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

T ODAY, MASSEY HALL enters a new phase of its long history

as a focus of campus life and development. Its books and periodi- cals 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 aca- demic efficiency and convenience, Massey will still stand serenely sur- veying the Green with its rim of stately trees extending down to the highway. As new generations of students come and go, Massey Hall will remain as a visible link with the past - a significant past studded with worthy contributions to learning and research.

The Boer War was just over and the 20th Century well launched when Massey Hall and Library was opened; built and furnished at a cost of $45,000 donated by the Massey Estate. It served as the Library of OAC for the next 65 years.

On the ground floor it had an auditorium used for Chapel services. This was also used in the daytime as a lecture hall and in the evenings for meetings of the Union Literary Society, for debates and public speaking contests and other such activities. Behind the auditorium were living quarters for unmarried junior staff; Syd Curzon and Archie Porter lived there for several years. This area, commonly known as the Bull Pen, was the scene of many a gay party, in striking contrast to the quiet of the closed book stacks above.

Students had free access to the large reading room but not to the

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 bacterio- logy. 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 build- ing 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. Pro- fessor 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 inter- ested 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 read- ing. 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 occa- sions. 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 per- mission 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

A CENTRALIZED, OPEN-STACK library offers far more advan-

tages than does the system of several campus libraries with restric- ted circulation. This was the con- - clusion 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

t bulk of the library resources on A typical floor in the McLaughlin Library with undergraduate study carrels (left rear), campus must be readily available to lounge area (foreground), librarian's office (centre) with information desk and undergraduate, graduate student reference books nearby.

and faculty member alike. The only difference we make among these There has been less adverse re- building. This is something which is three groups is the amount of space action to the concept of a centralized not always financially possible with

made available to the individual library than had been expected. The numerous separate libraries to be for studv. Library staff are trying to carry out built and operated to an equal

-

The consolidation of the Uni- versity's library resources in the McLaughlin Library will be accomp- lished 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.

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 be- cause 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

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

T HE COMPUTER has become the right arm of the University

of Guelph's new central library system and its versatility and pos- sibilities 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 depart- ment 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 computer- produced "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 over- seas firms.

When the book arrives in Guelph, it is sent directly to the Catalogue Department, where manual and ma- chine 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 cata- logues for different locations in the library, special print:outs by subject for individual faculty members and book-cards for the automated cir- culation system.

The new circulation system has greatly speeded the process of bor- rowing 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 ma- chine. 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 Aut I dmic Orpnization. I w i h to emphasize that the report mntains pmpouls ad mt final dgcisions. I f you hwe any m m t s on the pmposals please mi te 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 Uni- versity 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

I only interim proposals put forward to provide a basis for discus- sion by all members of the university community.

The Report proposes changes in the structure of the Univer- sity 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 . L A 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 submis- sions.

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 iew has been extendad to Aoril I.

Your opinion is important - please register i t1

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 Uni- versity 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 tradition- al nomenclature along with the traditional organization. The grand old names. Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Veterinary College, Wellington College and the Mac- donald Institute are to be replaced by des- ignations smacking of the impersonal and unimaginative bureaucracy that has killed so much of value and beauty in the twen- tieth century.

Our college names have, in the process of time, acquired a reputation, indeed a mys- tique, which is world famous. Change the proud name Ontario Veterinary College, for example, to Faculty of Veterinary Med- icine and what do you have 7 A nonentity which can be duplicated all over the hemi- sphere. There can be a 100 and I Faculties of Veterinary Medicine across North Amer- ica 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 inter- nationally 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 sym- bols of our past, which are, after all, the strongest guarantee of our future.

My recommendations are as follows: I. By all means let us modernize and ration-

alize 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 Gue lph , Guelph. Ont 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 Corn- mime on Acodkmlc Administrative Organ- ization wtlim a pr scMEsm b struc- +urn f w Gualph.

The key and mart c o n t ~ i a l proposal is the eiiminrtion of 'the prascsnt college syrtm.

Initial reaction among m a t studantr hils bCIBR fsvwrable. Tm tatxi to believe that the new fsculty sysem m l d make the mdpm identify m e with the university. Also, them is a feeling that interedlr?ge rivalry and mimooiw would d i w w r .

Union Council hrw nat been abke to teke action on thar prapmal at this writing but Dan Lwlgford said that gtrt~rdly, the WU* cil w i n f m r of thenew 9(-.

The mmittss, b i r d by Dr. 8. C. Mat- rhswt, v'h-pmsidant, W m i c , hcrs sug msd that fire facultips and a Wtw1 of Ckwt~mer Stud& mplsca the Ontario Ag- ricultural Cdtqp. Ontario Veterinary Col- I-, Wellington Cdlep, and M m a l d I mtitute.

Some depmrtmmtr cw parts of depart- mts would be ahifad, Prerentty Laielogy wd rnkrobiolagy am &minister4 by OAC; t h wwld k mored to the new Foeulty of Maw rrl Scimea.

This would eliminate situations tljch sl chat in which oo9rtcs BSc. students in Wel- l i man College const-mtrs the gmtef part o f ~ d t ~ ~ d 9 n t b o d y i m r w e t s d b v o ~ n e d e pertmen% adrninirtrd by OAC. Thh an- m d y initiated a pmtmt among dtwrto that mltdK1 in the f o rm t im of the pmmt cornmittma.

DAC w i d also lam the Scttaol of Land- scapa Amhitecturt, to the Fosulty of Hum- anities and the !School of Agricultural En- gitwwing to Natural Seimeer. ~~ study is ex~minirrg +he future

of the enginering school. Their first drah hars beam included in the rewgitnirat'm n port. It h ttut the engineering school drep the agricultural tie and moue ta a br& study of mt rmmmta l en-

g i m i r ~ g , strsaing pollution and Water rexrunra

OAC mwld then be r eom iz td .s the Fp~ylty of Ag~iwltural S C M .

The disciplirm m t l y u m h Welling- ton College would be divided betwsm ttw Faculties of Natunl Sciences, Humanitks, and the Sacial Sciences.

M W of the functions of OVC would more to the naw Faculty of Veterinary Medieims.

C m k and Farnily rtudier, the neu mic program for Meedonald Institute

whkh stam in July, wwld be p ~ r t of the Wool of Consum Studies. T h M of Hotel and Food Achinidretioa, which wrrr recently famud, would %Ew, become part of Ccnoumef S t u d k

The F m ~ l t y cuf Graduate Studin and Ra rnd wwld expand to include the mntre fot txbational dioattllitks, pnrantky under Wellington C o l l q ~ and tha mtm of in- twnatianal pragams and resources de- ~lepment, now d i m l y under the academic vice-praokktnt.

The faculties wwld be headed by a dean arnd the M af Canrurmer Studies by a

m l n g to tha O f f i i of thC

on of Via-Prerident, Acadmie, would be expanded and called the Office sf the V b P r e s i ~ t A number s f amdem

ricula. Dr. Matth- autlirped m e sf the pur-

poa~~~shnd r M i n d the preliminary nrpsrt.

'We wanted to put m t h i n g an papsr. to focus attmtian on m a i n thingo that the eornmirtcr f-ls am critical,'" he aid. "Tbre will be mow than I&,OQO students by I@8Q. We will have to put in more dems to handle tht number of studsr~ts."

l?te ewnmittgels reyrert said that the rmc~ller fwultieo wauld be to adrnin- iokK than an expanded Wellington Collqp. It is also felt that the students wwld k

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 ovarpower- ing vast- that 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 in 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~iplines and more effective orgeniza- tion.

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 iw l draft will be submitted to 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~ls beaming sffsctirs July I, lk170."

~~~~~~~mnn~nnm~nnrwur~r~~~an~trnrn~~tnnn~t cont'd fnwn p~kvious p@@

Calktp traditicnn by calling th new ad- ministrative units by th old Colt* mmm whan psa-sible.

3. Where a Colleg~ is wbdivided, ol in tha case of Onterb Agrkwltural Cullegs Wellington Gollega, let us create tvro new Collegs designations for the prsposed Faculties of Socid and Natural Science

tlwly, w, for argumnts sake Vanier end Trafalgar Collegm,

H e m s w w i d have: Wellington College (Faculty of Humantles); Vmkr College ( Faculty of k i d SEiemE; TrafaSqpr Galleg& (Flculty sf Natural Sci- ww); Ontario Agricultural Collage (Feculty of Agricultural Scisnccl; Ontwio Veterinary College (Faculty af VWinary Medicine); m d The MPcdonald Institute(Sehao1 of Conwm Studies).

Preliminary Report on Academic

Administrative Organization UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

An Open Letter

To AJI Mmban of the U n M t y : -. :*, .2@.%-sL.- 2--- * - --;*>a " r w k ffre suithility snd e f k t i m

The Committat an Aabmb Administnth Orgm&rtm~ racogn-

the Cdkge'systwn of otymization and h a r t h r t k t m ~ i n g ~ f i n d r r c a m n r n d r t E o n o n a m a t a r o f ~ g r v i t y

d e twommm&tions for any cbngsa a the e l c oqpniutian of the Univerrity, it b imperathe that dl segmmts

w desinble for the of the Unhradty be the apportunity to ex- d pnwent their views. To facilitate the expmskm of these views, the Committee has formulami

10,1968,Senate appointed the a number of propods for academic o r g w r i u t i and put thara in a Report

o serve on the Committee: which b now bdng dhtribubsd to students, alumni, faculty. Senate, a d

E.P.Bem,D.G. Ingrm,T. Bard of Gowmon.

A. Mclntyw, J. T. Powell, H. The Committee h hamith sdieiting writtan b&fs or rtrtrnwnts from

, K. Ronald, J. R. Stems, J. indkiduvh and group who an, ~onc6med in ny way rbout tmy or dl mttws

. Summers, G. L. Warlow, Alumnus - P.

. Cow, Stwknt - K. D. F . C. Ma-, Sowetmy - The Committee has met

a find Rsport which, sglin,

B.C. h t h w s , Chairman of the h m ~ i t t e e on Acrdamic Adminktnrti Qfmniutim

may, at some points, be at variance with the The Faulty of Wid Scimm historical d e w s l ~ ~ t of the University of

appropriate grouping of academic dkiplines The Faculty of Agricultural Sciares The Faculty of Vminary Mdicim The Sdrod of Conumer Studies

in ilccwlancb with the establirfimt of '

Departments which incorporate those dis- ciplines would also be relocated. For examp the studies related to weed control in the

The Committw po~paret that thwe k present Department of Botany may remain five Faculties each herdgd by a Dean, and in the Faculty of Agricultura in the Depart- a School of ths U n W t y headed by a

nQ present ac#kmic adminhra- Thr Faculty of Humnities (including nkation of the University which Landscape Architecture) on this Lbject.

WFlNlTlON OF ACADEMIC WITS WIT HlH THE UNIVERSITY

bQHkeie--wit Oftbudmdiy . k * . F ~ o r M M i w W n m ~ b n p ~ W i p h r r c p o r m i W l i t y t o ~ . isan aetkplrcidpmt Inuhmt i i l ~ u n d . r ~ B y ~ o m w m o r e u ~ w ~ * ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ 8 t u d m t I w d m l e Prolporn . I w s r n u h i ~ k s h e P d ~ m 'xlmhun" taho is mpn8hI. to* DllA of thl Fmlty m, ar t h m e th.Dinet#oQth,sd?wl

F-hY . k a n o d R l h k m i i d c u o i t d w - by itn grwphg of rdrtad db

cipllrm &/or a m of study for prr- ~ d b r t w r e t I o n a x I m m m t h A F P e u l t y h a 8 t k m r * r o u t c m t o ~ - md *ah of d l o M p . It o w r d r l s d ~ ~ ~ l w ~ r m d m m y ~ o m o r r n o n ~ . functions wiahi tln Unim*lty tjofwl Wlth rrapondWlky to ~ r t b o t h t h m b ~ ~ srdum- hsanodmkdrtrrtbvahd-r ''D.pm" wba k &MI to VI- r*,AElkRlk

iaq wiMn a URivcrrstty context ~~ boih ap a -hirig (undrrgrd-

mi mmlh as a m M d unR for brnfhnk3 . W &n adminbvahk kd ~5ablPI.I diba imatd Ob I B r i d i d , Dewor Maotw

of+h . is an adminimath dnit 'tfiot b not directly nsponstblo for any mi program as such, but dim* sup port the =ciami#: prwam by pmkk ing mrviws to &lc prqnmp cg., Dfflw of t k R e g i s m . ha8 an addnirmtiw hrad dnlgnatrcd as "DlmW' (ag., Plreetor of Cornking Educstknl or by ostsblirhd titlo Ie.g, " A q W ) m l m to tha Vim- Pmsklmt, Acdmlc who k in turn rr W b l e to ths M n t

is an administmtivm rwdefnle unit , ham b prim rrrponsibll i in m h

e k within b l f w In -I# to m h in other aFademi u n h in hno or m m FacuRi or Schoclk of thr UnIv#sity b c o m l of P W o r ~ l p z t d i im, 0 4 P building or machkr

+ h o s p n P d & Q r a ? h h r d ~ w d e c " D i m W mqmmiblo to the V b Prosidmta Acdamic

U n k o r s i t y w h o h w e b a e n ~ b y hna& # hinp ma90-e for g r d ~ a t a

- ~onolstsoffocxl l ty~otaffwhoan within two or mom d k p l m n t s within aF~culty,wtwoormwrFoarltb,w School of the Unhdty. In the initial ~ t h m f s c u l t y d s t a f f m e y k w l ~ i n a singla dspsrt~lent . is rsPponrible for promotion and c o d w a t h o f d d a r e x t m d o n p r o - g r a m s a n d ~ ~ ~ a m a n I n t w - ckpPrtlnsntd M a undw Jwldletion of !%late has a hood rrs "Chairmana' wha w ba full-tirm w pM-time, but who in either casp holds a rsglukr sppohtmrrt Ec r Department is not m i l e far any u n & ~ ~

1 b a b ~ l ~ d t I m r f r o m a F a a r k y o r s o n ~ t e d p a r t c 4 o m o r r n t m ~ - m s n t d b ~ a a d r a a y ~ ~ m ~ for the furtherem of f ts p-m d d i i b u t e such fundr lmong v a r h s de-

(4 t f y 1 9 7 5 i t k W t h * t V t f i . p a ~ ~ a o d l q & M ~ k m l i n r m h d t t n ~ur~tkmsardont ~ q u l v d m (F,s.E:s~~ fw thr BA. md B.Sc. g~opwa~nr kr w C . o # o I F w ) # b m m r t i r r u 8 , IY 783% &.p+!#I~~yt-doarbk thhby

fMt0. ForPh*mm, mming that a Wdmt-k l~ r*tk d vm f i f tmt0Wmknsakr8%nad,YYdW~ Cokbm~anbeex@ta haw- Bhmm fiwity-b.lrl976, pndra&4yGh&b#isw-.

T h d l r 1 . E P I , i n r d d t t h ~ t h r k ~ nw W b ~ f m will, n~

darbtka&wto~~1m, lueolctn.thr.m of h h -pip ~ I t l l s r c a p r a f t h r ~ O f ~ C o C WatttM Unhmlpv. fhoCoRumitkE k ~ t h l l C ~ r * e h I # p a w l h O l rrlthin a lrovp of rigtifiuntly *rraller cowrp#(Sm A@ f h n a k l d k h p l y un-bls f r m a wund .orkmic dnrkrkvlti vim. Thm Com- mit- is k h r mncmd tAst by ID76 t h r o t u d m t r o f u k l l i ~ C o w may .rplr irr#a-dn~n~dtyatb ~ w h m t h ~ f r r l i r m d t e ~ ~

h ~ o f t t m k ~ s i w , w d d k a m m m d U y ~ i n ~ ~ s u p s u p In& Mm, it k fdt thpt mch Fawlty vvwW p r r p m t . a w r a r o ~ ~ w ~ ~ o f d i i h with w h i i midM RKHly mify. E a c f r o i t h ~ frcult'w npw Wlingm Cot@ would, by 1975, b of m@ly awd d n ( p t m i t k w j t h 3200 FS.E.'sSoEi S c h w with wpmx- h l y 2708 f S.E.'r, N . f u n f f u n f w

a p p m w m k aMW) FX.E.'s k- eluding gr&am stUkn4. m ounr- b m r n t w t ~ i r r r p k t i o n t o t h a O t h ~ ~ P ~ ~ ~ p r p - r a i t t h l ~ ~ ~ t o p o n # ~ , tlw ananyutity of ttn d t i w t y . (Sw Apprndix Thml

pttml studies of Fine Art, it is ap- propriate 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 Engineering and dacated (as a School) in the Faculty of Natural Sc'ina. This recorn-tion is m t i ~ n t on 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 wmmun~ions . 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).

(i) 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 appoint- ing of faculty, and th 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 Uni- w d t y of Guelph. The remaining func- tIans,which prcwently characterize the Culkges am essentially Faculty functiom. It 'a the opinion of the Committee that the substitution of Faculties for Col- legm should ostslslish mom firmly the spscjal character and autonomy of the Unimdty as opposed to the special interests of any sne part of It.

PROPOSED PATTERN OF ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANlZATlON

Principal Rmanmndrtianr (i) That the aonicw academic dministra-

t k off- in the Univarsity be the Pnsident.

(ii) That between the lawets of President and Deans, than be one m i o r aca- h 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 i s t of the vica - Prddmt, and a number (e.g., two) of o€fw ocsdemic p e m , whosa &ties and rerpodbi l i tk 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 Re- the responsibility far the dmlopmsnt of march) report to the Office of the urdwgduate curricula. Aamdingly, the Vice-Pddmt, Academic. Committee recornmnds that one of the

(v) That the duties and reqortsibilities of the Of f ia of the of al l academic sub-offices (e.g , ven the reqmnsibility Associate Deans, Adstant Depart- for coordinating the acaelemic programs H d ) k functional in nature (see across all Faatties for the fint two mnef+ following paragraph on "Deans and.. ten. Further, the Committee fmh that Associate Deans, ). " - --'the academic counselling of students in

The rate at which the ncosnmndrltions their first two semesters b of sufficient im- am implemented may be partly determined portana to Wanant the sfsignmmt of this by the m a l l qowth rate of the Univwsity responsibility to a s e e d academic mmber during the next ' f i i to ten y e r r It h to of the O f f i i of the VictPresMt, Acsdem- be expected, therefore, that not wsry re- k. Students in their first year could thm commdation will be immediately real- identify with ooch a parscws for advice and ired. H-, it is the intontion of the ewnsel on matters of c o u m availeble, mittee that the transitional stage k m- course prerequisites, sequences of coor~cs, plated by t975. the nature of the varioul academic programs,

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 Departments would 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 unirenit- just dgscrfbad moy,in the I- run, nad mod- ier 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 under- Health Sciences, a VicePresbnt, Arts, and graduate curricula (emesters one 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 al l undergrad- academic rdministratiw p d t h , a Via- & w c u r r i c u l a s m a s t m a t o ~ t b Prddmt, Graduate Studica. dush. It would be the duty of the mem-

The Committee beliewn that 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 in- It 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' off- would pro- of 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 expect- and recommendatiom o residents. ed that some of these p d t i o m just dewrib- The d result is to burden a Prtskkmt with d -Id, of nsceority, bacome full-time. tinn-consuming decisions €hat can and ought to be tnkmn a t the Vidresidcmtid ke l . ld Mdemic O f f h R c r p a d e to the

That such deciiiem am be made i-r- Officc of the V b ? P m t , AadmAasbcmk: tially at this i d presupposes the principle of having om academic VbPresident. The Cornmittsr propbses that the sir The Committee, therefore, vism the rde k a n a (including the 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?datloor and of the Un'MOnjty, the Directer(d of Inai- requests 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 o ~ i Pr-1 ond ths nrm Dir- there be academic personnel (on a wrt- ectw of tha p m t Sdrool of Hotel rrnd time bPljE), whOIC mpodbilities wwki Food Administration npwt to tha Vice- c o w tome of the f u n t t h normally per- t, Academic (see Appendix One). formed Iry a Via-PraJident, Ac9dsmic, ~n the 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 proposes that the prin- cipal responsibilities of the Dean (admini- stration of Graduate Studies, and caordin- ating Research on a University basis) con- tinue as they presently are. It is recognized, however, that the Dean's office should be expanded in the forsseeable future to in- clude an Associate Dean thereby bringing about a needed division of responsibilities. An Associate Dean could be given the re- sponsibility for either the administration of Graduate Studies or the coordinating of Research.

It is recommended further that the Chair- men of the Centres (Educational Disabilit- ies, International Programs, Resources De- velopment) report directly to tb Deen, Graduate Studies and Research rather than to the Vice-President, Academic, as is pre- ~ently the ease. The work of a Centre is largely of a research nature and it is appro- priate that the Centres fall under the im- mediate jurisdiction of this Faculty unit.

The primary responsibilities of a Dean cover the overall operation of a Faculty (e.g, budgets, faculty appointments, etc.) and, in particular, the development of pol- icies that give direction to the various ax- demic programs within a Faculty. As Fac-

I wlties increase in size it is conceivable that some of the functions performed by Deans may be distributed among their Associate Deans. Appointments to Associate Dean- ships 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 responsibil- ties of a (single) functional natirre rather than a range of duties that simply parallel those of the Dean of the Faculty. For ex- ample, an Anaciate Dean (Undergraduate Curricula) would have the responsibility For the dwalopment of new academic pro- grams and modifications to existing ones

I etc., in his Faculty. He would work, in the final analysis, through his opposite number in the Office of the Vice-president, Academ- ic (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 num- ber 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.

************************************u*

* The News Bulletin is published each weak * * by the Departmant of Information. It is *

authorized as second-class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for *

+ piipnt of postage in cash. *

APPENDIX THREE

PROJECTED FULL-TIME STUDENT EQUIVALENTS*

(Including Graduate and Asociate Diplama Coulre Students )

I Existing Academic Administrative Oqpnization FS.E.

MACWNALD INSTITUTE ( including the Program in Hotel and Food Administration) 670

ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 2800

ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE

WELLINGTON COLLEGE

I I P r o p d Academic Administrative Orgenization

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 1215 1525

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 R31400 in 1975 and 18,320 in 1980.

See Pa@ Six for Appendix O m m d Two

AnENDn[ OWE I P R E S I D E N T I

I VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC I

-, Resourm Imternational Librarian Computing Development Prognms Registrar Continuing Scienw

Education

Hotd and Food I. Ag. Ecm. 1. Ag. Eng. I. Anatomy 2, Animal Sc. 2. Land Arch. 2. Avian Pathology

3. English Management 3. Apiculture 3. Clinical Studies 4. Fine Art 3. Textiles 4. Botany 4. Pathology 5. Geography 5. Crop k. 5. Pysiology and 6. History 6. Ext. Ed. Pharmacology 7. Languages 7. Food Sc. 6. Veterinary 8. MathlStat 8. Horticulture Bacteriology 9. Philorophy 9. Microbiology Nl. Physics 10. Nutrition II. Political Studies II. Poultry Sc. 12. Psychology 12. Soil Scionca 13. Soe./Anthro. 13. Zoology

I P R E S I D E N T 1 I

OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC

V i i h r i d n l t I FACULTVGRADUATE I STUDIEURESEARCH I

CENTRES F] -1 Diabilitim Studies Development

I FACULTY OF I I FACULTY OF I I FACULTY OF I HUMANITIES ** SOCIAL SCIENCE NATURAL SCIENCE

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

VETERINARY Q& I. Eng. Lang.1

Literature 2. Fine Art 3: Languages 4. Philorophy 5. History 6. Landscape

Architecture

I. Economics 2. Geography 3. Politiwl

Studim 4. Psychology 5. Sociology1

Anthropology

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

9. Soil Sc. 6. Veterinwy Bacteriology

8. Poultry Sc.

I. Anatomy 2. Aden

P " . 3. Cl~nlcal Studies

4. Pathology 5. Physiology1

Pharrnecology

INSTITUTE EcJ,[ql 2. Family , Studies Computing Cont. Chief

3. Hotel & science ~duc. Librarian Registrar

A Library for Students by Matthew'Hart

0 NE OF THE DIFFICULTIES which I encountered, perhaps

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 I 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 The Stoa of McLaughlin Library is a popular gathering place for students in name "stoa", the ancient Greeks' odd moments between classes. Portable tack boards are handy for displays. place of oratory, is a pleasant and significant departure from the usual library "foyer." And indeed, this is It would of course be naive to lighting has been arranged. The no usual place. consider the library as merely an old system of ceiling lighting re-

It does not function as a sort of enclosed space where books are quired a positively solar intensity in decompression chamber for the stacked to keep them out of the order to put the necessary 100 foot customary ordering of countenance rain. The library is, or ought to be, candles onto the desk surfaces. With and lowering of decibels. It is a the major work and research area of individual lighting in each carrel, place of meeting; it is a place of the university. There is no sacro- and accessory lighting on the debate; it is a place of art. It is, in sanct reference room; all the books columns, a much more efficient light short, anything the students want to are on the shelves. distribution is achieved. make it, short of a firing range, and There is more than adequate All through the building this an addition to the total library study area provided by the numerous characteristic efficiency of design building. carrels, designed to ensure that the serves to highlight the functional

Inside the library proper on the only disturbances are those eternal grace of the architecture. The atmos- main floor, and occupying a par- and ingenious devices of the stu- phere control units, for instance, titularly spacious area with interest- dent's own manufacture. I have are located around the tops of the ing display cases, is the comfortable heard the odd complaint of claustro- concrete columns creating a reading section. With a pleasantly phobia against the admittedly less utilitarian capitol. I have even asymetrical arrangement of easy than spacious carrels, but if the ventured to suggest (with no success chairs and tables, the reader is number of students using them is whatever) that we designate these encouraged to browse among the any indication, that particular columns 'Guelphic' and offer them newspapers as he chooses in an objection is hardly universal. Besides to architecture as the utilitarian atmosphere unlike the almost there are numerous open desks on successors to the three classical coercive reading tombs of some all floors to satisfy the claustro- columns of antiquity. But this article libraries. And perhaps this air of phobes. is beginning to read like an archi- flexibility is indicative of the kind Another interesting feature of the tectural inventory, and I would like to of library we have. library is the manner in which (Continued on next page)

Microfilm Saves Space and Dollars

B OOKS AND MICRO-COPY go to- 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 deliber- ately 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 pro- jected for the building of the second stage of the McLaughlin Library.

Not only does the use of micro- copy enable the library to acquire material that "even if we had the money we couldn't purchase in the original", but it cuts down drastic- ally 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 be- fore getting things like these collec-

Maria Cooper obtains paper print of article from microfilmed Journal.

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 micro- film. 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.

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 consider- able 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 approxi- mately 1,000 new books a week purchased by the library, are re- quired 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,

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-Red- grave and Wing bibliographies cover-

ing, respectively, all books published in English during the periods 1475- 1640 and 1641-1700. True, the aesthetic pleasure of fondling an- tique volumes and examining worm- hole angles is rather lost on micro- film, but after all, Guelph is not Oxford and the McLaughlin Library is not the Bodleian.

That rather obvious inequality be- ing 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.

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 auto- mated system, which produces monthly and annual serials cata- logues.

The third main area, government documents, has always posed a problem for librarians since there are so many of them (Guelph re- ceives almost 20,000 annually). Their bulk varies greatly and the cost would be prohibitive to cat- alogue 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 informa- tion about it such as the author, title, or even the gist of the contents.

The conventional system used for handling pamphlets and other docu- ments 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 The book shelves were now filled. under such categories as personal The fabric of the building was in author, corporate author, serials, need of repair and major changes series, and title. Steadily updated were needed in its heating and computer-printed catalogues are lighting. It was evident that expan- maintained under each heading, and sion of the colleges would require thus students or faculty can readily a new library building. Thus when ascertain what material is available. the new McLaughlin Library building

The unique Guelph program has was completed in 1968 there could already been adapted by McMaster be little feeling of regret at leaving and Queens and is being considered the Massey building. Although it by several other Ontario universities.. had served well it was now function-

ally inadequate for the needs of the University. But for the graduates of the 65 years since its opening it holds many memories.

OLD MASSEY To link the old with the new, two

(Continued from page 4 ) group study rooms in the McLaughlin Library have been named the Unwin

Room as a tribute to Professor and Canadian Rooms and in them Unwin. The following year the Class have been placed the portraits, of '41 asked permission to furnish plaques and trophies fmm these the other "seminar" room as a rooms in the Massey Building. They second browsing room in which the will stir a feeling of nostalgia in Library's Canadian literature would returning alumni, and it is hoped be shelved. This, to be named the they will also Preserve of the Canadian Room, was to be a tribute history of "Old Massey" for future to Dr. 0. J .Stevenson. generations of students.

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

the Unwin and Canadian rooms were a welcome haven in long days which included military training as well

campus, and the Library, especially 3

as regular classes. In 1946 and the years following, these rooms con- tinued 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. shield designed by late Prof. Harrison.

MAC ALUMNAE Deen Margad m ready recblvm I HONOR DEANS alumnae and frlsnds (above) at ~ p t I o n

In S t Lawrence Hall, Torartto. Dr. H. E.

In Decemkr f 968, close to 200 Gunnlng (fop rlght), Head, Departmsnt of

Atumnae of Macdonald Institute attend4 Chbmistrfi "n'vsmm of

a gala reception at the St. Lawrence Hall, melwd an honorary dsgrse at the

Toronto to honor Dr. Margarat Scott Winter Convocation, January 24. Dean

M c C r d y , the retiring Dean. On behalf T. L. Jones (bottom rlght) m h e d an

of the Asswiation, Darn MoCmdy was Alumni Chair from Dr. W. G. Whlttick, '55,

presented with an oil painting by Allan and Dr. G. C. Fbher, '44, durlng OVC

Collier as a token of appreciation for her Alumni annual meeting.

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 meet- ing 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 Jx 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

hundreds of alumni throughout the world. DR. W. G. WHIITICK '55, a small anfmal

practltloner, Toronto, was elwed to suc- ceed DR. GEORGE C. FISHER '44, Petar- borough, as Association Pmstdent. Other oPRcers and dlmctors elected for 1969 were as follow: Hon. President, DR. 0. G. HOWELL: VicePresldent, DR. T. J. HEN- DERSON '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, Ayles- bury, 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. WAY€ '55 of Hamilton was appointed alumni repres-tive to the Commlw on Corttinuing Education. DR. V. C. R. WALKER '47 was nominated to fill a vacancy on the University of Guelph Alumnl Assoclati~n Board 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 to 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 meet- ing 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 i f the college is to continue to train veterinarians to serve outside the province. He indicated that while size must be determined, quality would not be sacrified under any cir- cumstances. 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 in 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 to suc- ceed DR. GEORGE C. FISHER '44, Peter- borough, as Association President. Other officers and directors elected for 1969 were as follows: Hon. President, DR. D. G. HOWELL; Vice-President, DR. T. J. HEN- DERSON '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, Ayles- bury, 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 con- tinues 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 to be effective in October.

Letters HONORARY DEGREES

The Committee on Graduation Cere- monials 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, stu- dents. staff and other members of the University. The suggestions should in- clude some information about the indi- vidual 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 per- sons who have not already been generous- ly 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 mini- mum 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 to nominate and to vote in the election, candidates for Senate membership must be ordinarily resident in Ontario. More- over, they must not be registered for a degree or diploma at the University nor be a member of the teaching or adminis- tration staff of the University since these groups have direct representation on Senate.

Nominations must be signed by three graduates and also by the nominee indi- cating 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,

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.

The Guelph Alumnus is published by the University of Guelph, 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

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.

- - - . Coming Events

- - . - -

I

February 28 COLLEGE ROYAL BALL

March 8 COLLEGE ROYAL Show Day

March 14 - 15 O.A.C. ALUMNI BONSPIEL

March 15 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BUILDING Official Opening - 3.00 p.m.

March 16 BACCALAUREATE SERVICE

April 25 - 26 MAC ALUMNAE SEMINAR

April 25 - 2 6 O.A.C. ALUMNI SEMINAR

May 2 1 DIPLOMA GRADUATION

May 22 - 23 SPRING CONVOCATIONS

June 20 - 2 1 O.A.C. - MAC ALUMNI WEEKEND

October 18 HOMECOMING 1969

A'