou sing pol icy and Professors Grant and Vander kamp were a warded resea rch fund s to continue their work on migration. The Department continued to be a ctive on University committees and boards, with members serving on over ten such administrative bodies. On the Faculty A ssocia tion , Professo r Southey completed hi s term as Chairman o f the Grieva nce Committee while Professor Christofides was a member of the Salary Committee and Professor Fors ter, a member of the Facult y A ssoci a tion Council. Professor M adden served on several subcommittees of the Faculty Policies Committee as well as the Liber al Education Committee and Resea rch Board . The office of the Depa rtment un derwent a transform a tion in the Sum mer of 1981 to enlarge the administra tive area to accommodate more staff a nd records. Staff cha nges sa w Car me lina Ridi move to the Dea n's Office and Patricia Orosz as sume the position of administra tive secretary. Debra Palmer joined the Departme nt staff in September. 0

Department of Geography

Two new visiting facult y have joined the Department thi s semester - Professor Bre nt Hall and Professo r Chris Morg a n. Professor Warren Mora n, from Auck land, New Z ealand, is the Short-Te rm Unive rsity Visiting Professor thi s yea r. He was last in Guelph in 1972 wh en he taught for a se mes ter. While in Guelph he ha s participated in ma ny courses and graduate seminars and gave a public lecture: "Farm Taxation and Production - the New Zealand Case. " 0

Seek and

Ye May Not

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Is your name on the list to the right ? If so, congratul a tions' Yo u a re a member of th e College of Social Science Alumni As soci a tion and we really appreciate your continued support. If not , you a re on e of 4 ,81 1, or about 95 pe r cent of Socia l Science graduates, who ha ve not . yet joined . At a recent Board meeting, two of th e Associ a tion 's directors real ized tha t even they were not me mbers. (They quickly made amend s. ) You automatica lly became a mem ber of the University of Guelph Alumni Association when you graduated , and ma y ha ve also dona ted to the Alm a Mater Fund, but you must pay a sm a ll membership fee to join the College of Social S c ience Alumni As sociation. For only $5 you can become an a nnu a l mem ber, or $ 50 brings you a life mem bership (which can be paid in instal ments) . Your membe rs hip can he lp us to prov ide yo u with a cti vi ties s uch as our ski weekend at W y born Hous e last Jan uary , a di s pla y at College Royal '82, and a foot rally at Alumni Weekend, jus t to name a few. Membership is open to graduates and post-gradua tes of the College of S ocia l Science; gradu a tes and post gr aduates in the Social Science pro grams of the fo rmer Wellington College, and faculty and former faculty of the College of Social Scie nce and of the forme r Welling ton College. Spouses who are not CSS grads ma y join, with full votin g privileges. A ssociate memberships are open to friends of the Association. So do not delay' Fill out the mem be rs hip form and become a me mber of the College of S ocial Science Alumni Association. 0

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BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor: Dr. John Powell.

o New Chairman Explains

Dr. Len Cooper, the new chairman of the School of Human Biology, wishes that people would stop confusing human kinetics with physical education. "We have been downplaying physical edu ca tion at Guelph for no other reason than the fact th a t the School has not offered a Physical Education program for over ten yearsl Yet , in spite of our every effort to educate , it is apparent that old concepts die slowly," he laments. The School of Human Biology offi cially replaced the School of Physical Education in 1978 , some six year s after the inception of the honours B.Sc. pro gram in Human Kinetics and three years after the honours B.sc. program in Human Biology was located in the School. The term "human kinetics" was coined in 1970 to describe an area of study th a t focused on the biology of human movement. "Human kinetics is the s tudy of man -in-motion and consid ers both the functional and evolutionary aspects of the interaction of the intact organism with its environment. Unfortu nately , several other Ontario universities liked the term so well they adopted it, but not the rationale behind it, and applied it to their programs,. most of which are essentially phys ical education, thus contributing to the confusion ," ex plains Professor Cooper. This major academic shift for the School, from physical education to human biology , was approved by Senate in 1972, committing the School to con tinue to combine the staunch biological base of its academic programs with the cross-disciplinary, integrative approach which has characterized the School's efforts since that date . The School is the only place in Canada, and possibly North America ,

that offers two approaches to the study of human biology, believes Professor Cooper. One takes the more traditional broad approach leading to a B.Sc. de gree in Human Biology, the other is truly innovative and much narrower in sco pe, leading to B.Sc . and M.Sc. de grees in Human Kinetics. For many of the School's graduates the next logical step is to proceed to advanced study in the health sciences. For example, Michelle Murdoch, who wa s the 1980-1981 winner of the College of Biological Science gold medal for academic excellence, will enter medical school , a pattern severa l of her class mates will follow . Specialized areas in human physiol ogy, ergonomics, physiotherapy, human growth and development, anthropology a nd special education attract many of the School 's graduates. Dr. Cooper is excited a bout the direction and quality of the School's development. The fact that the Master's program doubled its previous enrolment las t Fall is particularly gratifying. He sees one of his major tasks as producing, and/or maintaining, as pres sure-free an environment as possible within the School so that the academic programs can continue to flourish and faculty members "call get on with what t hey do bes t. " Professor Cooper, who received B.Ed. and M.Sc. degrees from the Uni versit y of Alberta and a Ph .D . from the University of M a ryland, joined the Uni versity in 1967 . Before coming to Guelph, he served as a department head in physical educa tion, chemistry and biology at several Alberta high schools, lecturer in human physiology at the College of Physical Education, the University of Maryland,

and ass istant professor of ph ca tion, McGill University . His include hunting for fossil s and He has a s triking di splay or including a part of a dinosaur's shel f in hi s office. 0

Dr. Len Cooper.

Right off the Board Teaching in high school? An e~· cellent book, Illustrated Guide I. the Anatomy of the Frog aft' Fetal Pig may help. Dissectiom. photography and drawings are ~ Jean Price-instructor in the [k. partment of Zoology. The book il available, at $7.95, at the Camj)ll Bookstore, or from Jean, Roo. 285, Botany-Genetics-Zoolol) Building. (519) 824-4120, E~L 8198.

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effects of malonaldehyde. Nina Mercer, Ph.D. '81, is working with Dr. K.K .

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her studies as a fourth-year student in dentistry at the University of Toronto. - "- - -- - - - . - . - ----_.------". Nora Lee, M.St:. '80, spent six months in France, and now is pursuing a career in community nutrition.

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In and Around Ottawa

AI Castledine, M.Sc. '77, finished his Ph.D . at the University of Victoria, B.C. in fish nutrition. Also completing her Ph.D., in liver metabolism, is Gayle Crozier, '77, M.Sc. '78, a t the Universi ty of California (Davis). Barbara Cha nin, M.Sc. '79, is working on her doctor ate with Dr. Bruce MacDonald at the University of Manitoba. Back in the department, several alumni are complet ing degrees. Fern Burley, '79, received her M.Sc. and Jill Merill, '79, is con tinuing her studies towards an M.Sc., in the field of drug-nutrient interactions, under the direction of Dr. Tammy Bray. Shane Carson, '79, presented a re port on his investigation On the interac tions of dietary components and myco toxins to the American Society of Ani mal Science in Raleight, N.C., U.S.A. , and is about to complete his M.Sc. degree. He wa s also married last No vember. Other alumni in the department are Andrea Leach, '80, who returned from her home in Barbados and is working for an M .Sc. in cholesterol metabolism with Dr. Bruce Holub, and David Agwu, '80, who has been admitted to doctoral studies, also under the direc tion of Dr. Holub.

Several of our alumni are in Otta wa. Donald Davies, '76, Ph.D. '80, is a nutrition toxicologist with the Health Protection Branch at the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Ted Farnworth, Ph.D. '78, works for Agriculture Cana da as a re searcher in animal nutrition. Ted and his wife have two children. Scott Watson, '76, M.Sc. '81, married Joanne Dalbello, FACS '78, and is hatchery manager at Dorion Fish Hatching. Dennis Fitzpatrick, M_Sc. '77, re ceived a Ph.D. from Rutgers University a nd works for the Agriculture Research [nstltu teo Shi-O "Silas" K. Gung, Ph.D. '80, after being a Research Associate in the Department, has moved to the Uni versity of Ottawa where he works as a research associate in the Department of Biology . Silas expects to join the aqua culture program at the University of California (Davis) shortly.

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Family Increases After giving birth to her second child, Angela (Young), Ph.D. '77, wife of Barry Coates, M.Sc. '73, has returned to work at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The family of Brian Barnett, '76, M.Sc. '78, has also increased with the birth of a second child. Brian trans ferred from Truro, N.S. to Toronto, and Dawes Laboratories; he has moved to Cambridge, with this company.

Travellers Having spent last Summer in Hong Kong, Gloria Siu, M.Sc. '77, continues

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the Board If you are interested, live in or near Guelph, and are prepared to be elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the CBS Alumni Association, please get in touch with the CBS Alumni Asso ciation through Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, Alumni Office, 4th Floor, University Centre, Universi ty of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl. (519) 824-4120, Ext. 2122.

Mary van Dyke, '80, is a la bora tory technician in the Department of Bio chemistry at the University of Western Ontario; Margaret Rich, '79, works as a laboratory technician for Dr. Trevor Smith in the same department. Lydia (Dubicki) Burkitt, '79, married recently and is working at the Clarke Institute in Toronto. Several alumni occupy post doctoral positions: in Cleveland, III., Bruce Hollis, Ph.D. '79, is working at Case Western Reserve University . Susan (Collins) Whiting, Ph.D. '80, is pleased with her position at the Uni versity of British Columbia. In the De partment, Ranjana Bird, M.Sc. '77, Ph.D. '80, works as a research associate with Dr. H.H. Draper on the biological

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the Depa rtment of Biochemistry at the University of Western. Ontario.

Recent Graduates From the Department Beverly Reichert, Ph.D. '81, is a sessional lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, and Linda James, M.Sc. '81, is executive as sistant to the committee on quota systems for the Ontario Pork Production Marketing Board in Guelph . Bev. Merchant, '81, has married and is living in Hamilton where she works for Procter and Gamble. Bob Chapkin, '81, continues gradu ate studies in the Department of Nutri tion under the direction of Dr. Bruce Holub, and Karen Stangroom, '81, under the direction of Dr. Trevor Smith. Mar shall Atin, '81, spent last summer work ing in Dr. Smith's laboratory. This Fall he moved to a new position in the Department of Animal and Poultry Sci ence as a laboratory technician. We would like to congratulate him, he be came a father in November. Thanks go to Dr. Olga Martinez for compiling this report. We need news from our other departments- please. 0

Macdonald Institute/College of Family and Consumer Studies Alumni Association

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

Dol ars for Scholars Each year, in October , the annual schol arship and awards presentations take place at the University of Guelph. For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Applied Science program this occurred on October 14, 1981. Scholarships total ling $42,000 were awarded to 67 stu dent s. Presentation of these awards is made by donors and / or chosen repre sentatives at a reception held in the College of Family and Consumer. Stud ies Alumni Lounge. It is a happy occa sion as the selected students are ho noured for their outstanding achieve ments academically as well as for all round contributions to the University community. Scholarship winners are chosen under the careful scrutiny of the Awards Committee, consisting of faculty within the College, following the terms of refer ence printed in the University under graduate calendar . Included in the presentation are two entrance scholarships provided by the Mac-FACS Alumni Associ a tion. The Guelph Branch of the Association, pres ents two scholarships to students stand ing highest at the completion of their second semester in Family and Consum er Studies. The Centennial Scholarship, established by the Association, is award ed to a Trea ty or Non-Treaty Indian or an Inuit student who is regis tered in the undergraduate or graduate program in Family and Consumer Studies. The Mac-FACS Student Bursary is awarded three timesa year, once each semester, to a student who qualifies for mature student status. In total, there are four entrance scholarships and 25 in-course awards presented annually. The majority of awards are made available by families who have been affiliated with the Mac donald Institute and/or the Family and

Consumer Studies program . Also , awards are presented by the Junior Farmers ' Association , the Hamilton Home Economics Association and the Agincourt Milk Producers' Association. The Federated Women 's Institutes of Ontario present several awards. The winners are selected at FWIO board meetings and a re presented with awards at a special reception on campus . The School of Hotel and Food Administra tion is generously provided with scholarships , a nd students in the Bachelor of Commerce program ar e pre sented with scholarship awards throu g h out the academic year . With a total in excess of $25,000, 29 awards a re pre sented by donors at speci a l functions. Most of these awards are made available by hospitality firms and associations . Other financial a ssistance is avail

able through the Jessie Lambden Coles Bursari es , the Stoney Creek Women 's In stitute Bursaries and the Mac-FACS Alumni Loan Fund . The gradu a te student program has a total o f six scholarship award s desig nated for s tudents in the College. Since more s tudent s are continuing, or return in g to , graduate studies there is a need to es ta blish more scholarships in thi s a rea . Information and printed material is availabl e to a lumni and their families who may be interested in establishing scholarships, bursaries, research fellow ships a nd assistantships . Contact may be ma de through the De velopment Office, Depa rtment of Alumni Affairs and De velopment, niversity of Guelph, Guelph, Onta rio, lG 2WI or tele phone (519) 824-3100. D

Susan Ackroyd, left, winner of the $500 Ma c-FACS Alumni Association Scholarship, with Dean Janet Wardlaw, centre, and Mary (Webber) Henry, '65, president of the Association. Congratulations also go to Sharon Hardy, recipient of the Mac-FACS Alumni S cholarship of $1,000, and to Bonita Baxter and Ingrid Verduyn, recipients of Mac-FACS Centennial Scholarships of$150.

From the Dean

Dr. Janel Wardlaw.

In the face of your editor's pleas for "more space," 1 am pleased that there is a corner in which I can bring greetings from the College or Family and Con sumer Studies and highlight some facets of the College programs. In this newsletter I would like to focus on the outstanding group of inter national visitors who have been attracted to the College this year. T heir varied interests reflect those of the C ollege. Professor Ke nneth Boulding, Professor Emeritus at the J niversity of Colorado and an economist of wide renown, joined us in the Fall as our Winegard Visiting Professor. Dr. Bould

'ing 's month-long visit attracted Univer sity-wide attention and was made possi ble through Alma Mater funding. Professor Ruth Huenemann, Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health at the University of Cali fornia , Berkeley, and a pioneer in the field of public health nutrition was with us in the Fall for a second visit as a sessional instructor teaching the course N utrition and Man. Marjory and Fred Ebbeck, from South Australia, together presented a special topics course, funded by the H arshman Foundation , and dealing with art and music in the preschool curricu lum. Marjory is' on the faculty of the De Lissa Institute for Early Childhood Studies in the Hartley College of Ad vanced Education. Fred is the Director of the Kindergarten Union of South Australia. Folke Olander, Professor of Eco nomic Psychology at the Aarhus School of Business Administration and Eco nomics in Denmark, joined the Depart ment of Consumer Studies this Winter for a four-month period. His visit is

Those '76 B.A.Se. Grads A Synopsis of "Career Paths of the 1976 Consumer Studies Graduates"-an un dergraduate thesis presented for the course Resea r ch- Co nsumer Studies, by Janet Fay Li ttl e, B.A.Sc. '81, and Joanne Okrainetz, B.A .Sc. '81. As we approached the end of our under graduate university education, we felt that a survey of past graduates from the C onsumer Studies major could provide us with information concerning potential areas of employment, and future educa tional requirements, which would be of

value to future students and to the Department of Consumer Studies. A questionnaire survey of 52 Con s umer Studies students who graduated in '76 was undertaken in 1981 to deter mine the graduates' employment histo ries, their further education, their views of the value of the B.A.Sc. degree in obtaining their jobs, and to generate recommendations for students embark ing on future studies. A total of 42, or -8 I per cent, of the graduates responded to the questionnaire. Education and experience were seen

Mac-F ACS Alumni Seminar ..Approaching Your Future With Confidence"

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supported in part by a vIsiting scholar grant from the Social Sciences and Hu manltles Research Council. Professor Olander is widely known in North America as a leader in the consumer policy field and is editor of the Journal

of Consumer Policy. Professor John Kirkland, a Winter visitor in the Department of Family Studies, is on sabbatical leave from Massey in New Zealand. His interests are in the area of child development and he is in the forefront in a newly develop ing research area focusing on infant crying. These visitors, with their various objectives and commitments, add greatly to the intellectual environment in the College. As limited budgets constrain faculty travel and limit the recruitment of new faculty, the stimulation which they bring is increasingly important. Your visits are also important to us and we look forward to seeing many of you at College Royal Open House on the weekend of March 13 and 14 and at the Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar which will be held on May 1.0

. as the primary and secondary factors respectively that were helpful in obtain ing employment. Other factors, such as volunteer work , extra-curricular activi ties and personal skills were considered helpful but were rated somewhat lower than education and experience. In obtaining their first job after graduation , the respondents' educational background played a more important role than did their previous work experi ence. The opposite was suggested in obtaining their most recent job. This is reasonable since work experience be comes invaluable for advancement and promotion in one's career. Most of the graduates felt that their B.A.Sc. degree was both essential and useful in their professional careers. Over 67 per cent of the respondents had furthered their education in some way since graduating from the B.A .Sc, program. The majority of the reasons for involvement in further education were identified as being related to the advancement in their area of employ ment. "Wished to study further in a specific field" and "type of work desired required further training" were the highest rated responses. The types of additional education were related to job

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field s. Courses in banking, real estate, insurance, education, and business ad ministration had facilitated the advance ment and expansion of career potential. All of the graduates had been em ployed at some time since graduation in 1976. O ver 88 per cent are presently employed in full-time jobs. Fewer than 67 per cent of the graduates had changed jobs since graduating, and of these, the average number of jobs held over the five-year period was 2.8. No single reason for change in employment was found to be dominant. Of no sur· prise, the majority of the reasons were re lated to the betterment of the respond ents' careers. Salaries for graduates who were employed in a full-time job ranged from $5,200 to over $31,200 per annum. The common characteristic of the graduates who were in the upper salary range appeared to be their involvement in further education. Of the six respond ents reporting the highest earned sala ries, $23,400 to over $31,000, four grad uates were located in the Metropolitan T oronto area, one in Alberta, and the other in California. Approximately 67 per cent of the respondents are em ployed in business-related organizations, and 22 per cent are working in govern ment-related organizations. The graduates' recommendations for students embarking on their studies stressed the importance of summer work experience, involvement in extra-cur ricular activities and course electives. We wish to thank Rosemary Clark, ' 59, De partment of Alumni Affairs and Development, for compiling a list of the names and addresses of the '76 Consum er Studies graduates. We would also like to offer our heartfelt thanks to the '76 Consumer Studies graduates, without whose interest and participation, our thesis would not have materialized. 0

Grad News In Memoriam

Heather (Milne) Nielsen, B. H .Sc. '59, is chief of nutrition programs with Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa . Myrna R. Robb, I8.H.Sc. '62, was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981, after completing a law degree at York Uni versity. She has joined the Bureau of Competition Policy, Consumer and Cor porate Affairs, Canada, and resides in Ottawa. Margaret (McKellar) Healey, B.H.Sc. '64, completed an M.Sc. in Applied Human Nutrition in July 1981. Marg is currently lecturing for the University's Department of Fa mily Studies. Rhonda M. Grasby, B.A.Sc. '75, is dieti tian-in-charge at Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia . Oana M. Mason, B. A.S c. '79, is with CBC T.V. Station Relations, Toronto. Lesley (Long) Scharf, B.A.Sc. '79, IS dietitian with McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton. Roberta Lynn Konkin, B.A.Sc. '80, is a special education teache'r with the Northern Lights School District In Prince Albert, Sask. Julie Rahn, M.Sc. '80, Applied Human Nutrition, is a nutritionist with a Ger man medical team with CUSO in Su dan. She completed a bachelors program at the University of Toronto. Edith (Norteye) Francois, M.Sc. '81, is a lecturer at the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana. 0

Nellie MaiJcolm, '070, passed away June 1 9, 1981 , in Lucknow. Bea t rice (Harvie) Anderson, '250, passed away in Mayville, N .Y ., U.S.A. Evelyn Renouf, '270, passed away Octo ber 12, 1981, in Guelph . Ma r ion (Waddell) Arntfield, passed away August 3, 1981.

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Ann (Vanee) McCallum, '320, passed away October 13,1981, in Teeswater. Vera L. Henderson, '33D, life member of the M a c-FACS Alumni Association, passed away May 18, 1981, following the death of her husband, R.G. Hender son, on January 5, 1981. Margaret (Calder) W eatherston, '350, life member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association, passed away July 25, 1981. M a xine (Graham) Brightwell, Mac '55, passed away in November 1981, in Stratford . She was the ~ife of Dr. Harry Brightwell , OVC '56.

Carol (Page) S Him, B.A.Sc. '78, Nutri tion, was killed in an automobile acci dent in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, in Sep tember 1981. Following graduation, Carol completed a one-year internship at the Health Science Centre in Win nipeg, then worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. She had been accepted to do a Masters degree at the University of Montreal commencing September 1981. Carol was the wife of Amer Silim, Ph.D., O VC '80.0

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The Co lle ge of Phys ical Scie nce Alumni Association

SCIMP

Editor: Bob Winkel

Open W ide

Dr. Alex

Vano, '71.

University life is a far cry today from what it was 20 years ago. Where, then, could one find a particular building on the Guelph campus that offered facili ties for buying food, depositing or with drawing money, getting a haircut , taking in drycleaning, purchasing toothpaste, a track suit, or a ticket to a concert-or the Caribbean? All that is possible at the University Centre, and now dental care is available

there as well. Dentist, Dr. Alexander Vano, '71, has opened a branch office in the space on the courtyard level recently vacated by the central box office. Alex wa s born and raised in Guelph and graduated from the University in chemistry. Despite his undergraduate studies' preference, he always wanted to be a dentist. Subsequently, he attended the Faculty of Dentistry at Western and, following graduation in 1975, he shared a practice with a colleague in Hamilton. The year of 1980 was a big one for Alex. He moved his practice home to Guelph, got married in October-and, when the opportunity presented itself, set up a satellite office on the University campus.

Fir st Ph.D. froOl GWC2

The first st uden t to grad ua te from the co-operative Ph.D . option at the Guelph Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry (GWC2) is Bori Shushan of St. Ca tharines, who, for the past four years, has been pursuing his studies at both campuses. The co-operative Ph.D. program was instituted in 1976 for the purpose of combining a research degree with indus trial experience. During the first two semesters. students must complete six graduate courses with an "A" average, followed by a full year working in a government or industrial research labo ratory. At the completion, students must submit a work report which, if accepted, entitles them to proceed with a further seven semesters of work on their own thesis. Bori indicates some of the advan

tages of the program: the combined resources of two universities, a wide choice of graduate courses, the experi ence of both faculties, and access to the equipment in which one or other of the campuses specializes. The co-operative program with in dustry, which was originally developed at the University of Waterloo, not only provides field experience, but also opens up a wider range of subsequent job opportunities. Bori spent his working year as a research che_mist, in mass spectroscopy, in the organic trace con taminant section of the Ontario Ministry of Environment's laboratory service, and is now engaged in research work for Sciex Incorporated , a small Canadian company engaged in the manufacture of mass spectrometers. As one of the student representa-

What do he and his assistant t'link of their new location~ "We are heading for a new system in dental practice, a 'walk-in' type of operation, and this setting should be ideally suited for that," he says. But "walk-in" does not mean a return to the "barber shop " style of practice, he notes. Dentistry is a refined art these days. Yet here the paradox remains. Despite the tremendous ad vances in dental technology-the faster, safer, more efficient and pain-free treat ment-98 per cent of the population are still walking around with some form of dental disease, says the denti st. "People still equate treatment with something tangible, like a new crown or a filling, but they must come to realize that the most important thing a dentist has to offer them is a good set of healthy teeth, kept that way by regular, preventive treatment." 0

tives on the Centre's co-ordinating com mittee, he was involved in the body whose function it is to anticipate alild avoid some of the difficulties which might otherwise ari se from trying to operate across campus lines. Students register with their own university and are governed by the rules of that univer sity. The rules are similar but not identi cal and the co-ordin a ting committee ensures that the Centre works within both sets of parameters. Bori says there were some pressures in the first two semesters. "All graduate courses are time-consuming and coping with six of these, with laboratories 18 miles apart, can be difficult at times. However, we had a shuttle bus service that ran once or twice a day back and forth, so that ensured we are at the right place a t the right time." His thesis was in the area of analyt ical chemistry, under the supervision of Professor Bob Boyd. 0

Grad News

Ed win Pyne, '69, is manager of the internal audit section of the Heritage Group, in Waterloo. John Greenwood, M.Sc. '70, has moved to St. John's, Nfld., as a priest with the Jesuit Order. Rober t Gowan, '7 \, lives in Spruce Grove, Alta., and works for EBA Engi neering Consultants Ltd . in Edmonton. Adriaan Kempe, '71, is account manager fOf the Bank of Montreal in Oshawa . Kamaruzzaman Alias, '72, is director of agricultural education in Kuala Lum pur, Malaysia. We are saddened to hear of the death of Judy (Oliver) Wilson, '72. We offer our sympathy to her family. Sam Leong, '73, teaches for the North York Board of Education in Willowdale. Bob Malins, '73, is tea ching for the Brant County Board of Education in Brantford.

Sadrudin Damj i, '75, lectures at Pearson College in Victoria, B.C. Gord H a rris, '75, is senior camera tech nician for I M AX Systems Corporation in Oakville . Andy O rr, '75, is instructor for the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School. Jim Tu rnbull, '75, is re searching for MacMillan Bloedel in Vancouver, S.c. Jenny (Tho mpson) Jackman, '76, is con tinuing her Ph. D . studies at Atomic Energy of Canada in Chalk R iver where husband, Tom, '72, is a research scien tist. Peter Schultz, '76, has taken a research associate post at the Brookhaven a tion a l Laboratory in Upton, .Y. By special request, we include here a note from Steve Long, '77, that he has joined Val Anderson, '77, and Sue (Spearman) Goosens, FACS '80, at McG a w Manufacturing Ltd. in Brant ford. Gord S mith, '77, is senior programmer for Quasar Systems Ltd. in Calga ry.

Kei th Walton, '77, lives in Aurora and works as an ink chemist for Dow Chemi cal in Weston. Lyn (Lawrence) C1arridge, '78, is systems analyst with W .e. Wood Co. Ltd. in G uelph . James Hardy, '78, and his wife, Marie (Pettey), OVC '80, live in Woodstock. J im is a computer program designer for Calnek P rice and Associates in Water loo. Patricia Hu, '78, is statistician at the Brookhaven N ational La boratory in Up ton, N .Y., U. S .A. Dixie Woolsey, '78, is daims representa tive for the A ET N A Casualty Insurance Company of Toronto. Paul Dobson, '79, is senior pharmacolo gist fo r le I America 'in Wilminton, Del., U .S :A. Mike Shilling, '79, is quality control manager with K- Vet Ltd. in Cambridge. Eric Wilson, '79, is process programmer anal ys t for Dofasco in Salem, Va. , U. S.A ., and last June married Barb Cherry, Arts '80. 0

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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association

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

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The Fall semester seems to be a particu larly busy time for students and faculty alikc in the Ontario Agricultural Col lege. Following orientation , which in volves many senior students (with the freshmcn) , Aggie Week helps to empha size the centrality of OAC students on campus. October brings mid-term exa mina tions for all students, and for a fairly largc number, recognition at the Fall Semester Awards Presentation. This year, over $225,000 was awarded with more than 200 students receiving one or more awards . The awards ceremony was attended by many donors, parents and friends of the recipients. It was a particular pleas ure to have Gordon Nixon, '37, chair man of the OAC Alumni Foundation, present to give out the several incourse and cntrance sc holarships awarded by the Foundation. During the Fall semester, Profes sors M ike Jenkinson, '6 3, Neal Stoskopf, '57, and I, enjoy meeting many of our students for lunch. We invite each of the Aggie year executives to visit with us as well as the BLA and Engineering Socie ties and the executive of the O AC Students' Federation. These informal

luncheons provide an excellent opportu nity for an exchange of views about the various OAC academic a nd extracurric ular progra ms. Another highlight of the F all se mester is the selection of the Carr Scholarship winners. These two awards, each $2,500, are awarded to one gradu a te from each of the Diploma and Degree programs in agriculture who has taken up farming following graduation. Five graduates of each of the pro grams a re invited to come to the Univer si ty for an interview by a panel m ade up of the previous year's winner, represent atives of the Ontario Institute of Agrolo gists, agricultural industry, and the OAC Alumni Association together with Professors Jenkinson, Stoskopf and my self. The ten individu als interviewed are

truly outstanding young people a nd the interviews would certainty a llay any con cern that anyone might have about the future of ag riculture in thi s province. The new Co-ope rative Education Program is developing very well under the direction of Bruce McCallum, '64. I am pleased th a t Lloyd R oss, '54, has accepted the position of Assi stant Direc tor. Students in this program moved into indu st ry for their first work se mester in Janu a ry. We have started the program in a small way, but we hope that within a year or so we will have 50 or 60 st udents from the B. Sc. (Agr.) program involved in it eac h semester . The OAC student faculty and alumni banquet and dance was held this year on January 30. I hope that man y of yo u were able to attend. 0

Young Aggies Donate $5,000

Mem bers of the 1981 Aggie Week Committee presen/ed $5,OOU to Bunny Wae chter, community development director for the Waterloo unit of the Ontariu March uf Dimes. Standing, I to r, are students: Marie Hartley, Donna Bromby, Lloyd Mitchell and Cameron McWilliam.

"Yes, I Guess

That's Where

You'd Be To"

Joan (Eynon) Graham, Mac '37, and Frank Graham, '37, were the leaders on a tour to Newfoundland, Labrador, and the Gaspe last Fall. The following is an abbreviated account by Joan of their experience. On arriving at St. John's at midnight, we were met by a lashing gale and heavy rain, the tail-end of a hurricane. How ever our adorable, big, amiable New foundland bus driver, Ron Stone, gath ered us up quite placidly and delivered us to the Ba ttery Hotel. We wakened to wonderfully fine weather; the hurricane was over. Ron took us on a tour of St. John's, and he proved to be a veritable mine of infor mation. His accent of course was grand. On Signal Hill, Marconi received the first telegraph message in 1901. Alcock and Brown made the first transatlantic flight from here in 1919. John Cabot, who entered the harbour in 1497, would be whirling in his grave. Tours of the Cabot Tower and the Interpretation Centre pleased us all. Here a young lady led us through the visual history of Newfoundland-and very lucid and articulate she was. After a great buffet lunch at the Hotel New foundland, we toured the Provincial Mu seum. Luckily there was an award win ning display of crafts and needlework, with superb quilts, as well as ancient Indian artifacts plus household goods of earlier days. From a tour of the huge Memorial University of Newfoundland, we drove to that dear little quaint fishing vil lage- Quidi Vidi . Everyone waved and greeted us, which made us feel jolly and welcome. Ron Stone really knows his city and province, and all places men tioned should not be missed by future tour groups.

Joan Graham, Mac '37.

Frank Graham. '37.

Out from the city, which is on the Avalon Peninsula, we swung north for a brief coastal tour. Great cliffs and many fishing villages were a delight to us inlanders. Farley Mowat's A Whale for the Killing and Orcha were filmed in these parts. A highlight was a visit to the Marine Science Research Laborato ry to see the seals. Not to miss a trick. we doffed our hats to Howie Meeker's home and sports store. Gas here was 40¢ a litre self serve and 44¢ for service. Modest wooden homes, valued at about $50,000, shared streets with stately $850,000 homes. St. John's has grown tremendously since Confederation in 1949, and we were greatly impressed with the improve ments . It was very windy, temperature about 60°F, and we were lucky to enjoy warm sunshine to complement the bash ing rollers of the Atlantic. On Monday, September 21, our journey took us south, still on the Ava lon Peninsula, to Ferryland, then back to Witless Bay. Fishing villages were our

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joy, and the rocky inlets with boats, surrounded by gaily painted wooden homes, were well recorded on camera. We crossed inland to Placentia and up to Castle Hill, where the French and British fought so long ago. Proceeding north , we passed Come by-Chance, where oil was discovered offshore. All hoped, now that it's owned by PetroCan, that it will have a success ful future. The Holiday Inn at Daren vil.le looked mighty good after 286 miles. It is important to remember our superb seafood dinners everywhere. No inlander can imagine the flavour of fresh-caught cod, sole, halibut, salmon, scallops, crab, and cod tongues. We didn't miss an opportunity to enjoy these treats . Tuesday, September 22, was full of surprises. We got off in good time from Cia renville under a sunny sky. Our morning destination was Bonavista Bay where high cliffs, topped by a light house, jut right out into the Atlantic. En route we called in at Rattle Falls for some great photography, and also at

Trinity, a quaint fishing vi llage. Bona vista Lighthouse is a restored home, used in the 1800s and up to 1962, when kerosene lamp fuel was replaced by electricity. The I ; ighthouse keeper ex plained it all with great pride. When I asked if France would be the next point of land eastward, he thought hard and said, "Yes, I guess that's where you'd be to. The villages were charming all along the way, and the coastal scenery grand. On our way to Gander we passed through Terra Nova National Park and stopped for a visit at the information cen t re. A climb to an observation tower gave us a magnificent panoramic view. The Albatross Motel was our home for two nights and their meals were superb. On Wedl1esday, September 23, we travelled the island of Twillingate, via Gambo. A tea-break on the way, at Musgrave Falls, was a riot. A joyfully enthusiastic lady shopkeeper fed and entertained us, asking us "Was you ever to a 'time' down here~" We loved the fine ocean view at Twillingate, and visit ed a splendid museum after lunch at The Anchorage. Here, we bought our "Screech." Thursday, September 24. We got off early by plane to Goose Bay, Labra dor. The Labrador Inn was somewhat more frontier style-but we managed. The weather here was superb. Our bus driver , Henry Shouse, turned out to be enthusiastic and articulate, a real lover of the North. He had a commitment to drive 14 [nnuit children home to North West River from school and, as we were riding in their bus, we all went together. A few statistics regarding the Indi an settlement at North West River, 30 miles north-west of Goose Bay. There arc on ly two tribes in Labrador, and they are related to the Algonquins. They arc nomadic, and live on a little trapping and welfare. There are about [,000 Indians who are Catholic, and about 2,000 Inuit who are Moravian by reli gion. Prior to 1939, there was nobody in Goose Bay; it just didn't exist. World War Two marked the start of Goose Bay and Happy Valley. One road links these two communi ties , and the combined population is around 12,000. There is one horse and no cows. Caribou, bears and wolves exist in the surrounding forests, but do not come too close. Henry, our guide, said that the potential for agriculture is ter rific, with their long days and lots of SUN. Blackflies and mosquitoes take all

the fun out of life in the summer. At North West River there are two banks, a good library and ferry service. The Senior Citizens Home and the Hudson's Bay store are excellent. Labrador is three times the size of Newfoundland and has a lesser popula tion than Corner brook. The climate here is good-six months of winter and lots of snow, but what discourages people is the isolation. The U.S. Air Force created Goose Bay during the war for a refuelling stop. In 1973 the Americans reduced person nel from 5,000 service men and 800 employees to the 15 American service men there now, and sold the base to Canada for $1. Now the base is used for manoeuvres. For the past few years British bombers have used it for low-lev el mission practice with 60 airmen and four officers. Last year the Luftwaffe came, from June 1st to the end of September, in tours of three weeks only with 200 men at a time. This was for low-level fighter training; barely over the trees and at 550 m.p.h. We toured the splendid Air Force Base, sa w all their homes, the Universal Church, hospital, and golf course which had astro turf for greens' The citizens produce great plays in their fine high school. We were all ready for a cup of tea when we stopped at a restaurant in Happy Valley, and had one last prowl in a craft shop. Back at the Labrador Inn, Frank and I had a fine sherry party before a great Goose Bay dinner. An early calion Saturday, Septem ber 26, had us barely washed when the lights failed. With the men shaveless and breakfast a sketchy affair, Henry got us to the airport. We hated to say goodbye to such a good guide and loyal Labradorian. Provincial Airlines flew us over the big dam at Churchill Falls where we made a brief stop before reaching Wa bush. This B737 held 112 passengers. We spent only three hours at the Hotel Sir Wilfred Grenfell. At Wabash, 40 per cent of Canada's iron ore is mined. The country is rather rocky and bleak but the hotel manager and his son were charming to us. They said the tempera tures are very extreme winter and sum mer but, thankfully, the humidity is low. At mid-afternoon Quebec Air, via a BAC I-II carrying 75 passengers, car ried us in 30 minutes to Sept-lies, Que bec. The Hotel Sept-lies, our home for overnight, was wonderfully situated

right on the shores of the St. Lawrence River which is quite wide there. We arrived early enough to do some explor ing. This quaint place is great for fish ing, and there are seafood shops and restaurants along the rocky shore. Co lourful surf riders rode the waves where we watched. Sunday, September 27 started out fine, which was lucky as we got everyone up at 5:00 a.m. Frank got the hotel to provide us with coffee. Quebec Air 748, for 48 passengers, flew us across the river to Mont Joli in 45 minutes. Even tually we were met by a big Voyageur bus and handsome, taciturn Harold. As a tour guide he was a bit shy but grew more used to us as time went on. En route to Riviere-du-Loup we drove around Rimouski where we fin ished our breakfast in fine style at the Marie Antoinette. Harold, "The Silent", found us the best sight of all for photog raphy, at the Wolf Falls, near Riviere du-Loup. The wharf where the ferry plies to St. Simeon was a great sight too. Our hotel, The Universal, was fine-sol idly luxurious, and we were ready for a good dinner. There was a Parti Quebe cois Convention on and a fervent looking lot they were. Monday, September 28 was crisp and we drove merrily on with sun and showers for company. We took the old Route 132 through many quaint Gaspe villages along the St. Lawrence. The best of all was St. Jean-Port-Joli which was one long street of craft shops-wood carvings, pottery, weaving, etc. All of us had a ball here and bought many locally created ar,tifacts. The trees in their Fall colours were glorious. We had a fine lunch in Mont magny, then on to Levis and Ste. Foy where Harold took us on a brief tour. We checked in at the Holiday Inn and, as it was raining, decided to have our final dinner in the Chateaubrand Room. The total bus mileage for the Mont Joli-Ste. Foy trip was 1,333. Tuesday morning being free, every one took a bus tour of Quebec City, an opportunity not to be missed and a rich period of Canadian history to be sa voured. [n the afternoon, good old Air Canada flew us home in time for supper. In II days we had been on three airlines, with three bus companies, had slept in seven hotels, and had seen a great part of Canada. Tribute must be paid to my husband, Frank, who achieved the whole caper with his usual panache. 0

Is There an Aggie in the House?

In answer to the headline-you bet there is! In fact, when the Ontario Legislature convenes there are nine of them, in their places behind those desks, representing ridings from Kent to Durham-York. Sev eral of them have had experience in agricultural extension service, and one of the newly elected was a professor at the OAC. Ron McNeil, '42, has been th e member for Elgin County since 1958; he has been re-elected seven times and thus he is the longest serving Aggie. He is now the pa rliamentary assistant to the Minis ter of Agriculture. A farmer from Springfield , Ron had a successful career in the municipal field before going to Queen 's Park ; he was Warden of Elgin County in 1952. Next longest-sitting Aggie member is Doug Kennedy, '39, who has represented his corner of Peel Region since 1967 when he took over the fiefdom of the Kennedy's, previously held by the fa mous Col. Tom who was Minister of Agriculture for 16 years. While his riding is no longer rural , Doug's con cerns still are farm oriented. Aft e r wartime service, he was with the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Farm Credit Corporation for a dozen years; he is an accredited apprais er. In the House, he has been govern ment Whip, has served on five commit tees and is currently parliamentary as sistant to the Minister of Intergovern mental Affairs . Jack Riddell, '55, has represented H u ron-Middlesex since 1973 . He sits on the Liberal side so has not had the opportu nity of a cabinet position or assistarit ship, but is the Liberal caucus critic for Agriculture and Food in the House. Jack has been in agriculture all his life; was with OMAF's extension branch; was assistant manager of the Ontario Stock Ya rds , and still owns a 200-acre farm in Huron County. Julian Reed is another Liberal member. He has represented the riding of Halton Burlington since 1975. A '56 graduate of the Associate Diploma in Agriculture

Ross St evenson, '65, and Premier William C, Davis.

Program, he represents a mixed rura l urba n area of rapid changes. He still farms and does some pro fessional acting on the side, he says. His area of concern in the House is land use, energy , and resources development. In demand in his area as a s inger , Julian studied at the Royal Conservatory of Mus ic as well as the OAC. James McGuigan, '46, was first elected to the riding of Kent-Elgin in 19 77. His family has long been prominent in ag ri culture in the district, and he was man age r of the McGuigan Esta tes, from 1952 to 1958, when he went into part nership witn his brother in the fruit growing and packing business . His son now operates the family fa rm. Jim is a

Jack Riddell, '55.

past president of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers A ssocia tion and ex ecutive member of the Ontario Federa tion of Agriculture . In the House, he is the Liberal policy critic on resources and development and has worked on a num ber of parliamentary committees. The man who holds the most powerful position of any of the Aggies in the Ontario House is the Hon. George R. M cCague, member for Dufferin-Simcoe since 1975, a nd currently chairman of the Management Board of Cabinet. A member of the Class of ' 55, George has ha d a long career in public affairs; he was warden of Simcoe County in 1966 and has served on a long list of commit tees and commissions . In private life, he

Julian R eed, '56.

Jim McGuigan, '46.

Grad News

Hugh M. Mitchell, '79, is distri c t ma nager , Ralston PurinaCompa ny , Wood s tock. John R. Pearen, '79, is crop agronomist / physiologist, Agriculture Canada, Vegre ville, Alta.

Ron M cNeil, '42.

Doug Kennedy, '39.

has been an active member of many horticultural trade groups encountered while operating his sod growing bu si ness. His job in the House has frequently been called that of being "general man ager " of government as he chairs a group of eight cabinet mini ste rs during their 70 to 80 meetings a year. He is the voice of the Civil S e rvice Commission.

the las t election. Ross has a lready received many honours for his work in agric ultura l research and ex ten sion . He was the first non-American to receive the Quincey Ayres Scholarship at Iowa State Univer sity a nd received, in 19 76 , the Universi ty of G uelph Alumni M eda l of Achieve ment for outstanding cont ributions to sc ientific resea rc h. He also rec e ived th e Canadian M e rit Award in 1978. The family farm is a 400-acre ope r ation , and Ross has been active in the Onta rio Federation of Agriculture and the Onta rio Institute of Ag rologists.

Andy Watson, '59, has represented Cha tham-K e nt since 1978. He is another Aggie who has accumulated a lo ng list of achievements in farm organizations. He was with OMAF for nearly 20 years, serving in the e xtens ion branc h in four counties, and has held a number of executive positions with the Ontario In stitute of Agrologists and the Agricul tural Institute of Canada . Currently, Andy is parliamentary ass ista nt to the Minis ter of Community and Social Ser vices. Ross Stevenson, '65, took his M .Sc. in 1966 and his Ph.D. at Iowa Sta te Uni versit y in 1969. For the [o llowing seven years he was a crop Science professor at the University before ret urning to the fa mily farm in 1976. He was elected with a majority in excess of 8,000, winning 143 of the 146 polls, in the riding of Durham- York in

George McCague, '55 .

Philip Andrewes, '65, made hi s fir st bid for political office in 1981 and, as a Conservative, represents the riding of Lincoln ( Niagara North ) as Parliamen tary A ss is tan t to the Minis ter of Ener gy . A Beamsville fruit grower, he was a director of the Ontario Fresh Fruit Growers Marketing Board from 1970 to 1972 and chairman of that body fro m 1976 to 1979. From 1972 until 1976 he wa s a member of the Ont ario Farm Products Marketing Board , an d from 1979 to 1981 was cha irman of the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers M a r keting Board. He and his wife, Margaret Ann , have a family of three: S ara h, 9; Chris topher , 8, and Caroline, 6. 0

Andy Watson , '59.

Philip Andrewes, '65.

Timothy Cartmell, '80, is teac hing for the Calgary Board o[ Educ a tion , Ca lgary , Alta . Marg-Ann Filadelfi, '80, isa ssistant profes sor, School of Food Science, Macdon a ld Campus, M cGi ll Universit y, St. Anne de Believu e,Q ue. Mary Fitts, '80, is plant breeding techni cia n, Depa rtmen tofHorticul tura IScience, U niv ersit yofGuelph . Edward Gilbert, '80, is extensio n agro no mist, De pa rtment Primary Indu stries, Queens la nd ,A us tra lia. Paul MailIaux, '80, is mark e ting represent at ive, Velsicol Corpora tion ofCanada, Ltd . Mississauga. Peter Rennie, '80, is landsc ape co-ordina tor, B.C. Fores tService, Kamloops, B.C. Paul Scholten, '80, is c redit advisor, Farm Cred it Corpora tion, G uelph . J. Sivaraman, '80, is with th e Priya Poultry Farm ,S a le m,lndia.O

In Memoriam Harvie Joseph Allardyce, '49A, on July 25, 198 I. Francis Everett Bolton, '49, on October 8, 198 1. Beverly Francis Cole, '55A, Jul y 7, 19 8 1. G.c. Findley, '2IA, in Febru a ry 1979. John Hudson, '40, a t Victoria, B.C. on

Nove mber 8, 1981 .

John Van Loon, '37, October 23, 198 1.

J. Gordon T hompson, '39, M ay 14, 1981.

AluDlni Ele ctions to Senate

It Is again time to call for nomi n ations to fill a lumni seats on the Senate of the University of G uelph . Each ye ar, the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire. Retiring August 31, 1982 are Charles (Chuck) Broadwell, OAC '54; Bill Tolton, OAC '36, and Dr. Robert (Herb) Wright, OVC '38. The terms of office of Paul D. Ferguson, CPS '67; Robin Baird Lewis, Arts '73, and Richard Young, Arts '76, will expire August 31, 198 3 . Philip Chan, HAFA ' 75; Christine Hurlbut, Arts '74, and Lorna (Dennison) Milne, OAC '56, will sit o n S enate until A ugust 31,1 9 84. The above Incum b ents s hou ld not be reno m inated. All alumni who have g ra d uated from the University of Guelph or Its founding colleges are eligible to nomina te members to Senate. S in ce the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June, the position of alumni senator Is a worki ng pos ition, not an h ono rary one. Accordingly, only candidates who will be In a position to attend meetings should be nominated. Moreover, nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University, nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University, as those groups are otherwise represented. The form be low must be s ig ne d by tw o gra duates as n ominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates. Nominations will be accepted If received at the A lumni Office by Ma rch 15, 198 2 .

Nomination Fo rm

We n ominat e the follOWing gradu at e(s), o rdinarily r esiden t in O ntariO, for election to Senate for th e t hr ee·yea r ter m com mencing September 1, 1982.

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