Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 1969 by University of Guelph

"Old Massey"- A Building with Historic Past by Florence G. Partridge

MASSEY HALL enters a TODAY, new phase of its long history as a focus of campus life and development. Its books and periodicals are removed to McLaughlin Library. The Hall and Reading Room are undergoing a metamorphosis that will ensure Massey's continuing to contribute to cultural activities. At the same time, its stacks will provide a repository for the University's growing collection of archival material. Over the years since it was built, Massey Hall has become a familiar landmark on the front campus. As our "urban" campus develops with its many new buildings creating a

high density environment for acaOn the ground floor it had an auditorium used for Chapel services. demic efficiency and convenience, This was also used in the daytime Massey will still stand serenely suras a lecture hall and in the evenings veying the Green with its rim of for meetings of the Union Literary stately trees extending down to the Society, for debates and public highway. As new generations of speaking contests and other such students come and go, Massey Hall will remain as a visible link with the activities. Behind the auditorium were living quarters for unmarried past - a significant past studded with worthy contributions to learning junior staff; Syd Curzon and Archie Porter lived there for several years. and research. The Boer War was just over and This area, commonly known as the the 20th Century well launched when Bull Pen, was the scene of many Massey Hall and Library was opened; a gay party, in striking contrast t o built and furnished at a cost of the quiet of the closed book $45,000 donated by the Massey stacks above. Students had free access to the Estate. It served as the Library of large reading room but not to the OAC for the next 65 years.

sparsely filled shelves, designed to ultimately accommodate 75,000 volumes. On the south side of the reading room were two seminar rooms, and on the north, the librarian's office. When Massey Library was opened Professor Harrison was acting as librarian in addition to performing his duties as professor of bacteriology. It was Professor Harrison who designed the OAC coat of arms which appeared for the first time in the large stained glass window of the Massey building. The book collection of the Library increased gradually but there was little change in the use of the building until after the First World War. Then War Memorial Hall was built and replaced Massey Hall for Chapel services and various forms of entertainment. The Bull Pen was

The late Dr. J. 8. Reynolds, former President and former Head of the Department of English, speaks during dedication of the Unwin Room in 1940. Also present were George Reynolds, Year President, OAC '41; the late Prof. E. C. McLean; and Prof. G. E. Reaman.

remodelled to provide additional stack space for the Library. In the early 30's students were given free access to the stacks and the wooden gates which had barred the entrance were removed. The seminar rooms were used to display current issues of periodicals. The large reading room continued to be used for studying, and twice a year examinations were written there. But the Library had no lounge area in which one might relax and read just for enjoyment. In 1906 a Department of English was established within OAC. Professor J. B. Reynolds who had been lecturing in English and Physics was relieved of the latter responsibility and was assigned an office adjoining Massey Hall. In 1909 he recruited as his first lecturer G. H. Unwin, a graduate from OAC who was later granted B.A. and M.A. degrees by the University of Toronto. Dr. Reynolds introduced at OAC Canada's first college course in Canadian literature. This course was later taught by Professor Unwin. "Gamey" Unwin was popular with students and faculty alike. He was a keen outdoors man. He was an amateur pugilist and coached the College boxing teams. He was interested in the theatre and in the College Drama Club. He was also a scholar and a teacher and awakened in many of his students an appreciation of literature and an awareness of the pleasure of reading. Professor Unwin remained with the Department of English until his death in 1928. In 1915 Dr. Reynolds left the Department of English to become Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba. He returned in 1920 as President of OAC.

Meanwhile, Dr. Reynolds had been followed in 1916 in the Department of English by Dr. 0. J. Stevenson. Dr. Stevenson had been on the staff of the Toronto Normal School and was already well known for his editing of text books of English literature for use in Ontario schools and for his interest in Canadian literature and painting. Dr. Stevenson brought to the campus as guest speakers many Canadian writers and it was a tribute to him as well as to them that Massey Hall and later War Memorial Hall would be filled on these occasions. Dr. Stevenson also initiated the OAC collection of Canadian paintings by the purchase, with funds acquired from the sale of waste paper, of The Log Drive, by Tom Thomson. Dr. Stevenson was Head of the Department of English until his retirement in 1939. The OAC class of '25 had, on their graduation, established a fund to be used for a gift to the College. No decision had been made about the spending of this money until in 1940 they asked and received permission to furnish the larger of the two "seminar" rooms as a browsing room and to name it the Unwin (Continued on page 17)

Miss Partridge watches as library material slides down ramp during move to McLaughlin Library.

One Campus - One Library

by L. F. MacRae

OPEN-STACK A CENTRALIZED, library offers far more advantages than does the system of several campus libraries with restricted circulation. This was the conclusion after a careful study of the library needs of this campus, and of the program suited to filling those needs. Not the least of the advantages of a central Library is that is gives the University the best value for its book dollar. In addition, if the University's concept that the Library should become the centre of study on the campus is to be achieved, then the bulk of the library resources on campus must be readily available to undergraduate, graduate student and faculty member alike. The only difference we make among these three groups is the amount of space made available to the individual for studv. The consolidation of the University's library resources in the McLaughlin Library will be accomplished when the transfer of the many departmental libraries to the main library is completed. These libraries, mostly in OAC departments, will be reduced to about 500 books each, books which must be near at hand as the tools of daily reference. The job of cataloguing the volumes to be transferred is under way now, and should be completed by the end of June. All books in departmental reading rooms will be duplicated in the McLaughlin Library collection. MacNabb Memorial Library of OVC will function as the one branch library of the system in recognition of its special role as a clinical or para-medical library.

t A typical floor in the McLaughlin Library with undergraduate study carrels (left rear), lounge area (foreground), librarian's office (centre) with information desk and reference books nearby.

There has been less adverse reaction to the concept of a centralized library than had been expected. The Library staff are trying to carry out the spirit, if not always the exact letter, of the Senate's approved Library Policy Statement, and the staff has tried to deal sensibly and fairly with complaints as they arise. The University's central library system, which is in many ways a Canadian first, will result in Guelph's annual library budget being held at less than the accepted ratio, often 10 or 12 per cent of a university's operating budget. This situation might be altered with the growth of a number of new inter-disciplinary programs at Guelph, but we are still confident of achieving substantial savings because of the basic simplicity of the centralized library system. In addition, by concentrating its library investment in one building the University has been able to put more into the physical aspects of the

building. This is something which is not always financially possible with numerous separate libraries to be built and operated to an equal standard. Finally, one intangible result of an open, central library system might be that it could have an effect on a student's final choice of a career. In such an open-access system, a student is free to explore the shelves at will. The many and varied volumes that could affect his life are his to delve in the day he comes to Guelph. No student should ever leave here saying he had been denied access to books. Some students never get beyond their required reading lists, and we firmly believe in encouraging them to browse more widely. The reserve book rooms, closed stacks and undergraduate libraries such as students find at some universities do little to encourage them to explore beyond what is specified for their use. rn

Electronic Aids Boost Library Efficiency HE COMPUTER has become the right arm of the University of Guelph's new central library system and its versatility and possibilities are limited only by the money available. Automation is the key word in behind-the-scenes activity that divides the library into three main sections to handle monographs (regular books), serials (journals and periodicals) and government documents. When a book is ordered by a faculty member through his department chairman, the library's search personnel check to see if it has a Library of Congress listing, if it is in print and if it isn't, whether it is worth beginning a search for it in out-of-the-way places. Those titles which are in print are ordered through a relatively new and up-and-coming Toronto company known as Books and Periodical Acquisitions Ltd. This firm, using mechanized techniques, orders the books, provides weekly computerproduced "On-order" lists which include reports on the status of orders, supplies the books with invoices, pays the bills, and produces monthly lists of books on order and received for each department in the university with a financial statement. By using this company's services, the university is saving not only on staff but is getting much better service and a considerably better price. Moreover, the university is supporting a Canadian company when some 80 per cent of similar business goes to U.S. and overseas firms. When the book arrives in Guelph, it is sent directly to the Catalogue Department, where manual and machine routines produce catalogue

Library staff member Helen Bakker inserts book card into machine along with student's plastic identity card (left) to record borrowing of book.

cards, book labels, etc. Parallel to the manual system, however, is a computer system which transfers the entire bibliographic record from the catalogue card, plus additional coded data, to magnetic tape for the library's Master File. The Master File is used to produce book catalogues for different locations in the library, special print:outs by subject for individual faculty members and book-cards for the automated circulation system. The new circulation system has greatly speeded the process of borrowing books from the Library. A transaction is completed by inserting

the book card and borrower's library badge in a terminal, which transmits this record to a data collection machine. Daily transaction lists of books in circulation are produced by the computer, and overdue notices, fine and recall notices are also part of the mechanized system. Analysis of the circulation transaction tapes can be used to indicate books or subjects in heavy demand, peak loan periods, and other useful data. During busy periods, mostly around mid-term examination time, upwards of 2,000 books a day are checked out. The system can pres(Continued on page 17)

TOWARD A MORE EFFECTIVE UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE A special report to all members of the University community Peer Alumnus:

In this mailing you will find a copy of the first report of the Senate Cammittecr on A u t dmic Orpnization. I w i h to emphasize that the report mntains pmpouls ad mt final dgcisions. If you hwe any m m t s on the pmposals please m i t e to the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. 0. C. Matthew, Vice-President, Academic. When everyom has had a chanee to nspond, the Committee will prep- a second report. May I urge you to take an active interest in this study and la us know. I f you disagree with parts of it - say so. Each of us has the chance to influence the structure of the University. Please take time to read a d csmmnt upon the report. Yours sincerely,

W. C. W i w r d , President.

Memo to Alumni: As a special insert in this edition of the Guelph Alumnus we reproduce an important r e port dealing with preliminary proposals for changes in the academic structure of your University along with some comment from students now on the campus. It is important to note that condition spelled out in Dr. Winegard's accompanying letter, namely that these are only interim proposals put forward to provide a basis for discussion by all members of the university community. The Report proposes changes in the structure of the University which would: a. replace the 4 Colleges with 5 Faculties and I School b. abolish the names of the 3 founding colleges and Wellington College c. transfer some departments (or department functions) from certain Colleges to new Faculties The directors of the University of Guelph Alumni Association will be presenting a Brief to the Committee. At least some of the College Alumni Associations likewise will be making submissions. Individual alumni, as members of the University family, are invited to submit thejr views by letter. Write to the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. 0 . C. Matthews, Vicepresident, ' Academic, with a copy of your letter to the Director of Alumni Affairs. Pleare note that the original deadline of February 21 for submission of v i e w has been extendad to Aoril I. Your opinion is important - please register it1

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D. M. Adams, President, University of Guelph Alumni Association.

CUELPH GRADUATE STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION

Vol. 4. No. 2 PETE'S PROSE

(by Peter Ellis) (Being a column of partisan and non-partisan barbs aimed to get under the skin)

The last issue of Focus contained notice of the proposed re-organization of the University of Guelph on a faculty basis. I f the reasons given for the proposed change are sound, the question of its advisability should not arise. A major struggle is looming, however, over the proposal to abandon the traditional nomenclature along with the traditional organization. The grand old names. Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Veterinary College, Wellington College and the Macdonald Institute are t o be replaced by designationssmacking of the impersonal and unimaginative bureaucracy that has killed so much of value and beauty in the twentieth century. Our college names have, in the process of time, acquired a reputation, indeed a mystique, which is world famous. Change the proud name Ontario Veterinary College, for example, to Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and what do you have 7 A nonentity which can be duplicated all over the hemisphere. There can be a 100 and I Faculties of Veterinary Medicine across North America but only one Ontario Veterinary College, and the same goes for the other Colleges. How many overseas students have come here because of the reputation of one of our Colleges? The loss of our goodwill and reputation both nationally and internationally would be enormous and take needless years to replace as the uninspiring Faculties of the University of Guelph strup gled into view of the world scene. You can't just shrug your shoulders and say that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, because a smell as important as a College reputation is neither produced nor transferred overnight. The fact is, however, we can have the best of both worlds1 We can reorganize our administration and yet retain the symbols of our past, which are, after all, the strongest guarantee of our future. My recommendationsare as follows: I. By all means let us modernize and rationalize our administrative structure. 2. By all means let us perpetuate our grand cont'd overleaf

Is Winter Carnival really this weekend?

THE ONTARION Thursday,January 16,1969

Unlverslty o f G u e l p h , G u e l p h . O n t

V o l 38 N o 2

College System to be Reviewed

ACADEMIC REORGANIZATION Tho university may have a fam-life thk year. A preliminary nport issued by the Cornmime on Acodkmlc Administrative OrganscMEsmb strucization wtlim a pr +urnf w Gualph. The key and mart c o n t ~ i aproposal l is the eiiminrtion of 'the prascsnt college

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able to identify with a grwp that would be \#orking with dorety related d i ~ ~ i p l i m . This might reduce the feeling of ovarpowering vastthat the mult.mity cream The conrnittee emphasized that the new faculties m u l d haw t~ maintain a clase l i a i m i n order to ptxsarve the spirit of c a operation betwasn the aaximic damaim. 'It waf felt that the p r m t administrative m i z a t i o n was b d on histmica1 aspect and attrmpt to develop at? # I k admi* istrstion that will kad to a sound structure of di~iplinesand more effective orgenization. T h c o i n m i m is waitingforkiefs to k submittid by intemtsd faculty, students, d elumni. Tbn, they will b able to the situation and prepst@a f i w l draft will be submitted t o the Senate, possibly by the srd of the mrnmer. II probably hold special to Pnzend and ratify We it is premtlld to the Board of Goprevmrs for final approval. Dr. Matthews said, "Hopefully, this wEIl k completd by Jmuery, 1970, with thtf propao~lsbeaming sffsctirs July I, lk170."

OAC mwld then be r e o m i z t d .s the Fp~yltyof Ag~iwlturalS C M . The disciplirm m t l y u m h Wellington College would be divided betwsm ttw Faculties of Natunl Sciences,Humanitks, and the Sacial Sciences. M W of the functions of OVC would syrtm. more to the naw Faculty of Veterinary Initial reaction among m a t studantr hils Medieims. bCIBR fsvwrable. T m tatxi to believe that C m k and Farnily rtudier, the neu the new fsculty sysem m l d make the mic program for Meedonald Institute m d p m identify m e with the university. whkh stam in July, w w l d be p ~ rof t the Also, them is a feeling that interedlr?ge Wool of Consum Studies. T h M rivalry and mimooiw would d i w w r . of Hotel and Food Achinidretioa, which Union Council hrw nat been abke t o teke wrrr recently famud, would %Ew, become action on thar prapmal at this writing but part of Ccnoumef S t u d k Dan Lwlgford said that gtrt~rdly,the WU* The F m ~ l t cuf y Graduate Studin and Ra cil w i n f m r of thenew 9(-. r n d w w l d expand to include the mntre The mmittss, b i r d by Dr. 8. C. Matfot txbational dioattllitks, pnrantky under rhswt, v'h-pmsidant, W m i c , hcrs sug Wellington C o l l q and ~ tha mtm of inmsd that fire facultips and a Wtw1 of twnatianal pragams and resources deCkwt~merStud& mplsca the Ontario Ag~lepment,now d i m l y under the academic ricultural Cdtqp.Ontario Veterinary Colvice-praokktnt. I-, Wellington Cdlep, and M m a l d The faculties w w l d be headed by a dean Imtitute. arnd the Maf Canrurmer Studies by a Some depmrtmmtr cw parts of departm l n g to tha O f f i i of thC m t swould be ahifad, Prerentty Laielogy ~~~~~~~mnn~nnm~nnrwur~r~~~an~trnr wd rnkrobiolagy am &minister4 by OAC; cont'd fnwn p~kviousp@@ on of Via-Prerident, Acadmie, t h wwld k mored to the new Foeulty would be expanded a n d called the Office Calktp traditicnn by calling th new adof Maw rrl Scimea. sf the V b P r e s i ~ At number s f amdem ministrative units by th old Colt* This would eliminate situations tljch sl mmm whan psa-sible. chat in which oo9rtcs BSc. students in Wel3.Where a Colleg~is wbdivided, ol in tha liman College const-mtrsthe gmtef part case of Onterb Agrkwltural Cullegs of~dt~~d9ntbodyimrwetsdbvo~nede ricula. Wellington Gollega, let us create tvro new pertmen% adrninirtrd by OAC. Thh anDr. Matth- autlirped m e sf the purCollegs designations for the prsposed m d y initiated a pmtmt among poa~~~shnd r M i n d the preliminary Faculties of Socid and Natural Science dtwrto that mltdK1 in the f o r m t i m of the tlwly, w, for argumnts sake pmmt cornmittma. nrpsrt. 'We wanted to put m t h i n g an papsr. Vanier end Trafalgar Collegm, DAC w i d also lam the Scttaol of Landto focus attmtian on m a i n thingo that H e m s w w i d have: scapa Amhitecturt, to the Fosulty of Humthe eornmirtcr f-ls am critical,'" he aid. Wellington College (Faculty of Humantles); anities and the !School of Agricultural En"Tbre will be mow than I&,OQO students V m k r College ( Faculty of k i d SEiemE; gitwwing to Natural Seimeer. by I@8Q. We will have to put in more dems TrafaSqpr Galleg&(Flculty sf Natural Scistudy is ex~minirrg+he future to handle t h t number of studsr~ts." ww); Ontario Agricultural Collage (Feculty of the enginering school. Their first drah of Agricultural Scisnccl;Ontwio Veterinary hars beam included in the rewgitnirat'm n l?te ewnmittgels reyrert said that the College (Faculty af VWinary Medicine); ttut the engineering port. It h rmc~llerfwultieo wauld be to adrninm d The MPcdonald Institute(Sehao1of school drep the agricultural tie and moue iokK than an expanded Wellington Collqp. ta a br& study of m t r m m m t a l enC o n w m Studies). It is also felt that the students wwld k

Preliminary Report on Academic Administrative Organization

UNIVERSITY O F G U E L P H An Open Letter

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" r w k ffre suithility snd e f k t i m the Cdkge'systwn of otymization and d e twommm&tions for any cbngsa w desinble for the 10,1968,Senate appointed the o serve on the Committee: E.P.Bem,D.G. Ingrm,T. A. Mclntyw, J. T. Powell, H. ,K. Ronald, J. R. Stems, J. .Summers, G. L. Warlow, Alumnus - P. Cow, Stwknt - K. D. F .C. Ma-, Sowetmy The Committee has met

The Committat an Aabmb Administnth Orgm&rtm~ racognharthrtktm~ing~findrrcamnrndrtEononamatarof~grvity a the e l c oqpniutianof the Univerrity, it b imperathe that dl segmmts the apportunity to exdpnwent their views. of the Unhradty be To facilitate the expmskm of these views, the Committee has formulami a number of propods for academic o r g w r i u t i and put thara in a Report which b now bdng dhtribubsd to students,alumni, faculty. Senate, a d Bard of Gowmon. The Committee h hamith sdieiting writtan b&fs or rtrtrnwntsfrom indkiduvh and group who an,~onc6medin ny way rbout tmy or dl mttws

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Thr Faculty of Humnities(including Landscape Architecture)

Departmentswhich incorporate those disciplines would also be relocated. For examp the studies related to weed control in the present Department of Botany may remain in the Faculty of Agricultura in the Depart-

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p t t m lstudies of Fine Art, it is appropriate that the Faculty of Humnitko incorporate this academic unit. (h) The Committee r~commcvtds that the School of Agrkultural Engineering be renamed the School of Engineeringand dacated (asa School) in the Faculty of Natural Sc'ina. This recorn-tion is m t i ~ nont Setme's endormment of the Schod's new academic program. (Othemioe, it is proporsd that the S h l rsmiin in tha Faculty of Agricultural Sciences). This program will emphasize, in ml, environmental engiming, and, in particular, studies in pollution, pollution control, a d water rhwurccr. In addition, there will be a new emphesis an rystams, system management, and w m m u n ~ i o n s . It is the belief of the Committee that with this new ocsdemk oriantrtkq the School h u l d be located in the same F w l t y as its supporting sciences (Mathematics, Physks, Chemistry, and Biology). Fimiiy, the Cornmittas has noted that the Federated Colleges no l o w fulfill the functions which were a mark of their past wtonomy, namely, d m W n s , the setting of ccadamic standards+the appointing of faculty, and t h provision for h t i a l accommodation for students. Them functions, whiEe perhaps of historical signifirmce for the Colle@q am now the mpcmsibility of the Uniw d t y of Guelph. The remaining functIans,which prcwently characterize the Culkges am essentially Faculty functiom. It 'a the opinion of the Committee that the substitution of Faculties for Collegm should ostslslish mom firmly the spscjal character and autonomy of the Unimdty as opposed to the special interests of any sne part of It.

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PROPOSED PATTERN OF ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANlZATlON

Principal Rmanmndrtianr (i) That the aonicw academic dministrat k offin the Univarsity be the Pnsident. (ii) That between the lawets of President and Deans, than be one m i o r acah i c administrative office, the, O f f i i of the Vice-President, Am-

demic. (iii) That the Office of the Vice-President. ~ i c ~ n s of i sthet vica Prddmt, and a number (e.g., two) of o â&#x201A;Ź f wocsdemic p e m , whosa &ties and rerpodbilitk woukl k of a functional nature (asc paragraph

following paragraph on "Other would maintain, f w exampb, his b u m r y Academic Mmbers") responsibilities, it is cwlcemslsle that a m m (Ev) That Deans of Facultk (including k m of his staff might assume, for example, the Dean,Graduate Studies a d Rethe responsibility far the dmlopmsnt of march) report t o the Office of the urdwgduate curricula. Aamdingly, the Vice-Pddmt, Academic. Committee recornmndsthat one of the (v) That the duties and reqortsibilities of the O f f i a of the of all academic sub-offices (e.g , ven the reqmnsibility Associate Deans, Adstant Departfor coordinatingthe acaelemic programs H d ) k functional in nature (see across all Faatties for the fint two mnef+ ten. Further, the Committee f m h that following paragraph on "Deans and.. Associate Deans, ). " - --'the academic counselling of students in their first two semesters b of sufficient imThe rate at which the ncosnmndrltions portana to Wanant the sfsignmmt of this am implemented may be partly determined responsibility to a s e e d academic mmber by the m a l l qowth rate of the Univwsity of the O f f i i of the VictPresMt, Acsdemduring the next'fii to ten y e r r It h to k. Students in their first year could thm be expected, therefore, that not wsry recommdation will be immediately realidentify with ooch a parscws for advice and ewnsel on matters of c o u m availeble, ired. H,it is the intontion of the course prerequisites, sequences of coor~cs, mittee that the transitional stage k mthe nature of the varioul academic programs, plated by t975. and so on. As a result, it is anticipated that Dears of Faculties and Chairmen of Ths O W i of V i i t , Acrhmk Departmentswould have more time to counsel students in their middle and upper (a) The VbPrcsl-deP,t, Acz4dmlic: semesters. The Committse is aware that the functions The Committea is aware that unirenitjust dgscrfbad moy,in the I- run, nad modier generally am increasing the number of ifiwtion. It is recognized that as a p d l e their academic Vice-Presidents. Rlldlrlaster consequence of some of these functions U n M t y naw has three: a Vite-Pretident, the responsibility for coordinating underHealth Sciences, a VicePresbnt, Arts, and graduate curricula (emestersone and two) a Vice-President, Ekknce. Recently the m'ight ba expanded to include the coonliw University of Toronto created a new ranior ating of the development of all undergradacademic rdministratiw p d t h , a V i a &wcurriculasmastmato~tb Prddmt, Graduate Studica. dush. It would be the duty of the memThe Committee beliewnthat there is no ber in cham of thk function to eonfer with justification for increasing tha number of D m 8 and others reggarding modifiitions acodtmic Vice-Presidents at this University. to existing academic program, or the inIt is hypothmized that given, for example, troductirig of new programs in any Faeulty. a Vice-President, Arts, and a VqrabPresi&nt, It is also m b l e that another member Seimce, each of these' offwould proof the Offits could have the overall raop~nr. mote the interests and aspirations of the sibility fw the growth and development of Faculties over which he has jurisdiction. tho= units that offer acadamii s m t h s This situation places a he role (e.g., RcgSstrar's Offike. Library, lrtstitute of arbitratar in facing requests of Computing Science). It is to be expectand recommendatiomo residents. ed that some of these p d t i o m just dewribThe d result is to burden a Prtskkmt with d -Id, of nsceority, bacome full-time. tinn-consuming decisions â&#x201A;Źhatcan and ought to be tnkmn a t the Vidresidcmtid k e l . ld M d e m i c O f f h R c r p a d e to the That such deciiiem am be made i-rOfficc of the V b ? P m t ,AadmAasbcmk: tially at this i d presupposesthe principle of having o m academic VbPresident. The Cornmittsr propbses that the sir The Committee, therefore, vism the rde k a n a (includingthe Dcan, Graduate Stud'k (in part) of an academic V i o t P d m t and Rewarch), the Principal of the Scfrod es orw in which the recommer?datloorand of the Un'MOnjty, the Directer(d of Inairequests that 'issue from the academic units tute(s) (presently one Computing Science), bc redved whmvsr p d b l e a t his Iwel, the Directors of the Offices (prmntly two subject to the President's approval. Rggiotrar, end Continuing Education), a d the Chief Librarian, 911 r q w t to the O f f i i (b) 0 t h ~ of tk Vice-Presiint, Academic. Prclcntly, &wen psnons including the chairmen sf In addition to th. Vice-Prericknt, b the Centres (Resources Dmlopmmt, dcmk it is emivlged that within the O f f h l n t s r ~ t k oP1 -r~ i ond ths nrm Dirthere be academic personnel (ona wrtectw of tha p m t Sdrool of Hotel rrnd time bPljE), whOIC mpodbilities wwki Food Administration npwt t o tha Vicec o w tome of the f u n t t h normally pert, Academic (see Appendix One). formed Iry a Via-PraJident, Ac9dsmic, ~nthe organization thPt is propoled, thaoa a d , possibty, Deans of F w l t b . Whik it latter t h m will rapwt elsevubre (ree rnticipated that academic VWraslidcnt Appndix Two).

Dean, Faarlty of GrPduatez Studies and Rarearch The Committee proposesthat the principal responsibilitiesof the Dean (administration of Graduate Studies, and caordinating Research on a University basis) continue as they presently are. It is recognized, however, that the Dean's office should be expanded in the forsseeable future to include an Associate Dean thereby bringing about a needed division of responsibilities. An Associate Dean could be given the responsibility for either the administration of Graduate Studies or the coordinatingo f Research. It is recommended further that the Chairmen of the Centres (Educational Disabilities, International Programs, Resources Development) report directly to tb Deen, Graduate Studies and Research rather than to the Vice-President, Academic, as is pre~entlythe ease. The work of a Centre is largely of a research nature and it is appropriate that the Centres fall under the immediate jurisdiction of this Faculty unit.

APPENDIX THREE

PROJECTED FULL-TIME STUDENT EQUIVALENTS* (Including Graduate and Asociate Diplama Coulre Students )

Existing Academic Administrative Oqpnization

MACWNALD INSTITUTE ( including the Program in Hotel and Food Administration) ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

FS.E.

670

2800

ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE The primary responsibilitiesof a Dean cover the overall operation of a Faculty (e.g, budgets, faculty appointments, etc.) and, in particular, the development of policies that give direction to the various axdemic programs within a Faculty. As Facwlties increase in size it is conceivable that some of the functions performed by Deans may be distributed among their Associate Deans. Appointments to Associate Deanships would be part-time (in some instances) allowing the appointees to continue, on 3 modest basis, their academic intersts in teaching and/or research. It is suggested that Associate Deans be given responsibilties of a (single) functional natirre rather than a range of duties that simply parallel those of the Dean of the Faculty. For example, an Anaciate Dean (Undergraduate Curricula) would have the responsibility For the dwalopment of new academic programs and modifications to existing ones etc., in his Faculty. He would work, in the final analysis, through his opposite number in the Office of the Vice-president, Academic (in due consultation with his Dean of Faculty). A similar case could be argued for an Associate Dean (Research) at the Faculty level who works through his opposite number in the Office of the Dean, Graduate Studies and Research. Thidattw case is not entirely new to Guelph. Deans of Faculties would have reporting to them Chairmen of Departments and Directors of Schools within Faculties.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE

P r o p d Academic Administrative Orgenization FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

1215

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SCHOOL OF CONSUMER STUDIES

The figurn for full-time Student Equivalents IF.S.E.I indieate the tom1 teaching I d (including the w i n g Semser) for wtFieh a Department or Colt* is mspm;b/e. These f b r a are distinct from the projected Fall semester enrdments of R31400in 1975 and 18,320 in 1980.

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AnENDn[ OWE

PRESIDENT

VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC

Resourm Development

Imternational Prognms

Librarian Registrar Continuing Education

Computing Scienw

Hotd and Food

3. English 4. Fine Art 5. Geography 6. History 7. Languages 8. MathlStat 9. Philorophy Nl. Physics II. Political Studies 12. Psychology 13. Soe./Anthro.

I. Ag. Ecm. 2, Animal Sc. 3. Apiculture 4. Botany 5. Crop k. 6. Ext. Ed. 7. Food Sc. 8. Horticulture 9. Microbiology 10. Nutrition II. Poultry Sc. 12. Soil Scionca 13. Zoology

Management 3. Textiles

CENTRES Diabilitim

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES **

I. Eng. Lang.1 Literature 2. Fine Art 3: Languages 4. Philorophy 5. History 6. Landscape Architecture

FACULTVGRADUATE STUDIEURESEARCH

I.Anatomy

2. Avian Pathology 3. Clinical Studies 4. Pathology 5. Pysiology and Pharmacology 6. Veterinary Bacteriology

PRESIDENT I

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC Viihridnlt

1. Ag. Eng. 2. Land Arch.

F] 1Studies

Development

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE

I. Economics

2. Geography 3. Politiwl Studim 4. Psychology 5. Sociology1 Anthropology

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

3.MathtStaiistics D& 4. Microbiology 5. Physics I. Enginwring 6. Zoology 7. Human Kinetics

I.Ag Econ. 2. Apiculture 3. Animal Sc. 4. Crop Sc. 5. Food Sc. ' 6. Horticulture 7. Nutrition 8. Poultry Sc. 9. Soil Sc.

Q& VETERINARY

I. Anatomy

2. Aden P " . 3. Cl~nlcal Studies 4. Pathology 5. Physiology1 Pharrnecology 6. Veterinwy Bacteriology

EcJ,[ql, INSTITUTE

2. Family

Studies 3. Hotel &

Computing

science

Cont.

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Chief Librarian

Registrar

A Library for Students by Matthew'Hart OF THE DIFFICULTIES 0 NEwhich encountered, perhaps I

it that balance of critical opinion which any evaluation ought to con-

in a quasi-liturgy of rather tedious length. But the problem, happily, remains: the McLaughlin Library is a very fine building. For purposes of convenience, I shall divide my discussion between two aspects: physical and resource. Let me take the purely physical aspect first. Entering the library from the main entrance one finds oneself in the "stoa." The very name "stoa", the ancient Greeks' place of oratory, is a pleasant and significant departure from the usual library "foyer." And indeed, this is no usual place. It does not function as a sort of decompression chamber for the customary ordering of countenance and lowering of decibels. It is a place of meeting; it is a place of debate; it is a place of art. It is, in short, anything the students want to make it, short of a firing range, and an addition to the total library building. Inside the library proper on the main floor, and occupying a partitularly spacious area with interesting display cases, is the comfortable reading section. With a pleasantly asymetrical arrangement of easy chairs and tables, the reader is encouraged to browse among the newspapers as he chooses in an atmosphere unlike the almost coercive reading tombs of some libraries. And perhaps this air of flexibility is indicative of the kind of library we have.

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The Stoa of McLaughlin Library is a popular gathering place for students in odd moments between classes. Portable tack boards are handy for displays.

It would of course be naive to consider the library as merely an enclosed space where books are stacked to keep them out of the rain. The library is, or ought to be, the major work and research area of the university. There is no sacrosanct reference room; all the books are on the shelves. There is more than adequate study area provided by the numerous carrels, designed to ensure that the only disturbances are those eternal and ingenious devices of the student's own manufacture. I have heard the odd complaint of claustrophobia against the admittedly less than spacious carrels, but if the number of students using them is any indication, that particular objection is hardly universal. Besides there are numerous open desks on all floors to satisfy the claustrophobes. Another interesting feature of the library is the manner in which

lighting has been arranged. The old system of ceiling lighting required a positively solar intensity in order to put the necessary 100 foot candles onto the desk surfaces. With individual lighting in each carrel, and accessory lighting on the columns, a much more efficient light distribution is achieved. All through the building this characteristic efficiency of design serves to highlight the functional grace of the architecture. The atmosphere control units, for instance, are located around the tops of the concrete columns creating a utilitarian capitol. I have even ventured to suggest (with no success whatever) that we designate these columns 'Guelphic' and offer them to architecture as the utilitarian successors to the three classical columns of antiquity. But this article is beginning to read like an architectural inventory, and I would like to (Continued on next page)

Microfilm Saves Space a n d Dollars AND MICRO-COPY go toBOOKS gether like the traditional horse and carriage in the University of Guelph's new McLaughlin Library. The library's micro-copy facilities, which chief librarian Lachlan MacRae feels are probably the best of any Ontario university, are deliberately integrated with all other library materials on each of the subject floors in the library. If the use of micro-copy becomes as popular as Mr. MacRae foresees, the need for constructing extra library space may be deferred for several years beyond the dates projected for the building of the second stage of the McLaughlin Library. Not only does the use of microcopy enable the library to acquire material that "even if we had the money we couldn't purchase in the original", but it cuts down drastically on space requirements, says Mr. MacRae. "In many cases where we could choose between the original and micro-copy, we would take the latter because of space requirements,"

he adds. A major factor is the quick availability of micro-copy, offering the chance to build quickly a sizeable collection of data that a new University might never acquire in traditional formats. As an example, Mr. MacRae notes that the Guelph library has on microfilm the complete set of the Times of London dating from 1750. These cost $11,000 but, according to the librarian, "I doubt that you could buy them in the original today if you had half a million dollars." There are also large runs of the New York Times on microfilm as well as a number of other noted newspapers. The library also has thousands of English plays dating back 300 years on micro-copy and is building a large collection of American drama in the same form. There are, in addition, holdings in other fields such as the microtext version of the British Hansard for the 19th century. "Normally, you'd wait years before getting things like these collec-

tions but with this method, it's only a matter of a few months," says Mr. MacRae. The micro-copy method of storing information is doubly useful in that researchers can get paper prints of any piece of material in a matter of seconds through the use of modern Reader-Printers. Now, notes Mr. MacRae, the technology of micro-copy has turned full circle in that today they buy hundreds of books which have been reprinted in paper form from microfilm. Mr. MacRae comments that impressive though present microfilm technology may be, it is gross compared with what is already technically, if not economically, feasible in the way of photographic reduction for compact storage.

desperately searching through the card catalogue for material needed for an assignment already overdue, is not always at his most objective. Some students, particularly in the humanities, interested in what might be called the esoterica of the scholarly world, and with a feeling for the literature of earlier centuries, at times lament the' inadequacy of the library in that respect. What is not generally known is that the library possesses on microfilm most of the texts of works listed in the highly comprehensive Pollard-Redgrave and Wing bibliographies cover-

ing, respectively, all books published in English during the periods 14751640 and 1641-1700. True, the aesthetic pleasure of fondling antique volumes and examining wormhole angles is rather lost on microfilm, but after all, Guelph is not Oxford and the McLaughlin Library is not the Bodleian. That rather obvious inequality being recognized, we can only call the efforts made by the library to build up its collection heroic. I would balk at 'Herculean', but only because Hercules did not have to worry about funds.

Maria Cooper obtains paper print of article from microfilmed Journal.

A LIBRARY FOR STUDENTS (Continued from page 15)

comment upon at least some of what I have more or less arbitrarily classified as resource features. It should not be necessary to remark on the obviously considerable convenience of a professional librarian at the information desk as well as on every floor. But it is interesting to note that key members of the staff who shelve the approximately 1,000 new books a week purchased by the library, are required to spend some time each day at the catalogue information desk and so confront the results (good or bad) of their work. And a student,

ELECTRONIC AIDS (Continued from page 6 )

ently handle 15,000 books a day and there is capacity for expansion to 22,000 volumes a day. The library at present subscribes to more than 4,000 periodicals and journals. These are recorded by the Serials Department using an automated system, which produces monthly and annual serials catalogues. The third main area, government documents, has always posed a problem for librarians since there are so many of them (Guelph receives almost 20,000 annually). Their bulk varies greatly and the cost would be prohibitive to catalogue them on the same basis as regular volumes. The university has pioneered a new method of keeping track of these documents, however, using a system devised by Mrs. Margaret Beckman, Systems Librarian; Lan Sun, head of the Documentation Centre; and Larry Porter, head of Systems and Data Processing. The method, which is centred around a simple code assigned to each document, gives a person reasonable assurance he will be able to find the particular document for which he is looking if he can supply the slightest bit of pertinent information about it such as the author, title, or even the gist of the contents. The conventional system used for handling pamphlets and other documents in libraries was to shelve them either under subject matter listings or by the origin. Finding desired information was sometimes a laborious and haphazard venture. Under the new system devised at the University of Guelph all such

documents in the library are indexed under such categories as personal author, corporate author, serials, series, and title. Steadily updated computer-printed catalogues are maintained under each heading, and thus students or faculty can readily ascertain what material is available. The unique Guelph program has already been adapted by McMaster and Queens and is being considered by several other Ontario universities..

OLD MASSEY (Continued from page 4 )

Room as a tribute to Professor Unwin. The following year the Class of '41 asked permission to furnish the other "seminar" room as a second browsing room in which the Library's Canadian literature would be shelved. This, to be named the Canadian Room, was to be a tribute to Dr. 0. J .Stevenson. These two rooms, with their comfortable lounge chairs, were established at a time when the need for them was great. All of the residence accommodation of the colleges had been given up for use by the R.C.A.F. Students lived off campus, and the Library, especially the Unwin and Canadian rooms were a welcome haven in long days which included military training as well as regular classes. In 1946 and the years following, these rooms continued to be used to capacity when college post war enrolment soared. Many of the students now had wives and families and were living in cramped quarters. To them the a place to study and to read.

The book shelves were now filled. The fabric of the building was in need of repair and major changes were needed in its heating and lighting. It was evident that expansion of the colleges would require a new library building. Thus when the new McLaughlin Library building was completed in 1968 there could be little feeling of regret at leaving the Massey building. Although it had served well it was now functionally inadequate for the needs of the University. But for the graduates of the 65 years since its opening it holds many memories. To link the old with the new, two group study rooms in the McLaughlin Library have been named the Unwin and Canadian Rooms and in them have been placed the portraits, plaques and trophies fmm these rooms in the Massey Building. They will stir a feeling of nostalgia in returning alumni, and it is hoped they will also Preserve of the history of "Old Massey" for future generations of students.

shield designed by late Prof. Harrison.

MAC ALUMNAE HONOR DEANS In Decemkr f 968, close to 200 Atumnae of Macdonald Institute attend4 a gala reception at the St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto to honor Dr. Margarat Scott M c C r d y , the retiring Dean. On behalf of the Asswiation, Darn MoCmdy was presented with an oil painting by Allan Collier as a token of appreciation for her 20 years of dewtad l&ership. She also recelvbd a book ol letters from many othem who couU not be present. In January 1969, Association Diredon held a housewarming party In the Home Management apartment for the new chatelaine of Macdonald Institute, Dr. Janet Wardlaw. Student mldents were co.hostesses and served canapes wRh cheese and wine to the 80 alumnae, faculty and staff present.

OVC ALUMNI MEET O.V.C. Alumni Association annual meeting was held in Toronto January 29. In addition to recelvlng reports on the Association's affaiairs, the members were addressed by Dean 0. 0. Hawdl and Presldant W. C. Wlnegard. "OVC at the Crossroads" was Dr. Wlnegard's subject. He outlined the need for Federal funds to expand facilities if the college Is to continue to train veterinariens to lerve outside the province. He indleated that white size mu* k determined, quality would not J x sacrlflud under any clr cumstances. A speelal feature of the meeting was the presentation of an Alumni Chalr to Dr. T. L. Jones '34 accompanied by messages of tribute from

Deen Margad m ready recblvm

alumnae and frlsnds (above) at ~ p t I o n In S t Lawrence Hall, Torartto. Dr. H. E. Gunnlng (fop rlght), Head, Departmsnt of Chbmistrfi "n'vsmm of m e l w d an honorary dsgrse at the Winter Convocation, January 24. Dean T. L. Jones (bottom rlght) m h e d an Alumni Chair from Dr. W. G. Whlttick, '55, and Dr. G. C. Fbher, '44, durlng OVC Alumni annual meeting.

hundreds of alumni throughout the world. DR. W. G. WHIITICK '55, a small anfmal practltloner, Toronto, was elwed to succeed DR. GEORGE C. FISHER '44, Petarborough, as Association Pmstdent. Other oPRcers and dlmctors elected for 1969 were as follow: Hon. President, DR. 0. G. HOWELL: VicePresldent, DR. T. J. HENDERSON '59, Mount Ste. Hifaire, Que. Dirctom: DR. D. W. W. BAILEY '54, Burlington; DR. I.K. BARKER '68. Guelph: DR. R. H. HENRY '31, Moncton, N.B.: and DR. A. R. MITTON '52, Dartmouth. N.S. Re-elect4 for a further term were directors: DR. L. G. ANDERSON '36, Aylesbury, England; DR. C. C. 6AY '60, Werrilue. Australia; Dr. J. C. MclSAAC '55, Regina, Sesk.; DR. A. G. MISENER '38, {OAC'35) Cfilcago, Iltlnois; DR. W. P, PERSSON '40, Vancouver. B.C.; and DR. V. W. RUTH '38, hndale, Pe. DR. F. D. HORNEY '51 con. tinues as Secretary-Trmunr and DR. J. W. WAYâ&#x201A;Ź '55 of Hamilton was appointed alumni repres-tive to the C o m m l w on Corttinuing Education. DR. V. C. R. WALKER '47 was nominated to fill a vacancy on the University of Guelph Alumnl Assoclati~nBoard Of Directors and further nominations were also made to be effective In October.

MAC ALUMNAE HONOR DEANS In December 1968, close to 200 Alumnae of Macdonald Institute attended a gala reception at the St. Lawrence Hall. Toronto t o honor Dr. Margaret Scott McCready, the retiring Dean. On behalf of the Association, Dean McCready was presented with an oil painting by Allan Collier as a token of appreciation for her 20 years of devoted leadership. She also received a book of letters from many others who could not be present. In January 1969, Association Directors held a housewarming party in the Home Management apartment for the new chatelaine of Macdonald Institute, Dr. Janet Wardlaw. Student residents were co-hostesses and served canapes with cheese and wine to the 80 alumnae, faculty and staff present.

OVC ALUMNI MEET O.V.C. Alumni Association annual meeting was held in Toronto January 29. In addition to receiving reports on the Association's affairs, the members were addressed by Dean D. G. Howell and President W. C. Winegard. "OVC at the Crossroads" was Dr. Winegard's subject. He outlined the need for Federal funds to expand facilities if the college is t o continue to train veterinarians to serve outside the province. He indicated that while size must be determined, quality would not be sacrified under any circumstances. A special feature of the meeting was the presentation of an Alumni Chair to Dr. T. L. Jones '34 accompanied by messages of tribute from

Dean Margaret McCready receives alumnae and friends (above) at reception i n St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto. Dr. H. E. Gunning (top right), Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Edmonton, received an honorary degree at the Winter Convocation, January 24. Dean T. L. Jones (bottom right) received an Alumni Chair from Dr. W. G. Whittick, '55, and Dr. G. C. Fisher, W, during OVC Alumni annual meeting.

hundreds of alumni throughout the world. DR. W. G. WHllTlCK '55, a small animal practitioner, Toronto, was elected t o succeed DR. GEORGE C. FISHER '44, Peterborough, as Association President. Other officers and directors elected for 1969 were as follows: Hon. President, DR. D. G. HOWELL; Vice-President, DR. T. J. HENDERSON '59, Mount Ste. Hilaire, Qua. Directors: DR. D. W. W. BAILEY '54. Burlington; DR. I. K. BARKER '68, Guelph; DR. R. H. HENRY131, Moncton. N.B.; and DR. A. R. MITTON '52, Dartmouth, N.S. Re-elected for a further term were directors: DR. L. G. ANDERSON '36, Aylesbury, England; DR. C. C. GAY '60, Werrllue, Australia; Dr. J. C. MclSAAC '55, Regina, Sask.; DR. A. G. MISENER '38, (OAC'35) Chicago, Illinois; DR. W. P. PERSSON '40, Vancouver, B.C.; and DR. V. W. RUTH '38, Landale. Pa. DR. F. D. HORNEY '51 continues as Secretary-Treasurer and DR. J. W. WAYE '55 of Hamilton was appointed alumni representative to the Committee on Continuing Education. DR. V. C. R. WALKER '47 was nominated to fill a vacancy on the University of Guelph Alumni Association Board of Directors and further nominations were also made t o be effective in October.

Letters HONORARY DEGREES The Committee on Graduation Ceremonials is responsible inter alia, for "receiving and presenting to Senate the names of persons upon whom it is thought fitting to confer honorary degrees or fellowships of the University." (By-law 78) In order to carry out its responsibility, the Committee needs a regular flow of suggestions from faculty, alumni, students. staff and other members of the University. The suggestions should include some information about the individual and should advance reasons as to why this University should recognize or honor the person proposed. The Senate has accepted the general principle, which is not of course an absolute rule, that we should honor persons who have not already been generously recognized by universities and that we should avoid offering honorary degrees to persons who already possess one or more such degrees. The Committee feels that by careful thought and investigation we can bring forward the names of highly

deserving and suitable persons who may have been overlooked. You are asked to forward suggestions to Mr. Graeme Litteljohn, Assistant Registrar, at any time, but it is particularly important that some nominations be received at this time. If names are not received from members of the University, the Committee is forced to bring forward its own suggestions. Your co-operation is earnestly sought. M. H. M. MacKinnon Chairman Committee on Graduation Ceremonials

SENATE NOMINATIONS Graduates from the University, or its founding colleges, are urged to submit nominations to fill the nine alumni seats on Senate for various terms commencing July 1. For convenience a nomination form is enclosed with this issue of the Alumnus. Please return it to the Executive Committee postmarked not later than March 15, 1969.

Under new membership regulations passed by Senate, there shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of four alumni from each college elected by mail in groups of three on staggered terms of three years. To put this into effect for the next session it is necessary to elect three each for partial terms of one and two years, and three for a full term. While all graduates are eligible t o nominate and to vote in the election, candidates for Senate membership must be ordinarily resident in Ontario. Moreover, they must not be registered for a degree or diploma at the University nor be a member of the teaching or administration staff of the University since these groups have direct representation on Senate. Nominations must be signed by three graduates and also by the nominee indicating a willingness to stand for election. Secret ballot forms will be mailed with the next issue of the Alumnus. T. B. Radford. WELL '67, Secretary, University of Guelph Alumni Association.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORARY PRESIDENT: Dr. W. C. Winegard PRESIDENT: D. M. Adams, OAC '49 SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT: Mrs. W. A. (Dorothy Anderson) James, Mac '34 VICE-PRESIDENTS: Dr. Helen C. Abell, Mac '38, P. W. Couse, OAC '46, Dr. T. A. H. Sanderson, OVC '61, Catherine G. M. Woodburn, Well '68. SECRETARY: T. B. Radford, Well '67 TREASURER: J. J. Elmslie. Development Officer. University of Guelph. DIRECTORS: Mrs. F. R. (Jean Keeler) Chapple. Mac '55; G. R. Greenlees, OAC '62; M. G. Greer. OAC '41; R. W. Clark, Well '68; Dr. M. D. Harlow, OVC '48;Dr. D. House,

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Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. It is edited and printed under the supervision of the Department of Information, D. L. Waterston, Director. Editor of the Guelph Alumnus is D. W. Jose, OAC '49, Assistant Director of Information. The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Association: R. A. N. Mercer. OAC '59. Chairman; Mrs. D. M. (Marilyn

OVC '48;Mrs. D. J. (Jean Kellough) King, Mac '52; B. S. Lum, Well '68, Dr. W. H. Minshail, OAC '33; Helen M. McKercher, Mac '30; Dr. V. C. R. Walker, OVC '47; Julie A. Whelan, Well '68. EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS: Dr. W. G. Whittick, OVC '55, President, OVC Aiumni Association; Mrs. D. C. (Christine Robb) Hindson, Mac '54,President, Macdonald Institute Alumnae Association; B. B. Hodgins, OAC '38, President, OAC Alumni Association; D. N. Langford, OAC '69, President, University of Guelph Students' Union; T. B. Radford, Well '67, President Wellington College Alumni Association; Dr. G. C. Fisher, OVC '44, Past President, OVC Aiumni Association; J. K. Babcock, OAC '54,Director, Aiumni Affairs Development. ment.

Inglis) Robinson. Mac '55, Vice-Chairman; Dr. Joan Budd. OVC '50; Prof. K. E. Chamberlain, Dept. of Fine Art; A. R. J. Marr. Well '68; Prof. A. M. Ross. Dept. of English; Ex-Officio: D. M. Adams. OAC '49 and J. K. Babcock, OAC '54 Undelivered copies should be returned to Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada.

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