GUELPH

In this Issue:

• First impressions of a university

• Technology: An age of relevance

• An oasis out behind the barns

OLD cannons never die; they just have their barrels filled with concrete.

Such was the fate of Guelph's campus cannon shortly after April 14, 1913, when the old naval gun belched its last barrelful of powder, newspapers, and assorted odds and ends.

About one a.m. , the campus awoke to a tremendous "boom "; burning embers covered the front campus and windows in Massey Library and the biology building had been shattered.

The landlubbers-cum-buccaneers were never found out, but their unwilling accomplice wound up with a barrelful of cement , compliments of the administration that was grateful the gun pointed west toward highway six, and not east toward the administration building.

According to a history of the cannon written by the late Professor Dick Sands, OAC '15, and investigations into its origins by Dr. Fred Hutt , OAC '23, the cannon arrived on campus sometime between May, 1878, and Oct., 1879.

The cannon was manufactured about 1800, and although it cannot be proved, might have seen action during the War of 1812.

Until the turn of the century , student militiamen of the Ontario Field Battery of Artillery trained on the gun , winning several prizes for their load-aim-blow-the­enemy-to-pieces skills.

When newer artillery pieces became available, the cannon was retired from active training and placed in front of Johnston Hall.

It has since moved several times and now stands on the front campus under the trees near Mills Hall.

The only action it has seen recently is the annual paint-the-cannon contest, but even interest in that appears to be fading. A cannon with a barrelful of cement holds little appeal nowadays.

Oh for the good old days, perhaps on board H.M.S. St. Lawrence, the British man-of-war which ruled Lake Ontario in 1812, and when duty called , a cannon could be a big gun. • DAB

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

November-December, 1972, Vol. 5, No. 6

GUELPHALUMNUS

CREDITS: Cover design: Ken Chamberlain Photography: page 2 (bottom) Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food; pages 4 and 5, Ken Barton; pages 6, 9, 18 (bottom left) Dave Bates; page 11 (bottom left and right) Dan Thorburn, A-V Services; page 19, Doug Robertson, A-V Services.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

HONORARY PRESIDENT: Dr. W. C. Winegard.

PRESIDENT: T. R. HILLIARD, OAC '40.

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT: Mrs. J. D. (Virginia Shortt) Sandeen, Mac '57.

VICE-PRESIDENTS: Dr. Sandra J. (Kelk) Chernesky, OVC '63; Miss Frances Lampman, Mac '54; Mr. A. C. McTaggart, OAC '35; and Miss Patricia Moll, Well '70.

SECRETARY: Dr. J. H. Millington, OVC '69.

TREASURER: J. J. Elmslie, Development Officer, University of Guelph.

DIRECTORS: Miss Elizabeth Brandon, Well '70; Mrs. J. B. (Doreen Kern) Dawson, Mac '54; Dr. G. R. Doidge, OVC '52; Mrs. R. P. (Valerie Mittler) Gilmor, BA '72; M. G. Greer, OAC '41; Mrs. A. R. (Shirley Ann McFee) Holmes, Mac '62; Mrs. M. (Linda Sully) Keith, Well '67; Dr. W. H. Minshall, OAC '33; Dr. Jean M. Rumney, OVC '39; Mrs. S. W. (Pat Damude) Squire, Mac '63; and J. A. Wiley, OAC '58.

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS: A. L. Gouge, Well '69, president, Arts and Sciences Alumni Association; G. R. Greenlees, OAC '62, president, O.A.C, Alumni Association; Dr. Elizabeth Gullett, Mac '55, president, Macdonald Institute-Family and Consumer Studies Alumni Association; Dr. F. D. Horney, OVC '51, president, O.V.C. Alumni Association; and J. K. Babcock, OAC '54, director, Alumni Affairs and Development.

The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depart­ment of Alumni Affairs and Development, University of Guelph.

The Editorial Committee is comprised of Editor - D. A. Bates, OAC '69, Alumni Officer; Art Director- Prof. K. E. Chamberlain; J. K. Babcock, OAC '54, Director of Alumni Affairs and Development ; Miss Rosemary Clark , Mac '59, Senior Alumni Officer; D. L. Waterston, Director of Information; D. w. Jose, OAC '49, Assistant Director of Information.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Association is comprised of: Mrs. G. M. (Joan Anderson) Jenkinson, Mac '66, chairman; Mrs. J. M. (Kay Murdoch) Little, Mac '59, vice-chairman; Dr. A. E. Austin, Dept. of English; G. B. Love, Well '69; Dr. J. H. Millington, OVC '69; and G. B. Powell, OAC '62.

Ex-officio: J. K. Babcock, OAC '54 and T. R. Hilliard, OAC '40. Corresponding members: D. R. Baron, OAC '49, G. M. Carman, OAC '49, and H. G. Dodds, OAC, '58.

Undelivered copies should be returned to Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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Contents

2 Guelph Scrapbook

4 A blueprint for academia

Stressing quality , efficiency , and responsibility , the report " Aims and Objectives of the University" received Senate and Board of Governors' approval this semester. With it, Guelph may be better prepared than any other Canadian university to meet the challenges facing higher education.

6 First impressions of a university / Helen Aitkin

When most Canadian universities were hard pressed, or perhaps failed , even to maintain their 1971-72 student enrolment for the 1972-73 academic year, Guelph again met its projected increase, enroling 8,500 students , 2,400 of them freshmen. Some members of the freshman class describe Guelph 's appeal and what they have discovered about the University during their first few months on campus.

10 The little round oasis out behind the barns

For 60 years, Guelph 's only round building- the judging pavilion- was a centre of campus happenings. Then came 10 years of disuse as a victim of progress. Now, things are happening again at the pavilion­pardon us, the Bull Ring.

12 TECHNOLOGY- The coming of age of relevance

The lead-off speaker in the University 's Distinguished Lecturer Series , Sir Alan Cottrell, foresees profound changes in technology which include a new purpose, philosophy , and many new goals.

15 Campus Highlights

18 Alumni News

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A blueprint for academia

SHORT, sweet, and succinct. That 's how one University officer sees Aims and Objectives

of the University, the report from Senate 's committee on academic priorities. After nearly two years of deliberations , interviews, and theorizing , the committee 's report received

Senate and Board of Governors approval this semester. The 20-page document- kept to a minimum size to avoid

producing a treatise on western education- lists five general recommendati ons to govern Guelph 's future academic

development and 13 specific proposals for implementing them . Campus administrators believe the report to be the only one

of its nature existing in Canadian circles of higher education. Every five years the report and the direction taken by the

University in following its aims and objectives will be reviewed. Written from the stance that the University exists to serve

society, the report recommends that Guelph assig'l teaching priority to undergraduate programs; emphasize the life

sciences in research and graduate studies , adding new programs only when the need can be clearly demonstrated ; develop

imaginative and inventive programs for continuing education courses ; and continue to involve itself in international programs.

By following these operational credos , the report says , the University can partially respond to the challenge of a

disgruntled society which views higher education as a group of pampered institutions that have failed to live up to

expectations of solving the problems plaguing mankind. The " undergraduate experience" will receive top priority from

administrative and academic departments. By providing a comprehensive education of superior quality , the University

hopes to provide " an individualized educational experience that should encourage the development of educated men and women :

knowledgeable, imaginative, lucid, and morally courageous. " Graduate studies will continue to stress Guelph's specialities­

the life sciences- and new programs will only be developed after examination of existing graduate programs at other

universities. The report calls for increased coordination between universities to ensure that graduate programs meet

provincial and national needs. At Guelph, special emphasis may be directed to re-orienting

graduate programs into disciplines rather than narrow segments of one subject. There is a desperate need , the report

says, for people with " a comprehensive overview who can fit bits and pieces into a constructive whole. "

In the future the University will also assume greater responsibility for the consequences of its research and

scholarship , with an eye to applying its " unique resources to the good of society."

How can these and other aims and objectives be met? Only by instilling in all University departments a feeling

of coordinated purpose, the report says . To do that, Guelph must avoid becoming an educational conglomerate

and so, the report concludes, enrolment should be held in the 10,000 to 11,000 range .

Under present projections, Guelph should reach this student population by approximately 1980. • DAB

Ruth Williams

Anne Henderson Chi Law

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First impressions of a university By HELEN AITKIN

They're here, all 8,500 of them, and 2,400 are freshmen.

It's the second straight year of the September slump when university officials nervously eye registration projections and count heads. The baby boom is busted. Students no longer are deciding upon which university they'll attend, but rather whether they'll even bother to enrol.

But Guelph has again met its projected enrolment, one of the very few Ontario universities to do so.

Why was Guelph so fortunate? Why did students choose Guelph? What did they expect to find, and did they find it? What were their first impressions of the Guelph campus?

To get some answers, we talked to members of the freshman class.

WHEN THEY call it a "diamond ring course" or a course for "professional

housewives" , Paula Case just has to laugh. Paula, 19, came to Guelph from Chatham , and is enroled in the College of Family and Consumer Studies.

"They also call it a 'bird ' course, but that's just not true. I came here because I was told that the College has the highest standards in Canada."

The University has lived up to her expectations. "The teaching facilities and equipment are really up-to-date, and for once I find I'm learning something that will be really useful when I get out."

After graduation, Paula wants to teach high school Home Economics, but she doesn 't feel that she is restricted in her choice of careers.

"The field of Family and Consumer Studies is just now beginning to open up. There are many jobs available in government research , but I like to work with people."

Coming to the University of Guelph has given Paula the contact with people that she enjoys so much. "I was lost and felt strange at first , but people were friendly and within one week our residence house had a family atmosphere. It didn ' t take long to discover that others have the same weird ideas as myself. But there's a good mixture of people in the residence and people have respect for one another. I've learned a lot about people. "

Although she finds that she doesn 't have to alter her opinions or beliefs in order to be accepted by her fellow students , Paula has found that she has changed in other ways.

" Now that I'm on my own I feel freer and more independent. I can do what I want to do, but I don't have too much time to waste. I think that I've learned how to make good use of my time. Even on weekends I get a lot of work done." D

Helen Aitkin is a graduate student in the Department of English Language and Literature.

" MY DAD AND older sister both went to Guelph, so I knew the University

long before I came here in September. I've been here for class reunions with my Dad and I used to go along when we'd drive my sister back on weekends. I've even read the Guelph Alumnus."

Ruth Williams , 18, was no stranger to the campus when sfie came to Gue~ from Port Credit in September. Just the same, she found the first day here bewildering. "It's like going to camp," she says, "only the house advisors are your counsellors. It's exciting , but confusing , especially registration-it was awful. "

Before coming to Guelph Ruth found herself at another "camp," only this time the situation was reversed. She was a counsellor and under her charge was a group of diabetic children. Presently, she is enroled in a general arts program, but may specialize in drama and from there find her way into a job involving children.

Because of her warm , enthusiastic personality, Ruth will be well suited for this type of work. Not only is she a member of the Maids' Hall football team, but she also feels that she could easily outdo any of the cheerleaders at football games. Ruth was also an active participant in a recent midnight raid on Lambton Hall.

So far, life at the University of Guelph has changed Ruth very little. Because there is a good cross-section of people here she finds that there is a general acceptance of any life-style. " Nobody cares what you think, or what you wear," she says . People seem to live by the philosophy, "Anything goes!" D -

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AFTER ONLY 2Y2 months in Canada Chi Law finds that he fits into the way

of life at the University. Chi , 20, came to Canada from Hong Kong to study engineering. "I felt alone and frightened at first , but people were so friendly and helpful that it didn't take long to get adjusted. Now I spend most of my spare time just talking with my friends."

He wasn 't surprised to discover a new way of life here, and finds Canadian students much different from those in Hong Kong . "Canadians are much freer in their dress. In Hong Kong you wear a school uniform ; no one wears blue jeans. Male-female relationships are much more open here too, and in Hong Kong there 's no hockey."

The University is also much different in structure. " This campus is beautiful. It's big , but it 's compact. Not like the University of Hong Kong where you have to travel all over the city to attend classes."

Chinese students also work harder than Canadian students. Because there is a very restricted enrolment at the University of Hong Kong , you must work harder or you are expelled . "Because of the number of students in Hong Kong , the emphasis is placed on theory. Here, more time can be spent in the lab. "

In spite of the differences, Chi rarely feels homesick. " I'm too busy to be home­sick, and I have good friends here now."

After graduation , Chi plans to return to Hong Kong as an industrial engineer. He has noticed, however, that after a few years in Canada, many foreign students don 't want to leave. "Maybe after the language and customs here become more comfortable, I'll decide to stay." D

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TO BE ONE of the 38 freshmen selected out of 300 applicants for the course

in landscape architecture at Guelph, fills Allan Piper with a sense of honour.

Allan , 19, came to Guelph from Springfield , Ontario, knowing little more about the University than what he had read in the calendar. " I just didn't know what to expect," he says.

Within a short time he discovered that university life was far different from high school.

" A student is required to work much more on his own, and originality and self-expression are encouraged in your work," he says.

The transition into this new style of learning is made easier by the very nature of the Landscape Architecture building.

"Each student has his own area for working and can decorate the surrounding area with practically anything he wants to. There 's even a stereo in the lab. All this gives the Lab a personal atmosphere which makes your work a little easier and more enjoyable."

Because of his sensitivity for architecture and design , Allan takes particular notice of his surroundings. "I like the small town atmosphere of the campus ," he says. "The barns make it really down to earth and bring back memories of working on a farm. They really add a lot. And the Bull Ring (Ed. Note: see page 10) is something unique."

Although Allan 's background in this field was limited to one high school course in machine drafting, he began to feel that landscape architecture was along his line when he designed a house for a friend "just for the fun and challenge." The house was built , and when he saw the completed product, it gave him a feeling of confidence.

"It felt good to see it," says Allan. "Someday I'd like to design my own house and put a lot of different, original things in it." D

(Ed. Note: A photo of Allan is unavailable as soon after his being interviewed by Ms. Aitkin. he contracted mononucleosis and was forced to withdraw from the University . He is presently recuperating at his home and is looking forward to enroling next September.)

UNLIKE most freshmen , Anne Henderson, 18, does not live in residence.

Because she lives on a farm just outside Guelph, the University is convenient to her home, and residence would just be an unnecessary expense.

"At first I wanted to move into residence because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to meet people ," she says, but she soon discovered that there was nothing to worry about.

Anne is enroled in the School of Physical Education, and because the classes are small , she finds that she has met most of her new friends through the course. "Our classes are broken down into small groups of study, and for that reason , you get to know the other students very quickly ."

A good number of students at the University are from Guelph , and Anne knows many from high school. She is kept busy with her courses, however, and finds that she rarely sees any of her old friends. "I was surprised at how little you see the people you know," she says.

Anne came to the University because she heard that it offered the best course in physical education in the area. What she found lived up to the stories she had heard. " We have good equipment and the instructors are really fantastic."

Anne is enjoying her courses, and although she finds that they are a lot of fun, there is hard work involved.

"The combination of physical education and science is a good one. The science courses teach you practical things related to the body, and in the phys ed classes, you learn by doing. I can't imagine a combined course in phys ed and English or history. At first I was planning on taking a straight science course but I'm glad I changed my mind. That would have been so dull." D

BARBARA Hennessey, 17, from Calgary, Alberta, finds beginning university very

similar to travelling. "In both cases you're entering a strange environment," she says, but adjusting to the Guelph campus, however, is much easier because of the orientation program.

"It was fantastic," she says. " You have a whole week to get used to things, and to get to know people. I've found that you meet people and make close friendships very quickly here. The people are terrific. They're so friendly."

Because of her experience with travelling, Barbara found that she adapted very quickly to the university environment. For the past three summers she participated in exchange programs in Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island, and next summer, if all goes well, she hopes to visit Australia.

Even Barbara's choice of study is related to her love of travel. Although she is presently enroled in the College of Biological Science, she hopes to be accepted in the Ontario Veterinary College, after which she would become involved in research.

" With that kind of background you could get a job anywhere," she says , "although even if I had to stay here to do research it would be all right. I like the campus. It 's so homey and green."

To accommodate her travel bug, Barbara chose Watson Hall , the "International House", as her residence. Since it is always open to foreign students who wish to drop in at any time , it has a unique, multi-cultural character. Yet because there are only 50 students living there, it is also a very close and friendly residence.

Barbara also belongs to the International Students' Association through which she finds contact with foreign students. "I find other cultures fascinating," she says. 0

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Michael Lachance came to Guelph from Ottawa for the

simple reason that the University offers a good course , and one of the few in Ontario, in Fish and Wildlife Biology.

"I've been interested in this field for two or three years. I guess my Dad had some influence on me- he's a real sportsman. I love the outdoors and want to work out in the open. It would be much less congested and regimented than an inside job."

Although many people consider this course a training for hunters, Michael specifies that his goals are of a more peaceful nature. "I'd like to be responsible for the management of a park , maybe out west or in the north."

Last summer, Michael was moved by his love of outdoor life to accept the offer of a camping trip to the west coast.

"I'd planned on visiting the University campus before I enroled , but because of my trip, I didn't have the time."

He wasn't disappointed , however. " I just love it here. The people are warm

and friendly, and the campus is beautiful. I like the variety in the architecture , the mixture of old and new, and the animals really add something. "

Michael especially likes his residence life. "Our house is like one big happy family. There 's always something happening , too. We're noted for our social get-togethers.

"One of the reasons I came to Guelph instead of staying in Ottawa was to meet a variety of people. If I'd stayed in Ottawa, I would have stuck to my old friends."

Michael finds that at Guelph he has met a great number of people from many different fields of study willing to share their ideas and knowledge. "What you learn from sitting in lounges, talking with others is just fantastic." •

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AT 5:00 p.m. sharp , Wayne Hepburn swings open the heavy, red door

of the campus pub, a signal to thirsty students that the Bull Ring is open.

Within a few minutes, most tables and chairs are occupied; a line is forming at the bar, a modest counter behind which stand a cashier and bartender. The line moves slowly as students pay for their drinks, take their glasses, and return to their tables to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere the Bull Ring offers after a busy day in lectures or labs.

Muted music drifts down from two huge speakers suspended from the ceiling. Students who are hungry get a plate of sandwiches from the food bar, temporarily clearing their minds of whatever thoughts and facts they digested that day.

By 7:00 p.m. , things have picked up. The lights are down low, the music is loud , and as pub manager Hepburn explains it, "it's the good times; dancing, drinking , and meeting people. "

And, if people seem to be walking around in circles, it's only natural since the Bull Ring may well be one of the world 's few circular pubs.

Constructed in 1902 as a teaching and exhibiting facility for the Ontario Agricultural College, the Bull Ring­formerly the round Judging Pavilion -served agriculture for almost 60 years.

After nearly a decade of disuse, the little round building is once again a focal point of campus activity.

Open five nights a week, it offers the "good times " from Wednesday to Saturday evenings , and on Sundays, quiets down to a coffee-house format complete with live entertainment.

Besides quenching its patrons' thirst, it also employs approximately 35 students -both full and part-time- as ticket sellers , bartenders, and waiters who are needed to handle the nightly capacity crowds of 150.

The pavilion 's move to pub status came in the fall semester, 1971, when the first campus pub site in Creel air- the basement of Creelman Hall- proved to be too small, too warm , and too close to the President's home and nearby residences.

After a $30,000 investment for renovations- which is being retired in part from receipts- the Judging Pavilion got a dramatic new lease in life.

For years a centre of judging activities at OAC , the pavilion had, until the 1950s hosted hundreds of auction sales of surplus College breeding stock, extension meetings, judging competitions, and exhibitions.

As recently as 1967, an OAC class had one lecture there to witness a demonstration of artificial insemination, but apart from housing College Royal exhibits and serving for vehicle storage, it fell into disuse.

The need for such a facility gradually diminished , says Dr. Clare Rennie, OAC '47, former chairman of the Department of Animal Science, as improved research methods and more spacious facilities­such as the Arkell and Elora Research Stations- became available.

When pub organizers were searching for a new location, the pavilion was available and very appealing since it was an autonomous building which they could renovate and operate without disturbing anyone.

Mr. Hepburn is hopeful that the pub will soon receive one item , conferring on the Bull Ring true pub status- a permanent license. Under present liquor licensing regulations , he must purchase a banquet license for each evening which is " sponsored" by one of the college student governments. •

At left , the Judging Pavilion circa 1911; top right , pigs on their way to the pavilion pause for a snack while some of their relatives' finer points are described to an OAC class by Elgin Senn, OAC '23 (left) and the late W. S. McMullen, OAC '22, of the Canada Dept. of Agriculture (middle); bottom, Bull Ring Manager Wayne Hepburn checks out sound system while students check out the Bull Ring.

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Sir Alan Cottrell, science advisor to the British Government, foresees an age of

relevance for technology, if mankind will seize the initiative and make technology

work for him. Sir Alan visited the campus in October as the lead-off speaker in the

University's Distinguished Lecturer Series.

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This article is adapted from "Technology and Society': the second of Sir Alan's

addresses to campus audiences.

The second World War established a new era of faith in science and technology. Together these formed in people's minds an all-conquering instrument for accomplishing national goals. Science told you what could be done, within the laws of nature; and technology gave you the means to do it. Science was Athens to technology 's Rome. Together they provided power, the power of new ideas realized in material strength.

Thus was established a pattern of scientific and technological activity, an attitude and philosophy that has continued unchanged to this day. Countries have felt that they must have the kinds of technological capabilities which are directly traceable back to those of the second World War- the aircraft and advanced weapons industries, electronics and computer industries, nuclear power, and petrochemical refineries- and for much the same reasons now as were valid then: the defence of the national interest, whether expressed in military, political or economic terms; and the belief that a full range of these technological capabilities would provide a country with a wonderful tool kit , in which there would be found a spanner to fit the nuts and bolts of every national problem.

I believe however that we are coming to the end of this era and that technology will change profoundly. Of course, individual technologies are themselves constantly changing. Roughly one can say that any individual technology goes through three phases: exploratory, take-off, and mature.

The exploratory phase is self-evident. This is the initial phase when you are still trying things out and do not yet know whether they will come off. Control of weather and thermonuclear fusion power reactors are in this phase at present.

Take-off into general usage occurs when

the new development proves to be technically feasible at an economic price and when there is a large demand for it. For successful take-off, you must have both of these , af with for example, television or computers. When only one condition is satisfied, take-off is uncertain. For example, civil space satellite applications have so far not found much public demand, apart from telecommunications. As a converse example, there is undoubtedly a large potential demand for improved methods for generating and storing electricity, but so far it has not been possible to improve significantly , at an economic price, on the steam turbo­generator and the lead-acid battery.

The mature phase is reached when most of the original burst of potentialities in a technological development have been realized. Most of our transport technology now seems to have reached this phase. Even aircraft technology must be judged to be pretty mature now, which is one reason why this industry is now having difficulties in meaningfully employing its large scientific and technological forces on new developments of real interest to potential customers. But a technology can survive in its mature phase for a long time , as is shown by the shipping industry for example. And the mature phase is often punctuated by new bursts of technological life. For example, rail transport is going through something of a technological revival at the moment, with advanced passenger trains being actively developed, and with more radical systems, such as tracked hovercraft, linear electric motors, magnetic levitation and superconducting magnets, at the exploratory phase.

But when I say that technology will change , I mean something much more

general than this. I mean that the whole idea, purpose and philosophy of technology seems likely to change .

In a way, I think that the Apollo space program acted as both a focus and a stimulus for this. The belief in technological triumphs- in the idea that a wealthy country could , by pouring in a vast effort of technical skill and money, attain virtually any goal, however difficult­reached its climax in the near-miracle of the landing of men on the moon. And at the same time , at this climax , public opinion took a remarkable step in another direction, one which I believe is leading us now to the new technological outlook. The striking response to the success of the moon program was to say, in effect , that if a sustained program of planned technology can r"each such a difficult goal as this, why then cannot we similarly plan and reach other goals , such as overcoming pollution , solving the traffic problem in cities , eliminating poverty , and ameliorating the condition of the peoples in the Third World?

The man in the street in fact turned out to be only mildly interested in the man on the moon, but very interested in the goals set for technology. He is much more concerned with the street scene, the problems on his own doorstep, the noise, smell, traffic , overcrowding , pollution , ugliness, violence, inequalities and insecurity; and he asks why technology , which he feels has largely been responsible for such problems, cannot do something about them. And so we get the new trend of the 1970s, the focusing of science and technology, often in the face of considerable scepticism , onto the problems of everyday life in modern society. Here it has not been the power of technology that has been questioned, but its direction , the goals set for it. It is in the changing of goals that I think

we are seeing the emergence of the new outlook on technology which can be summarized as follows.

NATURAL RESOURCES

On average at the present time, the turnover of natural resources is doubling every 20 years. A 70-year-old , over his or her lifetime, can expect to see a tenfold increase in industrial production , in consumption of resources and in creation of waste and pollution . This is a daunting prospect and many have argued that the world cannot go on for more than a few years longer at such a high rate of exponential growth.

It is clear that the vast increase in turnover of natural resources calls for new technological measures on a similarly large scale.

A new design philosophy is needed in manufactured goods, to make the recovery and separation of scrap easier. This will reverse the trend of recent years , which has been to make complex manufactures as integral and monolithic as possible. The amateur handyman knows all about this; how much more difficult it is to take apart and mend the modern motor car, radio, or refrigerator, than it was with the older models, especially the pre-war ones. I think we shall see a move towards the development of longer-lived products, with a corresponding expansion of servicing industries, in place of the present philosophy of "if it goes wrong , throw it away and get a new one."

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LARGE POPULATIONS

The world population , at 3,500 million, is higher than it has ever been in all history, and yet, for people born today , it will reach twice this figure before they reach middle age. Most of them will live in cities , of a size , complexity , and density that even by today's standards are truly breathtaking. If you want to see the future, look at the endless miles of urbanization in the eastern U.S.A. or south-east England ; the overcrowding of Hong Kong ; the barrack-like apartments of Moscow, Paris or Rome ; the motorized fantasia of Los Angeles, or the squalor of Calcutta, Lagos or Rio de Janeiro.

Considering the resources of agriculture , water, minerals and energy still available, I have no doubt that the world will be able to support a population two, or a few, times what it is now, but everything will become so much more precarious . This is because we shall have to get more out of our basic facilities- the land , the air and the water- and can only do that by being so much more efficient. But efficiency and reliability generally run counter to each other, because the most usual way of achieving reliability is to have a lot of redundancy in the system , to provide a variety of alternatives if the main channel breaks down. The redundant parts of the system are normally underworked , and you cannot afford underwork in an efficient system.

The more ingenious and efficient we become, the more 'brittle ' and sensitive is the system we produce, and the more precarious is our position. This is a law of nature; a large population living off a narrow resources base vulnerable to fluctuations in its supply.

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there is a lot of scope for new technology, to help manage large populations without disasters: monitoring instruments for giving early warnings of significant changes in the environment ; techniques for smoothing out the fluctuations. Many things of this kind will be needed and I believe there are many opportunities for new advanced industries in these directions. To mention an example, the British Secretary of State for the Environment, Mr. Peter Walker, has emphasized r~<cently

that treatment of effluent water will be one of the biggest growth industries over the next decade or so; a large amount of instrumentation and new technology will be required to handle this problem in a technically competent and reliable way.

EMPLOYMENT

Looking over the whole period from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the present day, one of the most obvious changes has been the enormous increase in the productivity of labour- the ability to create wealth- that has been produced by technology; the earning power of the working man in advanced countries has increased , in real terms , from a few hundred dollars 150 years ago to some thousands today. But, at the same time , there are over two billion people in underdeveloped countries with an average annual income of only about 100 dollars per person. What impact will or could technology have on this situation?

Even in advanced countries , large contributions to the national income are made by capital-intensive industries which employ relatively few people. For persons of limited skills, modern technology has reduced their prospects of employment. Since the historical need has been to reduce mankind's burden of manual labour, to produce more and with less human effort, modern technology has

inherited this direction and continues to concentrate on the raising of productivity through more automation and instrumented control of larger and more complex processing plants. It calls for more and more skill from fewer and fewer people , and makes no distinction between leisure and unemployment. This trend will become still more accentuated over the next decade unless technology is turned into some new direction.

The problem of employment is fundamentally different in the developing and industrialized countries. In the former, it is one of lack of capital to finance all the extra jobs that are needed. In the latter, it is , or may soon be , excessive productivity that enables material needs to be met from the labours of a small fraction of the population . But in both cases there is, or will be, a need to direct technology towards the encouragement of advanced labour-intensive industry . At any given point of time there is usually a plethora of possible new technologies awaiting critical evaluation and trial, some to go forward as new industrial ventures , others to be abandoned as insufficiently attractive. This winnowing out is made at present very largely on the basis of economic considerations. What I hope is that, when the economically interesting ventures have been identified, special emphasis might be given to those that promise to require a high labour­capital ratio , and to be job creators.

This will then be another new direction for future technology to take, always with the aim of identifying it more closely with social needs. In the words of Seymoor Melman (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, March 1971 p. 9):

"We must cease thinking of technology as having an initiative of its own , and understand it as a man-made instrument , subject in its characteristics to the requirements that man imposes. " •

Campus Highlights

Veterinarian, Mac graduate named UGAA award winners at Homecoming meeting

Henry Meldrum LeGard , OVC '23 , and Carol (Watson) McArthur, Mac '66 , received alumni awards October 13 at the University of Guelph Alumni Association's annual Homecoming buffet supper and general meeting.

Dr. LeGard was named the 1972 Alumnus of Honour in recognition of his contributions to veterinary medicine, his community, and the University of Guelph.

Mrs. McArthur received the 1972 Alumni Medal of Achievement , an award for alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years , for her volunteer organizational work with the national dietary information service , Dial-A-Dietitian.

At the meeting , T. R. (Dick) Hilliard , OAC '40 , succeeded Dr. V. C. R. Walker, OVC '47, as president of the UGAA. Mr. Hilliard is deputy minister, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Elsewhere during Homecoming: • A. L. Gouge, Well '69, succeeded P. D. Ferguson, Well '67, as president of the Arts and Sciences Alumni Association; • Alumni leaders representing the various associations lead the annual parade in five antique cars, supplied by Elora resident Alan Westcott ; • Alumni and members of their families donned "Kiondyke Days" garb- the theme of this year's Homecoming-and "catered" a barbecue luncheon; • Over 500 alumni jammed Alumni Stadium 's Gryphon Room for the half-time and post-game parties; • The Waterloo Lutheran University Golden Hawks ran roughshod over the Gryphons 35-4; • And a "Rugby Alley " football reunion, organized by Andy McConvey, OAC '49 , and Bill Mitchell , OAC '38, sparked an evening supper-dance at Alumni Stadium.

At the UGAA meeting , which this year was held at the Cutten Club, outgoing association president Rowan Walker read

the citation and presented Dr. LeGard with his award.

Now in his 50th year as a practising veterinarian, Dr. LeGard has devoted his life to "maintaining and improving the standards and practices of his profession , inspiring young veterinary students , and serving his community and alma mater with competence, dedication , and humility," the citation reads.

In addition to outstanding service to his professional organizations and community , Dr. LeGard has devoted a lot of his time in support of his College and University.

Dr. LeGard is a charter director and past-president of the UGAA, and a life member and past-president of the O.V.C. Alumni Association. He recently completed a second term as chairman of the Alma Mater Fund Advisory Council and is a founding member of the Century Club .

Described as the "human dynamo" of Mac '66 by incoming UGAA president Dick Hilliard, who presented the medal of achievement, Mrs. McArthur is chairman of the Toronto and Ontario committees of Dial-A-Dietitian- a national program that provides the public with authoritative dietary information- and is a member of DAD 's Canadian National Advisory Committee.

She is presently establishing information centres across Canada, and also revises therapeutic dietary pamphlets sent by Carnation Milk to doctors across Canada.

Following the presentations, Mr. Hilliard and the new board of directors were elected for 1972-73. The complete listing of directors is recorded on page three of this issue.

New officers include: Mrs. J. D. (Virginia Shortt) Sandeen, Mac '57, senior vice-president; Dr. Sandra J. (Kelk) Chernesky, OVC '63; Miss Frances Lampman , Mac '54 ; Miss Patricia Moll , Well '70 ; and A. C. McTaggart, OAC '35, vice-presidents ; and Dr. J. H. Millington , OVC '69, secretary.

At the Arts and Sciences Alumni Association annual meeting , social science vice-president Larry Gouge, Well '69 , was elected president. Other directors elected are:

Vice-presidents : Arts, Brock Filman, BA '71; Social Science, Reg Horne, BA '71 ; Physical Science, Russ Penhale, B.Sc. '72; and Biological Science, John Little , B.Sc. '72; Secretary, Marilyn (Embree) Wiley,

Homecoming highlights: At left , Or. Mel LeGard, and middle, Carol Watson McArthur, UGAA award recipients. At right, Andy McConvey in troduces members of " Rugby Alley. "

Well '69; Treasurer, Keith Wiley , Well '69 , and Alumni News Editor, David Allen , BA '72.

Football fans witnessed one of the Gryphons ' more generous games as they turned the ball over seven times to the perennially strong Golden Hawks.

A gryphon fumble on the opening kickoff permitted the Hawks to score early , a 35-yard field goal , and they were never headed.

Mike Telepchuk booted all of the Gryphons' points, a second-quarter, 40-yard field goal , and a single late in the game.

It was the Gryphons ' fourth straight loss of the season ; they finished the season 0-6.

A Saturday evening supper dance in Alumni Stadium 's Gryphon Room topped off this year's Homecoming.

The setting proved appropriate as approximately 40 football heroes of yesteryear were introduced by then OA-VC Redmen head coach Bill Mitchell.

While students , the players lived in " Rugby Alley ," the south wing of Johnston Hall , and played during the 1946-49 seasons when Guelph won three Ontario intermediate and two Dominion championships.

Alma Mater Fund success grows, 1972 gifts top 1971 total

Gifts to the 1972 Alma Mater Fund total $96,664 as of November 15, Campaign Chairman Jim Kenney , OAC '44, has announced. This exceeds the total raised by the end of the 1971 campaign, and is a marked increase over the $71 ,434 received by this time last year.

The early success of the 1972 Fund , as it climbs towards a substantially increased goal , reflects a growing awareness among alumni of the importance of annual giving and the vital role it is playing in enriching academic and cultural life and in meeting special needs.

Mr. Kenney drew attention to the large

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gains in the Century Club and in the Campus Division.

The Century Club, which was formed to recognize alumni and faculty who provide leadership support, is chaired by Neil Darrach, OAC '42. It has received 361 leadership gifts as compared with a total of 213 in 1971.

Co-Chairmen of the Campus Division, Professors Gordon Couling , and Ev Franklin, OAC '47, reported 340 gifts from faculty and professional staff, totalling $22,177, up from 311 gifts and $17,001 in 1971 .

The Fund has also received 275 gifts, totalling $7,803, earmarked for the O.A.C. Centennial project.

Returns from class agent mailings are expected to add significantly to the Fund totals in the current month and broaden the base of support.

In the 1972 campaign to date, the average gift is up $10 over 1971 (46.56 from $36.93}, and the number of donors has increased seven per cent to 2,076 from 1 ,934.

People's art reveals Canadian spirit, says art historian

John Russell Harper, visiting professor at Sir George Williams University, Montreal, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at fall convocation held Oct. 6.

A distinguished artist and archivist, Dr. Harper received his honorary degree for his achievements in documenting Canadian art.

"You will quickly discover on probing into the subject that Canadian art falls into two broad patterns. There is 'high art' for the select, and 'people 's art' for the masses," he said.

High art follows the great traditions of European art and has a legitimate place in Canadian society, but people's art, he said , has been neglected.

"I refer to paintings by the man of the street for the enjoyment of himself and his friends. These expressions from the masses come closer to the hearts of the average Canadian than does much high art.

"Such paintings hang in musty parlours , are covered with attic dust, or hang unobtrusively in museums or private collections. Some are truly atrocities and these should deservedly be forgotten. Most were painted by men who wanted to say something so badly that they drew a line around an idea, coloured it as best they could, and out of it came a humble record of daily life.

"To understand Canada is to search for a Canadian spirit or ethos. This is one of the things that I have been doing in examining 'people's art,' " he said.

The University conferred 232 under­graduate and 107 post-graduate degrees at fall convocation .

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The University's new east residences offer apartment-s tyle living and a spectacular view for their 600 inhabitants.

New east residences offer apartments with a view

On a clear day from atop the University's newly-completed east residences , you can see forever; well , almost.

The residence complex, located just east of the East Ring Rd ., is built on the highest point of land in Guelph and offers apartment-style living to its 617 occupants.

The new units are connected by a walk-way which passes underneath the East Ring Rd., and joins the pedestrian spine to the centre of the campus. Most conspicuous from a distance is Glengarry Hall , a 12-storey, high-rise building. But beside it are two four-sto rey units : Dundas Hall which is to the north , and Lanark Hall to the east. The three units are joined together on the main floor by a corridor and by gymnasium facilities in the basement.

" When these units were planned we had four features that we felt best reflected the students' needs," says Martyn Best, area director for the new complex. " These features were apartment-style living , a high degree of emphasis on single rooms , full kitchen facilities, and a minimum of noise. In the east residences we feel we have achieved these goals."

The apartments vary in size : the smallest ones accommodate six students in four singles , and one double room; the largest provide for 12 students, 10 in single rooms and two in a double. Each apartment has cooking facilities, consisting of a refrigerator and a two-burner stove, plus sink and shelf space. Nearby there is a lounging area (which can be shut off from the bedrooms to reduce noise) plus washrooms and outdoor balconies.

The individual rooms are designed so that furniture can be rearranged to suit the occupant. For instance, the two wardrobes can be turned upside-down so that their doors may be opened from the other side. The five sets of drawers may be set one on top of another, or placed under the bed. The bed may be set into a sitting position for reading . In each room there is a telephone as well as a ceiling light and bed lamp.

In order to test this furniture, mock-up rooms were set up last winter in Complex

B, says Mr. Best. Some 25 students lived in rooms that were made to approximate rooms in the new residences. These students then suggested changes in design which were incorporated into the final design of the new units.

The main floor of the new complex includes a small grocery store (operated by the Guelph Campus Co-op} , a lounge, a television room, a laundry, and a room for billiards and shuffleboard. In the basement there are change rooms for men and women students , lockers, showers, and a weight room equipped with a special weight machine. It may be possible, says Mr. Best, to set up a program through which personnel from the School of Physical Education supervise training programs for male and female students . The advantage of these change rooms , says Mr. Best, is that students can play football in the field outside the complex , then shower and change inside.

Dr. Leakey dies

Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey, 69 , recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the University's 1969 spring convocation , died Oct. 2, victim of a heart attack.

The famed anthropologist spent his lifetime amassing evidence that mankind 's cradle was the African bush where Dr. Leakey himself was born and raised .

His fossil discoveries in Kenya convinced him and his supporters that mankind neither evolved from the apes nor developed in Asia.

" The accepted view on evolution of man from the ape is absolutely incorrect and without any scientific basis ," he declared in 1967.

When recognized for his achievements by the University, Dr. Leakey spoke of the impending extinction of mankind , warning the graduating class: " Our computer-like brains are creating our potential extinction. All our creativeness is being channeled into destruction. "

He told the graduands that they were the leaders of tomorrow and that it was their responsibility to prevent global holocaust and destruction.

Aggie Week celebrants enjoy square dancing.

City slickers take top prizes during "Buffalo Daze" contest

Two Toronto '"city-slickers " took top pulling honours during Aggie week.

College of Family and Consumer Studies Dean Janet Wardlaw and marine biology student John Langan won the cow milking contest , a highlight of the week-long " Buffalo Daze, " sponsored by the Student Federation of OAC.

Both Dean Wardlaw and Mr. Langan were raised in Toronto.

Gordon Hill , president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, was the guest speaker at the Buffalo Banquet, and Dr. N. R. Richards , OAC '38 , former dean of OAC, was presented with an aggie hat and a framed citation by Ted Smith , SF-OAC president.

Other activities included a beef barbecue, pancake breakfast, square dance, and guess-the-weight of the cow contest.

Environmental impact of hydro lines subject of University team study

A University of Guelph team will carry out a broad two-year study of location criteria for the environmental impact of high-voltage overhead power transmis­sion lines and installation. The study has been commissioned by Ontario Hydro.

Expected to cost about $225,000 and last approximately two years , the study will be used as a basis for evaluating the criteria now being used , and for establishing improved approaches to the selection of routes for high-voltage lines. The inter-disciplinary Guelph research team will be headed by Professor L. M. Wester through the Centre for Resources Development. Team members include

Professor E. E. Mackintosh , Land Resource Science and Professor J. D. Milliken , Landscape Architecture.

" Hydro engineers must design power lines to transmit power efficiently," says Professor Wester, " and in the past this has been the primary criterion in assessing route and design plans.

"At the same time, landscape architects and others have become concerned that other criteria relating to aesthetics and the environment should also be considered , and indeed could be considered without increasing significantly the cost of power transmission ."

Recently, the general public , conservation groups, and local government representatives all have questioned the criteria Hydro used for locating its lines. They are demanding that these lines be located and built in a manner that will minimize their impact on the visual environment and ecological systems along and adjacent to the routes , both through communities and in the countryside Hydro officials are quick to point out their agreement with this viewpoint , but say the factors to be considered in building a new line and the weight to be given each are not easy to establish. Many are subjective in nature and cannot be readily evaluated or proven conclusively.

" We hope to establish guidelines which will help Hydro officials to relate their current processes to the land," says Professor Wester. " If we can do this it will provide guidance for both policies of land acquisition and route planning.

"Where and how do you place a line of towers in the landscape so that it is the least offensive visually? The man whose land is crossed by the line gets some compensation , but there are other people to consider. His neighbors and the travelling public who may use a nearby highway have a right to enjoy the countryside in as unspoiled a state as possible. "

Soft ice cream too soft, hard ice cream too hard, Guelph scientists look for happy medium - scoopability

There is a problem facing the ice cream industry. It is not a new problem ; it has plagued the old " ice cream parlors" for years, and it continues to plague waitresses in the corner ice cream bar.

The problem concerns the " scoopability" of ice cream , and University of Guelph food scientists are determined to do something about it.

" Sometimes the ice cream in the cone is so soft it starts to drip as soon as you take hold of it , but it's easy to scoop," says Professor A. M. Pearson , OAC '42. "On the other hand, ice cream that stays

frozen in the cone, is so hard, the girls have a problem scooping it, and waste time and money doing it.

Hence, a project to try to improve and standardize the scoopability of ice cream. Three factors , says Professor Pearson, determine the hardness of ice cream : the type of sweetener used, the amount of air in the ice cream , and the temperature of the freezer cabinet. With these factors determined , the scientists then tested the hardness of variou s ice creams with different sweeteners and amounts of air, at different temperatures , using an automatic penetrometer. Professor Pearson says his group is now setting up a mechanical scoop that will help them solve the problem- establishment of a cabinet temperature for optimum sales of ice cream for each variety of the product.

With an increase every year in the consumption of " hard " ice cream and ice cream cones , the project assumes a great deal of importance.

80-year-old Gryphon Press prints first art project

The rhythmic hums and wheezes coming from behind Alumni House during the summer were not the result of summer slumberers beneath the shade trees , nor the snores of ancient alumni. They came from the newly-founded Gryphon Press, a campus printing shop which has just completed its first project, a portfolio of poetry called Moth , printed on a 19th century foot-operated press.

Moth 's publication is the result of the wish of a small group of faculty members, chiefly in the English department, in the early days of the College of Arts, to have a printing press on campus . At that time , Professor John Bruce, Department of Philosophy, visited the Durham Chronicle, and discovered during conversation with publisher Bill Ross , that an old foot-pumped press was gathering dust at The Markdale Standard, also owned by Mr. Ross.

The press was purchased on the action of Professor Bruce and the group in the English Department, and set up at the University with the aid of a grant from the Research Adviso ry Board. Jack Seeds of Greenmor Printing in Guelph spent two days getting the press in working order. Although he could not find a date on the frame , he estimates the press was probably built in the 1890s.

At the time of the purchase, the Durham Chronicle gave the University several cases of type including some large wooden letters and a proof press. An additional type font was later purchased for Moth .

Although the press was in runnnig order and the type available , it was not used until Professor Peter Brigg of the

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K. R. Graydon Knight Air Harry receives his blanket from, left to right. Dr. N. W. Tape. OAC '55. E. T. Banting, OAC '50, Dr. G. E. Harrison, OVC '50, A A Hunt. OAC '46. Wanda Wood, Well '69, Irene (Swinden) Anderson, Mac '65, and Dr. R. W. Anderson. OAC '67.

English Department became interested this spring.

Prof. Brigg experimented with the printing equipment, and in the end did most of the practical printing of Moth himself. Kathleen Lyle. a former science editor with Oxford University Press, designed the publication.

The setting up and printing took most of the summer. and because of the time invo~ved in a publication of this type (22 loose leaf pages, 11 x 17) it is unlikely that the Gryphon Press will attempt anything this ambitious on a regular basis.

Guelph scientists take part in 1973 NASA Skylab Project

When NASA's Skylab Project becomes a reality late in 1973. a number of scientists at the University of Guelph will be watching its progress with great interest and enthusiasm. A co-operative project between the University of Guelph and the University of Michigan will be part of the Skylab program.

The scientists are trying to discover the accuracy of earth data which will be transmitted from space as compared with data collected at ground level. In carrying out this program, the researchers will study a section of the western Lake Ontario Basin- an area 100 miles in diameter around Toronto. Of importance to the Guelph team is the examination of two specific areas. the Blue Springs watershed, just east of Guelph . and the Elora Research Station.

The Michigan scientists will gather and process the data from space. and then pass it along to the Guelph group who will examine and compare it to the "g round truth." Such features as soils. geomor­phology. land-use. and hydrology will be studied.

This entire project. says Dr. Allan Falconer. Guelph's project coordinator, opens the way for new and much improved means of analyzing data over huge areas of the earth 's surface. Such data would have a tremendous impact on city and regional planning and development of previously untouched areas.

Clay Switzer, OAC '51 (left) receives Dean's Trophy from OAC Dean C. M. Switzer, OAC '51, for his carding the low nine-hole score at the OAC Alumni Association's recent golf tournament held at the Doon Valley Golf and Country Club.

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Alumni News Kenneth R. Graydon, OAC '56, has been appointed president of the Rubber Association of Canada. a trade association for companies that manufacture rubber products in Canada.

Prior to his appointment. he was general manager of the Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute which he helped to establish in 1966.

Mr. Graydon has had considerable experience in public relations, serving as director of public relations for the Meat Packers Council of Canada. as a broad­caste r and advertising editor.

Knight Air Harry has a new blanket , compliments of the Ottawa Chapter of the University of Guelph Alumni Association.

Sixty-three alumni and guests held a social evening October 23 at the Rideau-Carleton Racetrack .

And for winning the featured ninth race . Knight Air Harry received his blanket.

Correction In the last issue of the Guelph Alumnus (Vol. 5. No. 5) we incorrectly stated that Dr. Helen C. Abell was a graduate of 1941 . Dr. Abell graduated from Macdonald Institute in 1938.

Letters Sir: (Blush!) What did I perceive on the cover of Guelph Alumnus for September­October!? Could it actually be that the alumni publication of such an institution of the highest learning and academic pursuits has succumbed to a lowly error in mathematics? How can Time / Money ever equal Money / Time?

And (alas!) while the plumber 's equation is correct, it is the professor who apparently has erred. Perhaps Mr. Ross , the artist has slyly testified to his own beliefs that professors should spend less time in administration , and more in research and teaching as was mentioned in your leading article. A pity as well that he, the man pictured, was apparently a professor in " Bio-whatzit" , my own adopted field.

Andy MacRae, M.Sc. 1971

Steinway piano presented to the University

A Steinway Concert Grand Piano, gift of the 1971 and 1972 Alma Mater Funds, was officially presented to the University October 26.

University of Guelph Alumni Association President T. R. Hilliard , OAC '40 , called on AMF Chairmen W. C. Christner, OAC '49 (1971) and J. C. Kenney , OAC '44 (1972) to present the piano key to University President W. C. Winegard before a capacity audience of about 800 in War Memorial Hall.

Many alumni and faculty donors, including members of the AMF's newly­formed Century Club , were in attendance.

Cultural gifts to the University are a

Top, Anton Kuerti of the music faculty at the University of Toronto greets his audience before giving his first performance on the University's new concert piano, a gift of the Alma Mater Fund. Below, Jim Kenney, OAC '44, and Bill Christner, OAC '49, (left) present piano key to President W. C. Winegard as UGAA President Dick Hilliard, OAC '40 looks on.

tradition among Guelph alumni , stated Mr. Hilliard.

"From its early years, the Guelph campus has had a vital interest in the arts.

" This very building , in which many musical and dramatic productions have taken place, was financed in part by the proceeds of a group of students called the 'Sod Busters ,' who put on many concerts around the province during their holidays."

Mr. Hilliard cited early examples of alumni support for music, mentioning the class of '22 donation of a piano and the organ presented jointly by the classes of '36 to '39 .

" The tradition of alumni , faculty , and students working together to improve the quality of academic and social life on the Guelph campus continues today ,' ' he said.

Following the presentation ceremonies, the talented pianist, Anton Kuerti, gave a brilliant performance of Bach , Beethoven, Scriabin , Schubert and Chopin , living up to a New York Times review which stated : " He sails with decorum and propriety through two centuries of music."

Following the recital , Century Club Chairman Neil Darrach, OAC '42, and Mrs. (Doris German) Darrach , OAC '42, of Moffat were joined by over 100 Century Club members and guests who took the opportunity to meet the pianist at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Winegard. Among the many members present from the Guelph area were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tawse , OAC '15, class agent for the most senior class represented and M.P. All Hales, OAC '34, and his wife Mary (Graham) , Mac '32. Mr. and Mrs. Clare Moxley, OAC '44, who was Campaign Vice-Chairman in 1970, attended from Campbellford and among those present from other points were Dr. Jean Rumney, OVC '39, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Rumney (OVC '25 and Mac '25) from Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Redelmeier, OAC '45 of Richmond Hill; Mr. and Mrs. George Fuller, OAC '37 and Mac '35, Brantford; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Grubbe, OAC '41 and Mac '40, Arthur; Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Currah , OAC '60 and Mac '58, Hickson; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Allen, OAC '49, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Couse, OAC '46, Oakville; and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morton, OAC '47, and 1972 Campaign Vice-Chairman Dr. Edith Williams, OVC '41, of Burlington.

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Coming Events

January 20, 21 January Jaunt

January 31 O.V.C. Alumni Association Annual Meeting

February 20

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OAC Alumni Association Annual Seminar Topic: "Financial Management" 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cutten Club

February 25 to March 6 Ski Week in Switzerland

March 16, 17 OAC Alumni Bonspiel

March 20 to April 9 Alumni Tour to Spain

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