UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH AWMNUS Winter 198J Vo l 16 No I

UN IVERS ITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

HONORA R Y PRESIDENT Professor Dona ld F Forster

PRES IDE T Jane (V ollic k) Webster FACS 75

PAST PRESIDENT lackie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 7 4

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Barry S ta hlbaum CPS 74

SECRETAR Y Dr O Brian Allen C PS 72

ASSOC IATE SECRETARY Rosemary C lark Mac 59

TREASURER Jam es Elmslie

VICEmiddotPRES IDENTS Cath y Knipe CBS 79 Edilh (Si mmons) LeLac heur Arts 72 Eli zabeth O Neil FACS 7 4 Ross Pa rry CSS 80 Glen n Powell OAC 62 Bruce Richardson CPS 82

DI RECTOR S Dr Brian Allen CPS 72 Larry Argue OAC 58 Debbie (N ash) C hambers ArlS 77 Dr Dudley Collins OVC 56 Lorrie ( Rol ston) Cosens CBS 79 Sue (Bealty) Davidso n CSS 82 Dr Ron Downey OVC 6 1 Dr Peter Fort e CPS MSe 70 Alvin J ory CSS 74 Lorna (I nn es) La wrence Mac 68 Ja nice (R obert son) Pa rt loll Arts 70 Dr C lare Rennie OAC 47 Ja n Walson C BS 75 Janice Yellow lees Mac 80

EX-OFF IC IO DI RECTORS John Babcock OAC 5 4 Director of Alumni Affairs and Oefelopment John Henning CPS 7 6 President Gradua te S tud ents Associa tion Pa tri cia (Honey) Lonerga n CSS 68 President College of Socia l Science Alumni Association Dr Archie MacKinnon OVC 43 President Ontario Ve terinary College Alumni Associat ion Denis Ra il ing President Uni versi ty of Guelph Centra l S tudent Associat ion Marie (Boissonneault) Ru sh CBS 80 President College of BiOlogica l Science Alumni Association Margo Shoema ker Arts 79 President College of Arts Alumni Associa tion Ba rry Stah lbaum CPS 7 4 President College of Physica l Sc ience Al urnni Associat ion Henry St a nley OA C 55 Presiden t Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association Carol Telford-Pi ll ma n FA CS 75 President Mac-FACS Alumni Association

The Guelph Alumnlls is published by lhe Departmenl o r Alumni Affairs and Development in co-opera tion wilh lhe Depa rtmenl of Informa tion Univers it y of Guc lph

EDITOR Derek J Wing Pu blica lions Office r Departme nl of Alumni Afra irs and Developmenl

T he Edilorial Commi ll ee is comprised of the Edil or Derek Wing John Babcock OAC 54 Direclor Departmenl of Alumni Arrai rs and Developmenl Erich Ba rth Art Director De partment of Informalion Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assistan l Director for Alumni Programs Department of Alu mn i Affairs and Developmenl Dona ld J ose OAC 49 Press- Publi ci ty Departmen l or Informalion Robin Bai rd Lewi s Arts 7 3 Deve lopmen tCo mmunica li ons Officer Depanment of Alumn i Affairs and Developm ent Dougla s Walerslon Director Depanment of Inrormali on

Thc Edilorial Advisory Boa rd of the U ni versit y of Guelph Alumni Associa lion is comprised of Dr O Brian Allen CPS 72 Chai rma n Dr All a n Austin Dr Donald Ba rnum OVC 41 Pe le r Hohenadel OAC 75 J anice ( Robertson) Panlow Ans 7C Oli ve (T hompson) Thompson Ma c 35 Jan Wa lson CBS 75 Sandra Websler CSS 75 Ex- offi c io John Babcock OAC 54 J ane (Vol li ck) Websler FACS 75

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When a man is tired of London he is tired of life

Those words of Sa muel Johnson 1709-1784 are still true today These University of Guelph students pose on the steps of Guelph-London House a residence owned by the University of Guelph and located at 105 Albert S treet London NW I England The house used as a student resi dence during Fall and Winter semesters is available to visitors during the balance of the year-approximately mid-April to mid-Se ptember Alumni are encouraged to stay at London House durin g this period -Accommodation in Lo ndon House includes two self-contained apartshyments s leeping five each with a fully-equipped kitchen and a bathroom two double rooms each with two si ngle beds three single rooms each with a si ngle bed Occupants of double and s ingle rooms share a fully-equipped kitchen and a common-room These facilities are available at reasona ble rates For further information write John S Wills Property Manager University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1 or call (519) 824-4120 Exl 2734

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Gua phi Around the Globe

Seed sorting in bodan Nigeria West Africa

Reproduced and condensed from the U of G News Bulletin

Today the phrase international concern has become a hackneyed

catch word On the University of Guelph campus however it is a tradition with a long history of successful application Nearly 20 per cent of the faculty members at the University of Guelph have first-hand experience in one or more Third World countries

That is to say nothing of the large numbers of graduate students who have traditionally come to Guelph from around the globe to complete their preparation for useful careers in their own or some similar country And for generations agricultural and veterinary graduates have gone to serve with distinction in many parts of the world More recently their fellow alumni in other disciplines have joined them with equal success although agriculture and rural development remain the predominant theme of many projects

The Universitys international efforts are co-ordinated by the Centre for International Programs under the direction of Professor John Cairns Kath Beaven assistant to the director is responsible for the budgetary aspects of project submisshy

sions to funding agencies while Bob McEwen the Universitys policies and procedures officer works closely with the Centre on the budgetary and contractual issues of every international program

The Centre provides a focus for the many projects and undertakings that contribute to the University of Guelphs high profile on the international scene and a convenient contact point with federal agencies international bodies and non-government organizations involved in the Third World

Many of the University of GuelphS official links abroad have been with individual universities Others have provided assistance to government agencies in those countries Most have been supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) the International Development Research Centre (lORC) or UN agencies Some have been short-term others of longer duration

The columns that follow summarize a number of the projects currently in progress to provide a brief overview of the scope of the Universitys international involvement

Apiculture on Four Continents

In the last 15 years the University of Guelph has become one of the worlds leading centres for tropical apiculture This international renown dates back to the foundation work carried out by Professor Emeritus Gordon Townsend OAC 38 in developing countries in Asia Africa and South and Central America

The Kenya-Canada Beekeeping Project initiated by Professor Townsend in 1971 and now directed by Department of Environmental Biology professor Maurice Smith OAC 42 is considered one of CIDAs most successful overseas endeavors

Although the contract officially terminated last September CIDA has approved an extension for 1983 that will allow remaining funds to be used for the support of Kenyans studying in Canada and Nairobi

As the result of a CIDA-supported project in Sri Lanka the number of beekeepers in that country has grown from 1000 in 1976 to more than 7000 this year Initiated by Professor Townsend the project which is nearing completion is now directed by Department of Environmental Biology professor Peter Kevan

Professor Kevan explains that the foundations have been laid for a cottage-level industry supported by a highly developed government extension system Although problems exist in the areas of marketing processing and quality control honey production has improved dramatically and provides stimulation for the rural economy

Professor Kevan is also finalizing plans for a proposed conference on Asian honeybees to be held in Sri Lanka It is expected that this gathering of southeast Asian scientists apiculturists and government workers will lead to an apiculture network in which Guelph will playa prominent role

Agricultural Education In China

The Centre for International Programs contd over

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administers many links and bilateral agreements between this University and others overseas funded by CIDA

The newest of these is with the Beijing Agricultural University in the Peoples Republic of China This link is primarily designed to upgrade and retrain scientists and teachers and hence revitalize the agricultural sector which suffered during the Cultural Revolution

Funding includes provision for a maximum of nine months overseas exchange each year for faculty members of each institution Department of Clinical Studies professor Dr Frank Milne has already lectured at Beijing and plans are under way for Department of Pathology professor Dr Bernard McSherry OAC 42 former OVC Dean Dr Dennis Howell and two Department of Land Resource Science faculty to visit China in 1983

The program is co-ordinated by Professor Cairns He visited Beijing two years ago and again in April 1981 when he was accompanied by President Donald Forster OAC Dean Clayton Switzer OAC 51 and OVC Dean Douglas Maplesden OVC 50

University of the West Indies

A project begun in 1979 to develop an undergraduate agricultural engineering program at the University of the West Indies has already resulted in the training of 12 graduates who are now involved in research development and extension work in the Caribbean islands

Department of Engineering professor Hugh Ayers is co-ordinator of the link that will end this year He points to the need for trained people in an area where erosion

problems are severe and the best land is in sugar cane a crop reduced by one-third in the past decade because of poor landshymanagement practices Trained people are also needed to develop systems of mechanization suitable for small farms and to instruct farmers on the preservation storage and processing of their products

The Southern Link

Professor John deMan Department of Food Science is project co-ordinator for another four-year link this one with the University of Campinas in Brazil This exchange with the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Engineering has involved food science environmental biology consumer studies and agricultural engineering personnel

Faculty have been able to advise their Brazilian counterparts on such subjects as cereal baking and milling technology extrusion of plant proteins cheese making microbiology and food hygiene as well as marketing research methodology irrigation and farm machinery

The exchange has implications in food production for all of South America as the University of Campinas is an education centre for a much broader area than just Brazil

Trout Farming In Central Africa

An acquaculture project in Costa Rica now in its fourth year has shown that trout farming in the highland regions of Central America is biologically feasible The scheme which is using Ontario-produced rainbow trout as one of several progenitors for genetic development of Costa Rican

Faculty from Gueph and the University of the West Indies with a sugar cane harvester in Barbados

stock is designed to provide income for poor farmers in the area as well as stock for recreational fishing

Project director Professor Hugh MacCrimmon Department of Zoology and biologist Barra Gots OAC 65 are now able to demonstrate the practical application in highland regions of other tropical countries with appropriate water resources where trout farming and recreational fishing can generate new income in the economy

The Successful Ghana Project

One of the Universitys best-known programs of co-operation with a Third World institution was the CIDA-funded Ghana-Guelph Project which ran from 1969 to 1978 under the direction of School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Edlcation professor Jim Shute Fifty graduate students 43 of them Ghanaians benefitted from the exchange and more than 20 Guelph and Ghanaia n faculty members were involved

This connection has continued at a reduced level with a close relationship still existing between the College of Family and Consumer Studies at Guelph and the Department of Home Science in Legon

Preserving Oral Literature

The Cameroons Project is unique among Guelphs international involvements because it concerns two arts departments the Department of English Language and Literature at Guelph and the Department of African Literature at the University of Yaounde

The co-ordinator is Professor Doug Killam chairman of the Department of English Language and Literature and a well-known student of African literature He is responsible for the University s part of the exchange Project advisor Elizabeth Cockburn CSS 81 who spent two years as an instructor at a teacher-training college in Cameroon is working with schoolshychildren and teachers many of whom are active in the countrys Association for Creative Teaching

Trend-Setting In Teaching Skills

Among the most rewarding experishyences of Guelph personnel in overseas work are the contacts made with colleagues in Third World countries

This is particularly true of the workshops and training courses that bring together people from all over the world The University of Guelph has arranged successful workshops in teaching methods

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in agriculture veterinary diagnostic microbiology and soil and plant analysis

Professor Jim Shute is co-ordinator of the workshops on teaching methods in agriculture which are designed to improve teaching skills in developing countries where the need to produce university graduates capable of improving the food system is urgent

Four workshops have been held so far-two in Guelph one in Ghana and one in the West Indies Planning is under way for a fifth in Malaysia this summer supported by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and CIDA

A handbook for planners teachers and administrators has just been published by the Office for Educational Practice co-sponsor of the workshops with the University School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

Soil Analysis

Land Resource Science staff member Dirk Tel was invited to go to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan Nigeria as visiting scientist in 1978

At the request of the Institute he organized the first training course for 25 soil and plant analysis technicians in 1980 Response was enthusiastic he says and a second course was run with CIDA support in Ibadan in 1980

Veterinary Microbiology

Department of Veterinary Microbishyology and Immunology microbiologist Dr Donald Barnum OVC 41 has also had enthusiastic feed-back from the training courses in veterinary diagnostic microbiology that he has co-ordinated in Malaysia Sri Lanka and Tanzania

The aim of this program is to introduce new techniques and advances in diagnostic microbiology to young veterishynarians in the geographic area where the workshop is held

The courses receive support from UNESCO the UN Environmental Program the International CeIJ Research Organization the UN Food and Agrishyculture Organization (FAO) and CIDA

Role of Rural Women

Department of Sociology and Anthropology professor Nora Cebotarevs concern for the women of Central and South America expresses itself in her widespread involvement in rural development In that large area of the world

Many years of study have shown her that these women often bear the brunt of economic and domestic support for their families

Author of a 1979 monograph on the role of rural women in development Professor Cebotarev is now helping set up rural development programs dealing with women and family life work commissioned by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Co-operation an agency of the Organization of American States

Professor Cebotarev has organized five workshops on the quality of rural life and the role of women in Latin America over the last few years

She is currently involved in studies that will initiate training programs in rural family life in Brazil Colombia Paraguay and the Caribbean She explains that Latin American women produce as much as 70 per cent of the food in their countries although they seldom receive training in agriculture credit or marketing

Development Education

While faculty staff and graduate students are involved in development projects around the world the Development Education Program at the University brings the issues of the Third World to the campus and the community

During the past four years the programs mandate in development education has involved it with schools community groups and the Guelph Correctional Centre as well as with University personnel and students One of the longest running and most successful aspects of the program has been the ten-year-old inter-cultural exchange that

In Ghana agricultural workshops demonstration plots

takes students from developing countries into public and high school classrooms where conditions in Peru Tanzania or Sri Lanka come to life with the aid of slides food and personal anecdotes

Now in the first year of a new format the program is directed by Wilma Van Berkel of the Centre for International Programs with the support of the University and CIDA

Pot Pourrl

At anyone time the University is engaged in some 20 development projects It is impossible to cover every aspect of this work in an article of this scope but it should be mentioned that faculty members are currently giving assistance to a veterinary college in Sri Lanka A land evaluation scheme in the Caribbean and a Physics graduate program for a Brazilian university are at the planning stage A literacy study will be carried out in Sierra Leone in the near future

The University has also received IDRC funding over the years for several substantial research projects that include on-going cassava work directed by Department of Microbiology professor Ken Gregory and a completed work on trypanosomiasis and triticale

This spring the University and the Commonwealth Secretariat will sponsor a meeting in England on price policy and agricultural marketing to be attended by senior agricultural planners from Commonwealth countries School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education professors Truman Phillips and Stewart Lane will represent Guelph at the meeting D

on teaching methods include visits to

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Homo SapJens Was Just Another Species Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79 spent 1981 travelling through the African continent from Egypt to South Africa visiting as many national parks and game preserves as possible and meeting with biologists conducting research on various wildlife species Currently In Australia they flied this report from Sydney New South Wales

By Jill Pangman CBS 79

There was no moon to illuminate the darkness and I edged in closer to the

fire The dancing flames were a comforting distraction during the long African night when voices of nocturnal creatures are intensified in the still air The light caught the soft shades of sandstone behind me and outlined the ochre-coloured sketches that were engraved into the face of the rock

I thought of the generations of bushmen who had sought refuge in this same shelter and who had also looked to a flickering light as their guardian against the night spirits

I remembered a night not long before The moon was hidden then also and we had difficulty guiding ourselves under the meagre light of the stars The rarified air was bitterly cold and our lungs and muscles ached from the exertion of climbing We reached our goal the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro at the first glimmer of dawn and the plains below were obscured by rose-coloured spires of cloud that would soon envelop us as they crept up the flanks of the mountain

An avalanche thundered off one of the nearby glaciers then all was silent This colourless world of rock and ice seemed to be devoid of life yet the same equatorial

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sun burned life into the tropical forests and grasslands some 19000 feet below us

More than 20000 years ago violent subterranean forces started to tear apart the earths crust Today a 6000-mile-long rift between 30 and 300 miles wide stretches most of the length of the African continent

From the top of Kilimanjaro we could see this cleft merging with the distant horizons to our north and south We had started our journey near the beginning of this great rift valley on the shores of the Red Sea surrounded by the stark but sculptured aridity of the Sinai Peninsula

One year later near its southern end we would be sleeping in a river-side cave reflecting on the route our travels had taken and wondering about the forces of nature that had carved out these valleys ranges and plains of Africa From Kilimanjaro we could see the results of these forces in every direction Somehow we felt we were above it all that we were immune to the powers of erosion that over millennia would tear at this mountain and reduce it to the level of the plains far below

About 100 miles to our north the disfigured cone of Mt Kenya jutted through its own blanket of clouds It had

once been a higher testimony to the volcanic powers beneath the rift but now only a magmatic plug of rock remains skirted by huge glacial moraines We had caught our first glimpse of its two highest peaks from its topmost hut T he clouds had cleared during the night and when I glanced out the window in the early hours of the morning the glaciers were glistening in the moonlight Bation and Nelion rose 1500 feet above us saluting the night sky like prolld old warriors Now their successor Kilimanjaro towers 2300 feet above them

Many years ago a cataclysmic explosion formed the crater of Ngorongoro 100 miles to our west We had spent the night of the last full moon on the floor of this eight-mile-wide amphitheatre The last rays of the sun had highlighted the reddish hues of the flamingoes which had settled on the soda waters of Lake Magadi The moon rose over the 2000 foot-high wa lis and illuminated the nocturnal world around us

We could pick out the silhouette of a cow rhinoceros and her calf on the opposite side of the lake and we listened to the demoniacal laughter of hyenas echoing across the wa ter I knew of a pride of lions that inhabited a grove of acacias at the far end of the caldera and wondered whether the mother had had success on her evening hunt We could hear hippos snorting from the nearby spring and could imagine several cats stalking amphibious prey in the creek beds An old bull elephant wandered through camp his larg~ tusks gleaming in the silvery light

Although many of the animals remain within the confines of this immense natural kraal others just pass through on their movements to and from the Serengeti plains The most spectacular of these migrations is that of the wildebeeste which move over the savannah in the hundreds of thousands They are accompanied by lesser numbers of zebra gazelle impala and other ungulae which all utilize different species or parts of grasses In this way they can coexist by capitalizing on the limited resources Unfortunately they are -competing for their food with large numbers of cattle

Social customs of the Masai people dicta te the need for the tribesmen to own huge herds of these beasts not for food but rather for status and wealth Fires set by the Masai as they retreat with stolen cattle or set by poachers who are after skins and ivory for overseas markets also devastate

large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

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current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

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Gua phi Around the Globe

Seed sorting in bodan Nigeria West Africa

Reproduced and condensed from the U of G News Bulletin

Today the phrase international concern has become a hackneyed

catch word On the University of Guelph campus however it is a tradition with a long history of successful application Nearly 20 per cent of the faculty members at the University of Guelph have first-hand experience in one or more Third World countries

That is to say nothing of the large numbers of graduate students who have traditionally come to Guelph from around the globe to complete their preparation for useful careers in their own or some similar country And for generations agricultural and veterinary graduates have gone to serve with distinction in many parts of the world More recently their fellow alumni in other disciplines have joined them with equal success although agriculture and rural development remain the predominant theme of many projects

The Universitys international efforts are co-ordinated by the Centre for International Programs under the direction of Professor John Cairns Kath Beaven assistant to the director is responsible for the budgetary aspects of project submisshy

sions to funding agencies while Bob McEwen the Universitys policies and procedures officer works closely with the Centre on the budgetary and contractual issues of every international program

The Centre provides a focus for the many projects and undertakings that contribute to the University of Guelphs high profile on the international scene and a convenient contact point with federal agencies international bodies and non-government organizations involved in the Third World

Many of the University of GuelphS official links abroad have been with individual universities Others have provided assistance to government agencies in those countries Most have been supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) the International Development Research Centre (lORC) or UN agencies Some have been short-term others of longer duration

The columns that follow summarize a number of the projects currently in progress to provide a brief overview of the scope of the Universitys international involvement

Apiculture on Four Continents

In the last 15 years the University of Guelph has become one of the worlds leading centres for tropical apiculture This international renown dates back to the foundation work carried out by Professor Emeritus Gordon Townsend OAC 38 in developing countries in Asia Africa and South and Central America

The Kenya-Canada Beekeeping Project initiated by Professor Townsend in 1971 and now directed by Department of Environmental Biology professor Maurice Smith OAC 42 is considered one of CIDAs most successful overseas endeavors

Although the contract officially terminated last September CIDA has approved an extension for 1983 that will allow remaining funds to be used for the support of Kenyans studying in Canada and Nairobi

As the result of a CIDA-supported project in Sri Lanka the number of beekeepers in that country has grown from 1000 in 1976 to more than 7000 this year Initiated by Professor Townsend the project which is nearing completion is now directed by Department of Environmental Biology professor Peter Kevan

Professor Kevan explains that the foundations have been laid for a cottage-level industry supported by a highly developed government extension system Although problems exist in the areas of marketing processing and quality control honey production has improved dramatically and provides stimulation for the rural economy

Professor Kevan is also finalizing plans for a proposed conference on Asian honeybees to be held in Sri Lanka It is expected that this gathering of southeast Asian scientists apiculturists and government workers will lead to an apiculture network in which Guelph will playa prominent role

Agricultural Education In China

The Centre for International Programs contd over

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administers many links and bilateral agreements between this University and others overseas funded by CIDA

The newest of these is with the Beijing Agricultural University in the Peoples Republic of China This link is primarily designed to upgrade and retrain scientists and teachers and hence revitalize the agricultural sector which suffered during the Cultural Revolution

Funding includes provision for a maximum of nine months overseas exchange each year for faculty members of each institution Department of Clinical Studies professor Dr Frank Milne has already lectured at Beijing and plans are under way for Department of Pathology professor Dr Bernard McSherry OAC 42 former OVC Dean Dr Dennis Howell and two Department of Land Resource Science faculty to visit China in 1983

The program is co-ordinated by Professor Cairns He visited Beijing two years ago and again in April 1981 when he was accompanied by President Donald Forster OAC Dean Clayton Switzer OAC 51 and OVC Dean Douglas Maplesden OVC 50

University of the West Indies

A project begun in 1979 to develop an undergraduate agricultural engineering program at the University of the West Indies has already resulted in the training of 12 graduates who are now involved in research development and extension work in the Caribbean islands

Department of Engineering professor Hugh Ayers is co-ordinator of the link that will end this year He points to the need for trained people in an area where erosion

problems are severe and the best land is in sugar cane a crop reduced by one-third in the past decade because of poor landshymanagement practices Trained people are also needed to develop systems of mechanization suitable for small farms and to instruct farmers on the preservation storage and processing of their products

The Southern Link

Professor John deMan Department of Food Science is project co-ordinator for another four-year link this one with the University of Campinas in Brazil This exchange with the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Engineering has involved food science environmental biology consumer studies and agricultural engineering personnel

Faculty have been able to advise their Brazilian counterparts on such subjects as cereal baking and milling technology extrusion of plant proteins cheese making microbiology and food hygiene as well as marketing research methodology irrigation and farm machinery

The exchange has implications in food production for all of South America as the University of Campinas is an education centre for a much broader area than just Brazil

Trout Farming In Central Africa

An acquaculture project in Costa Rica now in its fourth year has shown that trout farming in the highland regions of Central America is biologically feasible The scheme which is using Ontario-produced rainbow trout as one of several progenitors for genetic development of Costa Rican

Faculty from Gueph and the University of the West Indies with a sugar cane harvester in Barbados

stock is designed to provide income for poor farmers in the area as well as stock for recreational fishing

Project director Professor Hugh MacCrimmon Department of Zoology and biologist Barra Gots OAC 65 are now able to demonstrate the practical application in highland regions of other tropical countries with appropriate water resources where trout farming and recreational fishing can generate new income in the economy

The Successful Ghana Project

One of the Universitys best-known programs of co-operation with a Third World institution was the CIDA-funded Ghana-Guelph Project which ran from 1969 to 1978 under the direction of School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Edlcation professor Jim Shute Fifty graduate students 43 of them Ghanaians benefitted from the exchange and more than 20 Guelph and Ghanaia n faculty members were involved

This connection has continued at a reduced level with a close relationship still existing between the College of Family and Consumer Studies at Guelph and the Department of Home Science in Legon

Preserving Oral Literature

The Cameroons Project is unique among Guelphs international involvements because it concerns two arts departments the Department of English Language and Literature at Guelph and the Department of African Literature at the University of Yaounde

The co-ordinator is Professor Doug Killam chairman of the Department of English Language and Literature and a well-known student of African literature He is responsible for the University s part of the exchange Project advisor Elizabeth Cockburn CSS 81 who spent two years as an instructor at a teacher-training college in Cameroon is working with schoolshychildren and teachers many of whom are active in the countrys Association for Creative Teaching

Trend-Setting In Teaching Skills

Among the most rewarding experishyences of Guelph personnel in overseas work are the contacts made with colleagues in Third World countries

This is particularly true of the workshops and training courses that bring together people from all over the world The University of Guelph has arranged successful workshops in teaching methods

4

in agriculture veterinary diagnostic microbiology and soil and plant analysis

Professor Jim Shute is co-ordinator of the workshops on teaching methods in agriculture which are designed to improve teaching skills in developing countries where the need to produce university graduates capable of improving the food system is urgent

Four workshops have been held so far-two in Guelph one in Ghana and one in the West Indies Planning is under way for a fifth in Malaysia this summer supported by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and CIDA

A handbook for planners teachers and administrators has just been published by the Office for Educational Practice co-sponsor of the workshops with the University School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

Soil Analysis

Land Resource Science staff member Dirk Tel was invited to go to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan Nigeria as visiting scientist in 1978

At the request of the Institute he organized the first training course for 25 soil and plant analysis technicians in 1980 Response was enthusiastic he says and a second course was run with CIDA support in Ibadan in 1980

Veterinary Microbiology

Department of Veterinary Microbishyology and Immunology microbiologist Dr Donald Barnum OVC 41 has also had enthusiastic feed-back from the training courses in veterinary diagnostic microbiology that he has co-ordinated in Malaysia Sri Lanka and Tanzania

The aim of this program is to introduce new techniques and advances in diagnostic microbiology to young veterishynarians in the geographic area where the workshop is held

The courses receive support from UNESCO the UN Environmental Program the International CeIJ Research Organization the UN Food and Agrishyculture Organization (FAO) and CIDA

Role of Rural Women

Department of Sociology and Anthropology professor Nora Cebotarevs concern for the women of Central and South America expresses itself in her widespread involvement in rural development In that large area of the world

Many years of study have shown her that these women often bear the brunt of economic and domestic support for their families

Author of a 1979 monograph on the role of rural women in development Professor Cebotarev is now helping set up rural development programs dealing with women and family life work commissioned by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Co-operation an agency of the Organization of American States

Professor Cebotarev has organized five workshops on the quality of rural life and the role of women in Latin America over the last few years

She is currently involved in studies that will initiate training programs in rural family life in Brazil Colombia Paraguay and the Caribbean She explains that Latin American women produce as much as 70 per cent of the food in their countries although they seldom receive training in agriculture credit or marketing

Development Education

While faculty staff and graduate students are involved in development projects around the world the Development Education Program at the University brings the issues of the Third World to the campus and the community

During the past four years the programs mandate in development education has involved it with schools community groups and the Guelph Correctional Centre as well as with University personnel and students One of the longest running and most successful aspects of the program has been the ten-year-old inter-cultural exchange that

In Ghana agricultural workshops demonstration plots

takes students from developing countries into public and high school classrooms where conditions in Peru Tanzania or Sri Lanka come to life with the aid of slides food and personal anecdotes

Now in the first year of a new format the program is directed by Wilma Van Berkel of the Centre for International Programs with the support of the University and CIDA

Pot Pourrl

At anyone time the University is engaged in some 20 development projects It is impossible to cover every aspect of this work in an article of this scope but it should be mentioned that faculty members are currently giving assistance to a veterinary college in Sri Lanka A land evaluation scheme in the Caribbean and a Physics graduate program for a Brazilian university are at the planning stage A literacy study will be carried out in Sierra Leone in the near future

The University has also received IDRC funding over the years for several substantial research projects that include on-going cassava work directed by Department of Microbiology professor Ken Gregory and a completed work on trypanosomiasis and triticale

This spring the University and the Commonwealth Secretariat will sponsor a meeting in England on price policy and agricultural marketing to be attended by senior agricultural planners from Commonwealth countries School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education professors Truman Phillips and Stewart Lane will represent Guelph at the meeting D

on teaching methods include visits to

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Homo SapJens Was Just Another Species Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79 spent 1981 travelling through the African continent from Egypt to South Africa visiting as many national parks and game preserves as possible and meeting with biologists conducting research on various wildlife species Currently In Australia they flied this report from Sydney New South Wales

By Jill Pangman CBS 79

There was no moon to illuminate the darkness and I edged in closer to the

fire The dancing flames were a comforting distraction during the long African night when voices of nocturnal creatures are intensified in the still air The light caught the soft shades of sandstone behind me and outlined the ochre-coloured sketches that were engraved into the face of the rock

I thought of the generations of bushmen who had sought refuge in this same shelter and who had also looked to a flickering light as their guardian against the night spirits

I remembered a night not long before The moon was hidden then also and we had difficulty guiding ourselves under the meagre light of the stars The rarified air was bitterly cold and our lungs and muscles ached from the exertion of climbing We reached our goal the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro at the first glimmer of dawn and the plains below were obscured by rose-coloured spires of cloud that would soon envelop us as they crept up the flanks of the mountain

An avalanche thundered off one of the nearby glaciers then all was silent This colourless world of rock and ice seemed to be devoid of life yet the same equatorial

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sun burned life into the tropical forests and grasslands some 19000 feet below us

More than 20000 years ago violent subterranean forces started to tear apart the earths crust Today a 6000-mile-long rift between 30 and 300 miles wide stretches most of the length of the African continent

From the top of Kilimanjaro we could see this cleft merging with the distant horizons to our north and south We had started our journey near the beginning of this great rift valley on the shores of the Red Sea surrounded by the stark but sculptured aridity of the Sinai Peninsula

One year later near its southern end we would be sleeping in a river-side cave reflecting on the route our travels had taken and wondering about the forces of nature that had carved out these valleys ranges and plains of Africa From Kilimanjaro we could see the results of these forces in every direction Somehow we felt we were above it all that we were immune to the powers of erosion that over millennia would tear at this mountain and reduce it to the level of the plains far below

About 100 miles to our north the disfigured cone of Mt Kenya jutted through its own blanket of clouds It had

once been a higher testimony to the volcanic powers beneath the rift but now only a magmatic plug of rock remains skirted by huge glacial moraines We had caught our first glimpse of its two highest peaks from its topmost hut T he clouds had cleared during the night and when I glanced out the window in the early hours of the morning the glaciers were glistening in the moonlight Bation and Nelion rose 1500 feet above us saluting the night sky like prolld old warriors Now their successor Kilimanjaro towers 2300 feet above them

Many years ago a cataclysmic explosion formed the crater of Ngorongoro 100 miles to our west We had spent the night of the last full moon on the floor of this eight-mile-wide amphitheatre The last rays of the sun had highlighted the reddish hues of the flamingoes which had settled on the soda waters of Lake Magadi The moon rose over the 2000 foot-high wa lis and illuminated the nocturnal world around us

We could pick out the silhouette of a cow rhinoceros and her calf on the opposite side of the lake and we listened to the demoniacal laughter of hyenas echoing across the wa ter I knew of a pride of lions that inhabited a grove of acacias at the far end of the caldera and wondered whether the mother had had success on her evening hunt We could hear hippos snorting from the nearby spring and could imagine several cats stalking amphibious prey in the creek beds An old bull elephant wandered through camp his larg~ tusks gleaming in the silvery light

Although many of the animals remain within the confines of this immense natural kraal others just pass through on their movements to and from the Serengeti plains The most spectacular of these migrations is that of the wildebeeste which move over the savannah in the hundreds of thousands They are accompanied by lesser numbers of zebra gazelle impala and other ungulae which all utilize different species or parts of grasses In this way they can coexist by capitalizing on the limited resources Unfortunately they are -competing for their food with large numbers of cattle

Social customs of the Masai people dicta te the need for the tribesmen to own huge herds of these beasts not for food but rather for status and wealth Fires set by the Masai as they retreat with stolen cattle or set by poachers who are after skins and ivory for overseas markets also devastate

large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

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current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

8

administers many links and bilateral agreements between this University and others overseas funded by CIDA

The newest of these is with the Beijing Agricultural University in the Peoples Republic of China This link is primarily designed to upgrade and retrain scientists and teachers and hence revitalize the agricultural sector which suffered during the Cultural Revolution

Funding includes provision for a maximum of nine months overseas exchange each year for faculty members of each institution Department of Clinical Studies professor Dr Frank Milne has already lectured at Beijing and plans are under way for Department of Pathology professor Dr Bernard McSherry OAC 42 former OVC Dean Dr Dennis Howell and two Department of Land Resource Science faculty to visit China in 1983

The program is co-ordinated by Professor Cairns He visited Beijing two years ago and again in April 1981 when he was accompanied by President Donald Forster OAC Dean Clayton Switzer OAC 51 and OVC Dean Douglas Maplesden OVC 50

University of the West Indies

A project begun in 1979 to develop an undergraduate agricultural engineering program at the University of the West Indies has already resulted in the training of 12 graduates who are now involved in research development and extension work in the Caribbean islands

Department of Engineering professor Hugh Ayers is co-ordinator of the link that will end this year He points to the need for trained people in an area where erosion

problems are severe and the best land is in sugar cane a crop reduced by one-third in the past decade because of poor landshymanagement practices Trained people are also needed to develop systems of mechanization suitable for small farms and to instruct farmers on the preservation storage and processing of their products

The Southern Link

Professor John deMan Department of Food Science is project co-ordinator for another four-year link this one with the University of Campinas in Brazil This exchange with the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Engineering has involved food science environmental biology consumer studies and agricultural engineering personnel

Faculty have been able to advise their Brazilian counterparts on such subjects as cereal baking and milling technology extrusion of plant proteins cheese making microbiology and food hygiene as well as marketing research methodology irrigation and farm machinery

The exchange has implications in food production for all of South America as the University of Campinas is an education centre for a much broader area than just Brazil

Trout Farming In Central Africa

An acquaculture project in Costa Rica now in its fourth year has shown that trout farming in the highland regions of Central America is biologically feasible The scheme which is using Ontario-produced rainbow trout as one of several progenitors for genetic development of Costa Rican

Faculty from Gueph and the University of the West Indies with a sugar cane harvester in Barbados

stock is designed to provide income for poor farmers in the area as well as stock for recreational fishing

Project director Professor Hugh MacCrimmon Department of Zoology and biologist Barra Gots OAC 65 are now able to demonstrate the practical application in highland regions of other tropical countries with appropriate water resources where trout farming and recreational fishing can generate new income in the economy

The Successful Ghana Project

One of the Universitys best-known programs of co-operation with a Third World institution was the CIDA-funded Ghana-Guelph Project which ran from 1969 to 1978 under the direction of School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Edlcation professor Jim Shute Fifty graduate students 43 of them Ghanaians benefitted from the exchange and more than 20 Guelph and Ghanaia n faculty members were involved

This connection has continued at a reduced level with a close relationship still existing between the College of Family and Consumer Studies at Guelph and the Department of Home Science in Legon

Preserving Oral Literature

The Cameroons Project is unique among Guelphs international involvements because it concerns two arts departments the Department of English Language and Literature at Guelph and the Department of African Literature at the University of Yaounde

The co-ordinator is Professor Doug Killam chairman of the Department of English Language and Literature and a well-known student of African literature He is responsible for the University s part of the exchange Project advisor Elizabeth Cockburn CSS 81 who spent two years as an instructor at a teacher-training college in Cameroon is working with schoolshychildren and teachers many of whom are active in the countrys Association for Creative Teaching

Trend-Setting In Teaching Skills

Among the most rewarding experishyences of Guelph personnel in overseas work are the contacts made with colleagues in Third World countries

This is particularly true of the workshops and training courses that bring together people from all over the world The University of Guelph has arranged successful workshops in teaching methods

4

in agriculture veterinary diagnostic microbiology and soil and plant analysis

Professor Jim Shute is co-ordinator of the workshops on teaching methods in agriculture which are designed to improve teaching skills in developing countries where the need to produce university graduates capable of improving the food system is urgent

Four workshops have been held so far-two in Guelph one in Ghana and one in the West Indies Planning is under way for a fifth in Malaysia this summer supported by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and CIDA

A handbook for planners teachers and administrators has just been published by the Office for Educational Practice co-sponsor of the workshops with the University School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

Soil Analysis

Land Resource Science staff member Dirk Tel was invited to go to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan Nigeria as visiting scientist in 1978

At the request of the Institute he organized the first training course for 25 soil and plant analysis technicians in 1980 Response was enthusiastic he says and a second course was run with CIDA support in Ibadan in 1980

Veterinary Microbiology

Department of Veterinary Microbishyology and Immunology microbiologist Dr Donald Barnum OVC 41 has also had enthusiastic feed-back from the training courses in veterinary diagnostic microbiology that he has co-ordinated in Malaysia Sri Lanka and Tanzania

The aim of this program is to introduce new techniques and advances in diagnostic microbiology to young veterishynarians in the geographic area where the workshop is held

The courses receive support from UNESCO the UN Environmental Program the International CeIJ Research Organization the UN Food and Agrishyculture Organization (FAO) and CIDA

Role of Rural Women

Department of Sociology and Anthropology professor Nora Cebotarevs concern for the women of Central and South America expresses itself in her widespread involvement in rural development In that large area of the world

Many years of study have shown her that these women often bear the brunt of economic and domestic support for their families

Author of a 1979 monograph on the role of rural women in development Professor Cebotarev is now helping set up rural development programs dealing with women and family life work commissioned by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Co-operation an agency of the Organization of American States

Professor Cebotarev has organized five workshops on the quality of rural life and the role of women in Latin America over the last few years

She is currently involved in studies that will initiate training programs in rural family life in Brazil Colombia Paraguay and the Caribbean She explains that Latin American women produce as much as 70 per cent of the food in their countries although they seldom receive training in agriculture credit or marketing

Development Education

While faculty staff and graduate students are involved in development projects around the world the Development Education Program at the University brings the issues of the Third World to the campus and the community

During the past four years the programs mandate in development education has involved it with schools community groups and the Guelph Correctional Centre as well as with University personnel and students One of the longest running and most successful aspects of the program has been the ten-year-old inter-cultural exchange that

In Ghana agricultural workshops demonstration plots

takes students from developing countries into public and high school classrooms where conditions in Peru Tanzania or Sri Lanka come to life with the aid of slides food and personal anecdotes

Now in the first year of a new format the program is directed by Wilma Van Berkel of the Centre for International Programs with the support of the University and CIDA

Pot Pourrl

At anyone time the University is engaged in some 20 development projects It is impossible to cover every aspect of this work in an article of this scope but it should be mentioned that faculty members are currently giving assistance to a veterinary college in Sri Lanka A land evaluation scheme in the Caribbean and a Physics graduate program for a Brazilian university are at the planning stage A literacy study will be carried out in Sierra Leone in the near future

The University has also received IDRC funding over the years for several substantial research projects that include on-going cassava work directed by Department of Microbiology professor Ken Gregory and a completed work on trypanosomiasis and triticale

This spring the University and the Commonwealth Secretariat will sponsor a meeting in England on price policy and agricultural marketing to be attended by senior agricultural planners from Commonwealth countries School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education professors Truman Phillips and Stewart Lane will represent Guelph at the meeting D

on teaching methods include visits to

5

Homo SapJens Was Just Another Species Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79 spent 1981 travelling through the African continent from Egypt to South Africa visiting as many national parks and game preserves as possible and meeting with biologists conducting research on various wildlife species Currently In Australia they flied this report from Sydney New South Wales

By Jill Pangman CBS 79

There was no moon to illuminate the darkness and I edged in closer to the

fire The dancing flames were a comforting distraction during the long African night when voices of nocturnal creatures are intensified in the still air The light caught the soft shades of sandstone behind me and outlined the ochre-coloured sketches that were engraved into the face of the rock

I thought of the generations of bushmen who had sought refuge in this same shelter and who had also looked to a flickering light as their guardian against the night spirits

I remembered a night not long before The moon was hidden then also and we had difficulty guiding ourselves under the meagre light of the stars The rarified air was bitterly cold and our lungs and muscles ached from the exertion of climbing We reached our goal the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro at the first glimmer of dawn and the plains below were obscured by rose-coloured spires of cloud that would soon envelop us as they crept up the flanks of the mountain

An avalanche thundered off one of the nearby glaciers then all was silent This colourless world of rock and ice seemed to be devoid of life yet the same equatorial

6

sun burned life into the tropical forests and grasslands some 19000 feet below us

More than 20000 years ago violent subterranean forces started to tear apart the earths crust Today a 6000-mile-long rift between 30 and 300 miles wide stretches most of the length of the African continent

From the top of Kilimanjaro we could see this cleft merging with the distant horizons to our north and south We had started our journey near the beginning of this great rift valley on the shores of the Red Sea surrounded by the stark but sculptured aridity of the Sinai Peninsula

One year later near its southern end we would be sleeping in a river-side cave reflecting on the route our travels had taken and wondering about the forces of nature that had carved out these valleys ranges and plains of Africa From Kilimanjaro we could see the results of these forces in every direction Somehow we felt we were above it all that we were immune to the powers of erosion that over millennia would tear at this mountain and reduce it to the level of the plains far below

About 100 miles to our north the disfigured cone of Mt Kenya jutted through its own blanket of clouds It had

once been a higher testimony to the volcanic powers beneath the rift but now only a magmatic plug of rock remains skirted by huge glacial moraines We had caught our first glimpse of its two highest peaks from its topmost hut T he clouds had cleared during the night and when I glanced out the window in the early hours of the morning the glaciers were glistening in the moonlight Bation and Nelion rose 1500 feet above us saluting the night sky like prolld old warriors Now their successor Kilimanjaro towers 2300 feet above them

Many years ago a cataclysmic explosion formed the crater of Ngorongoro 100 miles to our west We had spent the night of the last full moon on the floor of this eight-mile-wide amphitheatre The last rays of the sun had highlighted the reddish hues of the flamingoes which had settled on the soda waters of Lake Magadi The moon rose over the 2000 foot-high wa lis and illuminated the nocturnal world around us

We could pick out the silhouette of a cow rhinoceros and her calf on the opposite side of the lake and we listened to the demoniacal laughter of hyenas echoing across the wa ter I knew of a pride of lions that inhabited a grove of acacias at the far end of the caldera and wondered whether the mother had had success on her evening hunt We could hear hippos snorting from the nearby spring and could imagine several cats stalking amphibious prey in the creek beds An old bull elephant wandered through camp his larg~ tusks gleaming in the silvery light

Although many of the animals remain within the confines of this immense natural kraal others just pass through on their movements to and from the Serengeti plains The most spectacular of these migrations is that of the wildebeeste which move over the savannah in the hundreds of thousands They are accompanied by lesser numbers of zebra gazelle impala and other ungulae which all utilize different species or parts of grasses In this way they can coexist by capitalizing on the limited resources Unfortunately they are -competing for their food with large numbers of cattle

Social customs of the Masai people dicta te the need for the tribesmen to own huge herds of these beasts not for food but rather for status and wealth Fires set by the Masai as they retreat with stolen cattle or set by poachers who are after skins and ivory for overseas markets also devastate

large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

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7

current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

8

in agriculture veterinary diagnostic microbiology and soil and plant analysis

Professor Jim Shute is co-ordinator of the workshops on teaching methods in agriculture which are designed to improve teaching skills in developing countries where the need to produce university graduates capable of improving the food system is urgent

Four workshops have been held so far-two in Guelph one in Ghana and one in the West Indies Planning is under way for a fifth in Malaysia this summer supported by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and CIDA

A handbook for planners teachers and administrators has just been published by the Office for Educational Practice co-sponsor of the workshops with the University School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

Soil Analysis

Land Resource Science staff member Dirk Tel was invited to go to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan Nigeria as visiting scientist in 1978

At the request of the Institute he organized the first training course for 25 soil and plant analysis technicians in 1980 Response was enthusiastic he says and a second course was run with CIDA support in Ibadan in 1980

Veterinary Microbiology

Department of Veterinary Microbishyology and Immunology microbiologist Dr Donald Barnum OVC 41 has also had enthusiastic feed-back from the training courses in veterinary diagnostic microbiology that he has co-ordinated in Malaysia Sri Lanka and Tanzania

The aim of this program is to introduce new techniques and advances in diagnostic microbiology to young veterishynarians in the geographic area where the workshop is held

The courses receive support from UNESCO the UN Environmental Program the International CeIJ Research Organization the UN Food and Agrishyculture Organization (FAO) and CIDA

Role of Rural Women

Department of Sociology and Anthropology professor Nora Cebotarevs concern for the women of Central and South America expresses itself in her widespread involvement in rural development In that large area of the world

Many years of study have shown her that these women often bear the brunt of economic and domestic support for their families

Author of a 1979 monograph on the role of rural women in development Professor Cebotarev is now helping set up rural development programs dealing with women and family life work commissioned by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Co-operation an agency of the Organization of American States

Professor Cebotarev has organized five workshops on the quality of rural life and the role of women in Latin America over the last few years

She is currently involved in studies that will initiate training programs in rural family life in Brazil Colombia Paraguay and the Caribbean She explains that Latin American women produce as much as 70 per cent of the food in their countries although they seldom receive training in agriculture credit or marketing

Development Education

While faculty staff and graduate students are involved in development projects around the world the Development Education Program at the University brings the issues of the Third World to the campus and the community

During the past four years the programs mandate in development education has involved it with schools community groups and the Guelph Correctional Centre as well as with University personnel and students One of the longest running and most successful aspects of the program has been the ten-year-old inter-cultural exchange that

In Ghana agricultural workshops demonstration plots

takes students from developing countries into public and high school classrooms where conditions in Peru Tanzania or Sri Lanka come to life with the aid of slides food and personal anecdotes

Now in the first year of a new format the program is directed by Wilma Van Berkel of the Centre for International Programs with the support of the University and CIDA

Pot Pourrl

At anyone time the University is engaged in some 20 development projects It is impossible to cover every aspect of this work in an article of this scope but it should be mentioned that faculty members are currently giving assistance to a veterinary college in Sri Lanka A land evaluation scheme in the Caribbean and a Physics graduate program for a Brazilian university are at the planning stage A literacy study will be carried out in Sierra Leone in the near future

The University has also received IDRC funding over the years for several substantial research projects that include on-going cassava work directed by Department of Microbiology professor Ken Gregory and a completed work on trypanosomiasis and triticale

This spring the University and the Commonwealth Secretariat will sponsor a meeting in England on price policy and agricultural marketing to be attended by senior agricultural planners from Commonwealth countries School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education professors Truman Phillips and Stewart Lane will represent Guelph at the meeting D

on teaching methods include visits to

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Homo SapJens Was Just Another Species Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79 spent 1981 travelling through the African continent from Egypt to South Africa visiting as many national parks and game preserves as possible and meeting with biologists conducting research on various wildlife species Currently In Australia they flied this report from Sydney New South Wales

By Jill Pangman CBS 79

There was no moon to illuminate the darkness and I edged in closer to the

fire The dancing flames were a comforting distraction during the long African night when voices of nocturnal creatures are intensified in the still air The light caught the soft shades of sandstone behind me and outlined the ochre-coloured sketches that were engraved into the face of the rock

I thought of the generations of bushmen who had sought refuge in this same shelter and who had also looked to a flickering light as their guardian against the night spirits

I remembered a night not long before The moon was hidden then also and we had difficulty guiding ourselves under the meagre light of the stars The rarified air was bitterly cold and our lungs and muscles ached from the exertion of climbing We reached our goal the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro at the first glimmer of dawn and the plains below were obscured by rose-coloured spires of cloud that would soon envelop us as they crept up the flanks of the mountain

An avalanche thundered off one of the nearby glaciers then all was silent This colourless world of rock and ice seemed to be devoid of life yet the same equatorial

6

sun burned life into the tropical forests and grasslands some 19000 feet below us

More than 20000 years ago violent subterranean forces started to tear apart the earths crust Today a 6000-mile-long rift between 30 and 300 miles wide stretches most of the length of the African continent

From the top of Kilimanjaro we could see this cleft merging with the distant horizons to our north and south We had started our journey near the beginning of this great rift valley on the shores of the Red Sea surrounded by the stark but sculptured aridity of the Sinai Peninsula

One year later near its southern end we would be sleeping in a river-side cave reflecting on the route our travels had taken and wondering about the forces of nature that had carved out these valleys ranges and plains of Africa From Kilimanjaro we could see the results of these forces in every direction Somehow we felt we were above it all that we were immune to the powers of erosion that over millennia would tear at this mountain and reduce it to the level of the plains far below

About 100 miles to our north the disfigured cone of Mt Kenya jutted through its own blanket of clouds It had

once been a higher testimony to the volcanic powers beneath the rift but now only a magmatic plug of rock remains skirted by huge glacial moraines We had caught our first glimpse of its two highest peaks from its topmost hut T he clouds had cleared during the night and when I glanced out the window in the early hours of the morning the glaciers were glistening in the moonlight Bation and Nelion rose 1500 feet above us saluting the night sky like prolld old warriors Now their successor Kilimanjaro towers 2300 feet above them

Many years ago a cataclysmic explosion formed the crater of Ngorongoro 100 miles to our west We had spent the night of the last full moon on the floor of this eight-mile-wide amphitheatre The last rays of the sun had highlighted the reddish hues of the flamingoes which had settled on the soda waters of Lake Magadi The moon rose over the 2000 foot-high wa lis and illuminated the nocturnal world around us

We could pick out the silhouette of a cow rhinoceros and her calf on the opposite side of the lake and we listened to the demoniacal laughter of hyenas echoing across the wa ter I knew of a pride of lions that inhabited a grove of acacias at the far end of the caldera and wondered whether the mother had had success on her evening hunt We could hear hippos snorting from the nearby spring and could imagine several cats stalking amphibious prey in the creek beds An old bull elephant wandered through camp his larg~ tusks gleaming in the silvery light

Although many of the animals remain within the confines of this immense natural kraal others just pass through on their movements to and from the Serengeti plains The most spectacular of these migrations is that of the wildebeeste which move over the savannah in the hundreds of thousands They are accompanied by lesser numbers of zebra gazelle impala and other ungulae which all utilize different species or parts of grasses In this way they can coexist by capitalizing on the limited resources Unfortunately they are -competing for their food with large numbers of cattle

Social customs of the Masai people dicta te the need for the tribesmen to own huge herds of these beasts not for food but rather for status and wealth Fires set by the Masai as they retreat with stolen cattle or set by poachers who are after skins and ivory for overseas markets also devastate

large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

-

7

current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

8

Homo SapJens Was Just Another Species Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79 spent 1981 travelling through the African continent from Egypt to South Africa visiting as many national parks and game preserves as possible and meeting with biologists conducting research on various wildlife species Currently In Australia they flied this report from Sydney New South Wales

By Jill Pangman CBS 79

There was no moon to illuminate the darkness and I edged in closer to the

fire The dancing flames were a comforting distraction during the long African night when voices of nocturnal creatures are intensified in the still air The light caught the soft shades of sandstone behind me and outlined the ochre-coloured sketches that were engraved into the face of the rock

I thought of the generations of bushmen who had sought refuge in this same shelter and who had also looked to a flickering light as their guardian against the night spirits

I remembered a night not long before The moon was hidden then also and we had difficulty guiding ourselves under the meagre light of the stars The rarified air was bitterly cold and our lungs and muscles ached from the exertion of climbing We reached our goal the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro at the first glimmer of dawn and the plains below were obscured by rose-coloured spires of cloud that would soon envelop us as they crept up the flanks of the mountain

An avalanche thundered off one of the nearby glaciers then all was silent This colourless world of rock and ice seemed to be devoid of life yet the same equatorial

6

sun burned life into the tropical forests and grasslands some 19000 feet below us

More than 20000 years ago violent subterranean forces started to tear apart the earths crust Today a 6000-mile-long rift between 30 and 300 miles wide stretches most of the length of the African continent

From the top of Kilimanjaro we could see this cleft merging with the distant horizons to our north and south We had started our journey near the beginning of this great rift valley on the shores of the Red Sea surrounded by the stark but sculptured aridity of the Sinai Peninsula

One year later near its southern end we would be sleeping in a river-side cave reflecting on the route our travels had taken and wondering about the forces of nature that had carved out these valleys ranges and plains of Africa From Kilimanjaro we could see the results of these forces in every direction Somehow we felt we were above it all that we were immune to the powers of erosion that over millennia would tear at this mountain and reduce it to the level of the plains far below

About 100 miles to our north the disfigured cone of Mt Kenya jutted through its own blanket of clouds It had

once been a higher testimony to the volcanic powers beneath the rift but now only a magmatic plug of rock remains skirted by huge glacial moraines We had caught our first glimpse of its two highest peaks from its topmost hut T he clouds had cleared during the night and when I glanced out the window in the early hours of the morning the glaciers were glistening in the moonlight Bation and Nelion rose 1500 feet above us saluting the night sky like prolld old warriors Now their successor Kilimanjaro towers 2300 feet above them

Many years ago a cataclysmic explosion formed the crater of Ngorongoro 100 miles to our west We had spent the night of the last full moon on the floor of this eight-mile-wide amphitheatre The last rays of the sun had highlighted the reddish hues of the flamingoes which had settled on the soda waters of Lake Magadi The moon rose over the 2000 foot-high wa lis and illuminated the nocturnal world around us

We could pick out the silhouette of a cow rhinoceros and her calf on the opposite side of the lake and we listened to the demoniacal laughter of hyenas echoing across the wa ter I knew of a pride of lions that inhabited a grove of acacias at the far end of the caldera and wondered whether the mother had had success on her evening hunt We could hear hippos snorting from the nearby spring and could imagine several cats stalking amphibious prey in the creek beds An old bull elephant wandered through camp his larg~ tusks gleaming in the silvery light

Although many of the animals remain within the confines of this immense natural kraal others just pass through on their movements to and from the Serengeti plains The most spectacular of these migrations is that of the wildebeeste which move over the savannah in the hundreds of thousands They are accompanied by lesser numbers of zebra gazelle impala and other ungulae which all utilize different species or parts of grasses In this way they can coexist by capitalizing on the limited resources Unfortunately they are -competing for their food with large numbers of cattle

Social customs of the Masai people dicta te the need for the tribesmen to own huge herds of these beasts not for food but rather for status and wealth Fires set by the Masai as they retreat with stolen cattle or set by poachers who are after skins and ivory for overseas markets also devastate

large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

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current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

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large tracts of land As a result vast areas of the plains have been denuded of grass

In years of drought when potential shoots do not receive the moisture that they need to grow thousands of animals will die Their bodies will litter the cracked mud flats of the last water holes and the air above will be thick with scavengers Through the rift valley the pattern of life is governed by the seasons and moisture is always one of the predominant limiting factors

Far to the west of Kilimonjaro along the borders of Uganda Zaire and Rwanda lie mountains which have as explosive a history as those of the main faultline of the Rift Valley They actually border a western extension of this valley which curves upwards from Lake Malawi through the lakes of Tanganyika and Victoria One of these volcanoes had erupted only a few years previously We climbed up it so that we could peer over its crater rim in darkness to see the red glow of the boiling lava It was an eerie experience to watch wisps of steam and to smell sulphur gases that oozed from this massive jagged hole and to realize that some of the forest dwellers that had roamed the eastern flank of this mountain were now entombed in lava

The more rugged and isolated of these volcanic slopes are the last domain of the mountain gorilla We set off with a guide in Rwan9as Parc des Volcans in the hope of catching a glimpse of this amazing creature We followed the spoor of a family group through the entangled vines and creepers of a bamboo forest A fresh afterbirth indicated that we were close to our destination we vowed to be carefullest we disturb the new mother and trigger the wrath of the dominant male

I was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes that were peering at us through the undergrowth I wondered how long they had been watching us or anticipating our arrival They seemed to recognize our guide who kept clearing his throat and coughing softly in an attempt to communicate or pacify the ape We recognized this to be the leader of the clan by the wash of silver hairs down the middle of its massive back We followed him as he ambled off and watched him and his family for as long as our guide felt that he would tolerate our presence then we found our way down out of the forest

I remember looking back at the steep forested slopes wondering how long the mountain gorilla would be able to find a home there He is constantly being pushed farther away from his preferred altitude terrain and food The human population of the surrounding valleys is growing at an alarming rate and cash and food crops are replacing bamboo stands and rainforest Poaching as well takes its toll in lives and casualties one gorilla we saw had lost one of its hands in a snare

To the south of these cloud-clad volcanoes along the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika is the home of another of mans relatives the chimpanzee Gombe Stream National Park has been set up to preserve a small area of their habitat By studying the individuals of one group over a span of 20 years Jane Goodall a naturalist has gained insight into different personalities and social interactions of this remarkable animal

We visited the park for several days and watched the antics of this group the mutual groomings and juvenile play the nest-building and infant-carrying the family bickerings and threat displays It

was interesting to experience the lead-up to a new male coming into dominance over the clan and we were careful not to approach too closely or else we would become the brunt of his displays

We also had to guard our cameras one of the younger male chimpanzees took delight in throwing rocks and sticks at any photographer who tried to take a picture of him I was intrigued by the high level of intelligence of these small apes I knew how their existence was threa tened by the increasing loss of their habitat I wondered if their intelligence permitted them to know also

As I sat watching the embers of that fire by the ancient bushman cave I felt saddened by the realization of the limited future for the wildlife of Africa Months previously we had stood on the shore of East Africas Lake Turkana where the oldest remains of humans have been found At that long-ago time Homo sapiens was just another species that had to constantly struggle for survival

Sketches on the wall of this cave depicted familiar hunting scenes for these primitive peoples The Bushmen once roamed over all of southern Africa Now they have been all but exterminated by advancing tribes and civilizations likewise the wildlife of this vast continent is being pushed into increasingly smaller and more isolated pockets of wilderness by the descendents of these early peoples

Despite the pessimistic feelings with which I finished my journey in Africa I shall treasure the memories of our experiences in its wilder places from the reed beds of the Okovango to electrical storms over the Drakensburgh from the chill of the higher peaks to the scorching heat of the deserts from a sunrise through the spray above Victoria Falls to the trumpet of an elephant-a herald to the beginning of another day 0

Jill Pangman and Bruce McLean both CBS 79

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7

current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

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current tight financial situation we have toMore Involvement In realize th at funding given to Continuing

Adult Education Universities are constantly

making changes in response to the changing needs of society In this interview Professor Donald Forster President of the llniversity of Guelph dis cusses the llniversitys evolving role in terms of Its adult education program s with Andrea Mudry Fawcett media liaison for the llniversity School of Part-time Studies and Continuing Education

President Donald F Forster

FA WCETT In volvement in adult education is relatively new on some Canadian campuses Is it a tradilionfor Guelph

FORSTER Yes this campus has been involved through the founding colleges for many years Veterinarians short courses through the Ontario Veterinary College for example and all the extension work done through the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Insti tute these were established decades ago and in many cases are still being offered So adult education is not new on this campus

Wh a t is new is our heavier involvement in pa rt-time studies I couldnt understa nd when I first came to Guelph in 1975 why the number of true part-time

students wa s so low We had by far the lowest number in the province much lower than Trent Universit y

lthink we have an obligation to the adult community to increase opportunities for part-time study This is what weve done by changing entrance requirements for mature students introducing more evening classes and the General Studies program So Ive been quite pleased with the way it has developed

Part-time Studies is never going to be a huge operation nor should it be We should obviou sly work closely with our immediate neighbours-McMaster Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier- to make sure tha t we dont duplicate offerings But in certain areas we are unique and those are the areas we should emphasize

FAWCETT What about non-degree courses for adults

FORSTER Well one area where we obviously are equipped to do a job better than the community colleges is the general interest courses in the humaniti es and soc ial sciences

The typical community college does not have great strength in these subjects Other areas would be computers agriculture and the biological sciences to name a few By the same token we shouldnt get involved in meta l-working or welding or things of this sort Some overlap is inevitable and I don t think it should be parti cularly worrysome to people I happen to believe a degree of competition is a good thing and keeps everybody on their toes

If you look at the future which is always a dangerous thing to do you are going to see immense changes in peoples work lives the quality of their working environment and the number of times they are forced into career changes The universi ties are going to have to be helpful through degree and non-degree programs in ass isting people to make suc h changes

FAWCETT Continuing Educations non-degree courses receive no provincial funding Do y ou feel in light of this that the UniversilY has an obligation to provide this kind of service to (he communilY

FORSTER Yes we always have provided such a resou rse and will continue to do so Funding would be nice but considering the

Education would likely be div erted from funds for some other purpose

General interes t Continuing Education courses I think should continue to be paid for by the consumer More specialized courses might be subsidi zed Some alread y a re mounted on behalf of government agencies or compa ni es

FA WCETT Gazing into the cryslal ball illhefulure where should Ih e emphasis be placed in adult education

FORSTER Well the major need will be to help people adjust to changes in their work whether th ey re ch anging jobs or th e job content changes This may include counselling or courses to upd a te people in new techniques such as the use of computers If you believe some of the wild forecast s about the impact on employment of women by the office revolu tion were going to have a very seriou s social problem Thi s also we should be addressing

Helping na tive people is of particular interest to me Ive often thou ght we might do more in that area Im thinking particularly of marginal far ming areas in Northern Ontario which have la rge Ind ia n populations Also the whole problem of ruralurban interface in the future of the small town city or ham let is an interes ting one

You wander around rural Ontario and you see little villages sp routing their suburbs often low-quality poorly-serviced housing a nd wonder what kind of problems were storing up down the pike This invol ves problems such as land use an d land mana gement They al read y a re crucial issues in many a reas of the province but will be more so in the future And again wc ha ve the ex pertise to be of se rvice

Another set of soc ia l problems will be connected with the emergence of an aging population University fa culty are already doing research on the subject Innova tive thinking ca n be very helpful here

For example some se niors could li ve on campus If the trad itiona l university age population drops sign ificant ly as many demographers predict then we may consider converting one of the residence buildings essentially into a se nior citizen -learning centre

Why not ) Senior citizens a re retired or semi- retired and they want to have some exposure to a university environment to take some university courses for general interes t or whatever Why not give them th at opportunity r think well see a lot of experimentation over the next 25 to 30 years 0

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in 1921 and moved with the College to Guelph in 1922 There he began a career in teaching and research that would span 33 years during which his overpowering influence would be felt by a small army of students and would establish his distinctive reputation

Student and faculty folklore at the OVC is rich with Schofield stories The authenticity of some may be doubtful but many can still be corroborated They all vividly portray a scientist of rare talent and skill who was capable of teaching all classes in both Microbiology and Pathology as well as conducting his own research Throughout Schofield emerges as one whose brilliance was only matched by his eccentricity

Self-perpetuating stories that have travelled along the student grapevine support the suggestion that Schofield disliked saxophone players~a warning that was seriously heeded by aJl freshmen Schofield was also purported to have a poor left eye and to compensate would rely upon his right Consequently the right side of the classroom received more of his attention itself a mixed blessing Invariably Schofields lectures demonstrated a definite left-sided seating

Dr Francis W Schofield OVC 10

oves Brilliant Scientist Koreas Tiger Grandfather

By Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73

N early three decades have passed since the retirement from the Ontario

Veterinary College in 1955 of the late Dr Francis William Schofield OVC 10 and yet many former students and colleagues still have vivid memories of Schof A brilliant but sometimes belligerent anarchist in scielltists clothing he haunted the ha ils of the OVC at a ll hours driven by an irascible temperament unrelenting perfectionism and frequent insomnia

Born in Rugby England in 1889 Francis Schofield emigrated to Canada at age 16 entered the OVC which was then affiliated with the University of Toronto in the fall of 1907 and graduated at the head of his class with the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1910 He remained at the College became a faculty member and studied under Dr John A Amyot then head of the Department of Microbiology

and obtained a Doctor of Veterinary Science in 19 I I

In 1916 Dr Schofield was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church of Canada to go to Korea as a medical missionary instructor in bacteriology and hygiene at the Severance Medical College in Seoul

The Japanese occupation of Korea was oppressive enough to provoke Schofield into launching a fearless personal campaign for Korean independence So successful was he in this controversial endeavour that the authorities forced him to leave in 1920 but by this time he had already earned the reputation as Koreas 34th Patriot Many years later after his return to Korea he would be given the more benign epithet of Tiger Grandfather

After his ejection from Korea Dr Schofield returned to Toronto and the OVC

pattern as students attempted to escape the onslaught of attention

A frequent shopper in Torontos second-hand clothing stores Schofield rarely bought new clothes and would accept those purchased for him by friends only to pass them on to others His thriftiness extended to other domestic areas as well One revealing vignette typical of the man describes his gallant offer to supply sandwiches for a picnic trip to the Elora Gorge with several members of faculty from the Macdonald Institute It was only after the repast that he informed the party they had just eaten sandwiches made with thoroughly cooked rabbit The animals had served their purpose in the usual fall term demonstration of lesions of tuberculosis and he hadnt wished to waste them

Another story relates that in a typical rush to catch a late train from Toronto to

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Guelph one evening Dr Schofield discovered that he was short of funds and was faced with an unsympathetic conductor who refused credit Undaunted Schofield made his way to the front of the train and presented himself and his predicament to the engineer Recognizing him as a regular customer the engineer loaned the amount required to purchase the ticket and was promised a settlement la ter

Campaign of Personal Censure

Schofields combative nature provoked him to almost look for trouble He was known to attend seances and indulge in boisterous kicking under the table to make the evening entertaining but disastrous

His energetic campaign of personal censure extended to religious bodies He was known to disrupt Christian Science meetings by volunteering to challenge the painless theory with his lapel pin When an earnest suitor tried to explain his intentions towards Schofields young female lab technician as leading her to the grea test institution in the world meaning marriage in the Catholic Church Schofield replied that he was surprised for he thought the greatest institution in the world was Standard Oil in New Jersey Because of his deliberately unorthodox view of life and his feisty temperament Dr Schofield left a legacy of such memorable incidents

Throughout his teaching career Dr Schofields lectures were like the man himself either threatening or stimulating depending upon how one came to them ill-prepared or ready to meet his sharp challenges and biting tongue In either case Schofield could be depended upon to pursue a bewildering series of topics not consistent with the planned course curriculum

He was a firm believer that a student s mind should be regarded as a fire to be kindled His trial by fire lecture style was similar to the active dialogue many instructors use today In general Schofield was capable of rapier-style verbal exchanges but nearly always was more tolerant with students He never retreated from his position but if a student was recognized as one who enjoyed a good argument and entered into the spirit of free-wheeling debate then the Doctor was somewhat less lethal with his thrusts

Schofields habit of going off on a tangent while lecturing was not a product of professional absentmindedness Rather he saw it as a method of achieving a very important teaching objective He included philosophy ethics and religion to make students more aware of other aspects of life in addition to the scientific viewpoint By introducing these mini-lessons through anecdotes from his own practice where he

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would praise or castiga te the client in question Schofield pursued a private counter-attack upon the belief that many veterinarians were well trained but poorly educated

Schofield was a wide reader a student of scripture and had a remarkably quick and incisive mind which allowed him to intuitively perceive relationships more easily and swiftly than others It was sa id by some that he was possibly one of the few instructors at the OVC worthy of government funds But the brillant Doctor was easily bored Without the support system of a large number of graduate students and with few grants the lab work required to prove his insights in factual form often was left undone As Schofield lost interest so science probably lost many answers to problems still with us and being examined today

A Brilliant Researcher

Had Dr Schofield pursued more of his discoveries his resulting reputation would have achieved considerably more fame for himself and his college As events transpired Schofield was a direct contributor to the discovery of Dicumarol a drug currently used to treat human vascular disease He believed that the bleeding disease he was studying in cattle was caused by mouldy or damaged sweet clover which delayed clotting time in the animal and acted as a blood thinner Despite a lack of funds primitive equipment and little encouragement from his immediate superiors Schofield drew on his sound basic knowledge and his intuitive intellect to reach conclusions that have stood the test of time

However in the tradition of other

unorthodox personalities Dr Schofield s scientific talents apparently did not extend to an awareness of time a nd schedules His graduate assistants would have social plans upset if a day was to be spent with Schor on his rounds for it would probably extend into late evening

Nor was it unusual for Schofield to phone someone in the very early hours of the morning from a train station asking to be collected and then delivered miles away to unprepared hosts He would thrive in his anti-materialistic pose to the extent that he would push aside his co-workers carefully laid-out lab equipment to sharpen a pencil with a freshly honed scalpel It is understandable that such a character as Schofield would suffer a turbulent and unhappy personal life His absent-minded preoccupation with himself and his own objectives which served him excellently in his scientific studies strained many relationships to the breaking point

Balancing the negative side of Dr Schofield was his altruism and his championing of the oppressed After his retirement in 1955 Schofield returned to the appreciative Korean people to reinforce the ties he had established to found two orphanages to teach at Seoul National University and to support the underpriviledged For this missionary work and in recognition of his many other medical contributions Dr Schofield won wide public and professional acclaim

Gained International Reputation

In 1950 he was given the degree of Honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ludwig-Maxmilian University of Munich and was also awarded the Twelfth International Veterinary Congress Prize of

Dr S chofield contributed to the discovery of Dicumarol

a drug used 10 treal human vascular disease

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the American Veterinary Medical Association (1954) During the same year the College of Veterinary Surgeons of the Province of Quebec awarded him the St Eloi Medal Dr Schofield was awa rded the Republic of Korea Medal (1960) and that same country further honoured him with the Order of Merit (1968)

He held honorary doctor of law degrees from the University of Toronto (1962) and from the Korea U niversi ty (1964) and honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from the National University Kyongbuk Korea (1963) and Seoul National University (1970)

Dr Schofield was a lifetime member of the American College of Veterinary

Pathologists and in March 1970 he was presented with a scroll honouring him as a Distinguished Member Only three other men have been so honoured

The medical and diplomatic recognition must have been considerably gratifying to Schofield Not one to be lulled by publicity the Distinguished Member was stimulated to pursue further campaigns to help the underdog Fired by his own peculiar brand of Christianity which followed no particular denomination Schofield would treat farmer and prime minister alike in order to help those who could not help themselves

His first visit to Korea demonstrated his tremendous capacity to badger and

browbeat his way to achieve a goal he saw as truly worthy From Korean independence and displaced persons to the inmates at the local Guelph Reformatory as well as the elderly lady down the street Dr Schofield took each underdog cause as a personal challenge to his own eccentric program of faith and good works

When the people he championed improved their lot Schofields interest would wane and he would move on to the next windmill Parallel to his scientific stance his generosity could flash brilliantly and then just as quickly die leaving a path strewn with grateful but bewildered people

If this consuming interest in his life could be criticised as a posture that was erratic or self-gratifying there remained Schofields work with his campus bible group and his younger Sunday school classes Schofield was given to inviting undergraduates to his house where discussions were launched from a scriptural base and soared into energetic debate

Fired by Adversity

Among his technical assistants colleagues and students memories of Dr Schofield are consistent in their assessment and vary only in degree Stimulated by austerity and fired by adversity Dr Schofield was known to expect the best from others whether they were the president of the College or a lowly undergrad ua teo

He was frequently impatient with those who appeared to him to be less industrious able or intelligent Like a two-edged sword Dr Schofields perfectionism could generate the pursuit of unthought-of careers in science for some as well as be responsible for latent cases of shingles in others

The many factors that made Frank Schofield a brilliant scientist and a stimulating instructor played havoc with his attempts to be a more understanding human being Indeed it could be argued that Schofield was true to his temperament in living his personal life the same way he lived his career

The tremendous success he achieved in international charitable schemes cannot be denied The medals given to him by President Park on behalf of the Korean people now on display at the OVC honoured him with the recognition that was entirely his due

Dr Francis William Schofield died iQ Seoul in 1970 and although he had many traits that firmly eliminated sainthood he remains in many memories as a complex and brilliant scientist a great leader teacher and champion of the underdog - a true Tiger Grandfather 0

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Paik Sun Yup left then Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canshyada decorated Dr Schofield with the Korean Order of Merit in 1968

Never at a loss for words Schor attracted esteem at all levels

Shirley (Wal lOn) Lewis Arts 73

By Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73

T he poet WB Yea ts wrote A man ma kes poetry out of his quarrel with

himself and rh etoric out of his qu a rre l with soci ety The la te Shirley Therese (Walton) Lew is ( 1936-1981) Arts 73 was wise enough to reject rhetor ic She made poetry out of her quarrel with herself a nd pushed it past the philosophica l and into the spiritual just befo re and throughou t her struggle with a terminal illness

A resulting collection of her poems was recentl y publi shed with the title My Quarrel With Myself (Testament of a Mystic) Posth umous Poems 1977- I 980 Taking her cue from Yeats one of her three major influences-the others were William Blake a nd Emily DickinsonshyShirley suggested the title as a fitting one for t he literary struggle which had acted as a vehicle for her deeper more dema nding journey towa rds spiritua l fulfillment

The volumes first poem The Angel describes a haunting dream where th e poet wrestles a ph a ntom adversary -devil or god The verses embody a premonition that set the stage for the rest of the book a nd establi sh the task Shirley ass umed during the remainder of her life- a souls search for inward perfection

Thus If you take me to yo ur own Embrace me as your equal part Wh oleness th e end afourfold world Is yours in head and mind and heart

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My Quarrel With Myself

Shirley was born on the isla nd of Barbados in the Wes t Indies in 1936 to European-descended parents As a st udent she excelled in a n Ursuline conven t sc hool whi ch she attended for ten years a nd showed great intellectu a l promise In 19 55 at age 19 she emigrated to Canada settl ed in Toronto soon married a fellow emigre an enginee r and embraced the routine roles as wife and later as mother to three so ns and two da ughters During her last 15 years she lived in Guelph

In 1968 Shirley registered in the BA program a t the Universi ty of Guelph taking courses in litera ture and philosop hy She was a ttracted to the works of poet-m yst ic Willi am Blake and after graduat ion embarked on an impress ive study of Blak e for a maste rs degree in English which at age 39 she received in 1976

Dr Pa ul Hou ri ha n editor of My Quarrel With Myself was then a professor with the Department of Engli sh at Guelph and served as Shirleys in st ructor a nd eve ntually as her men tor Accord ing to Paul in 1977 Shirley suddenly began to write verse of good qu a lity a nd steadily grew in ski ll and power-a deve lopment in her life without precedent When Paul introduced Shirley to the poetry of Emily Dickinso n it s reve lation a nd marked influence upon her poetic vision and skill was remarka bly clear a nd immedia te

Throughout the next three yea rs Shirley wrote with increasing mastery a nd with an urgency that became grimly justified when she was diagnosed as hav ing cancer in earl y 1979 She died in February 198 12 1 months later a t the age of 43

As editor Paul preferred to trust to the poets intent and so the arrangement of the poems remained esse ntiall y as Shirley had pla nned His intuition in this mat ter to say noth ing of his commendable determinshyat ion to recogni ze an incom pletel y rea lized potential has pushed into existence a small but powerful book of poetry subtl y framed

by a kind of prolog ue and epilogue to the main drama the struggle of sel fshyexam ination which overcame the physical hurt and gave insight into the fin a l truth

The books pages are not filled with the coy ve rses of a rhyming ma tron nor are they th e co rrosive words of a bitter terminally ill pat ient una bl e to get beyo nd th e w hy to the how And yet therc are g limpses of the various stages of the hum a n battl e so that the works greater whole overcomes th e possible weaknesses of some of its parts

I will keep on smiling Before those masks rude Whether one or multitude Hiding th e dreadful srnart shyThe secret of a fissur ed heart I will keep all smiling

Throughout the poet s quarrel combines her outward joy with her deep sadn ess and brings Sh ir ley to war with Therese as she saw her two na mes beco me two con flicting element s the ordinary everyday woman facing the poetic ro mantic mystic Entering deeply into herself to seek out the secret solution to her own a nd others problems Shirley determ inedly marched a fearful path Her la tte r years a nd the poetry she produced during them sa w a se lf-realiza tion that few writers with longer ca reers could match fo r its intensity She heard the invitation she entered th e room faced the speaker and lea rned to t rust to t he answer

He said that I must learn a song Or live regrel a whole life long Two choices only given me Surrender or to hell begone Oh whal a harsh alternative For in a world of life I live A nd now must play th e dead mans part To sing my song with all my heart

My Quarrel With Myself is a powerful compact collection of provoking ideas It s lack of clea r image next to obscure makes the reading a nd re-reading more ta ntali zing Certainl y to dw ell on th e lost potenti a l of a promising poet would be to miss the point behind this sudden vivid nowering It is more worthy of the poet a nd -her gifts accompli shment to celebra te the revelations demonstrated in this testimony

Shirley Therese Lewis did not write for peop le seeking entertaining comfor ta ble verse as Pa ul wa rns but for people seeking the how of life s truth-spiritua l perfection We should be grateful that ShirleyS use of the poetic process achieved such heights in the brilliant but bri ef period of tim e that was given her D

Guelph footbal coach Tom Dimitroff is flanked by All-Canadian Peter Langford left 64 250-lb defensive end winner of the JP Metras Trophy as the nation s outstanding lineman and AI-Canadian Sam Benincasa right 6 I 2J5-lb linebacker nominee for the Presidents Trophy for outstanding defense

Gryphons Soar By Peter Barnsley Publicity Officer Department of Athletics

ome wasn t built in a day Mount Everest wasnt scaled in ten minutes

good wine isnt ready in a week-and you don t build a national championship football team in a couple of seasons

But in 1982 coach Tom Dimitroff and the University of Guelph Football Gryphons showed how far they had come since Dimitroff took charge of the program in 1979

For the record the Gryphons compiled a five-win two-loss regular season showing in 1982 and finished in second place in the eig ht-team OUAA League That was the best performance posted by a Guelph

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football team since the formation of the League in 1971

After defeating the eventual Ontario-Quebec Conference champion Concordia Stingers 16 to lOin a pre-season contest the Gryphons could have packed in the whole season in despair two weeks later

After thoroughly dominating McMaster and Windsor everywhere but on the scoreboard the Red and Gold had a 0 to 2 record and all of their remaining games fell into the must category

However beginning with a 28 to I thumping of York in the Guelph Homecoming 82 contest the Gryphons became the dominant team in the league They took all five remaining games highlighted by a 32 to 18 win over the Western Mustangs in which they rebounded from a 2 to 17 first quarter deficit to outscore the London team 30 to 1 over the balance of the contest

In the last game of the regular series Guelph clinched second place with a 24 to 8 Whipping of Toronto which guaranteed them a home game in the playoffs for the first time since 1975

Close to 4500 fans jammed Alumni Stadium for the rematch with Western but in an evenly played contest the Mustangs had one more big play than the Gryphons and took a 26 to 20 victory that eventually sent them to the Vanier Cup

Guelph placed eight players on the first OUAA League all-star team and three on the second squad Defensive end Peter Langford and inside linebacker Sam Benincasa were the only unanimous choices to that select squad The same two players

Mike Hudson AIshyCanadian choice for third consecushytive year

were also chosen as the outstanding defensive and lineman player in the con f erence res pectivel y

Four Gryphons were also voted to the All-Canadian team second only to the six selected from the UBC Thunderbirds Defensive back Junior Robinso n and all-slotback Mike Hudson who was chosen for the third consecutive year joined Benincasa and Langford as Guelph representa tives

Peter Langford also capped off the awards by winning the J P Metras Trophy as the outstanding linema n in Canada

Quarterback Mike Eykens also came into his own this year by leading the league in passing and becoming only the fourth player in the history of the OUAA to throw for more than 5000 yards in a career

Coach Dimitroff who came to the Gryphons after a lengthy CFL background was pleased with the year When you consider that we had eight new players on offense this season and most of the team returning things certainly look promising Our defence a llowed fewer points than any University team in the na tion and we certainly showed a lot of heart coming back from that bad start

Football interest has certainly been resparked on the Guelph campus and the larger crowds and enthusiasm evident may indicate that the best is yet to come 0

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NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

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2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Guelph one evening Dr Schofield discovered that he was short of funds and was faced with an unsympathetic conductor who refused credit Undaunted Schofield made his way to the front of the train and presented himself and his predicament to the engineer Recognizing him as a regular customer the engineer loaned the amount required to purchase the ticket and was promised a settlement la ter

Campaign of Personal Censure

Schofields combative nature provoked him to almost look for trouble He was known to attend seances and indulge in boisterous kicking under the table to make the evening entertaining but disastrous

His energetic campaign of personal censure extended to religious bodies He was known to disrupt Christian Science meetings by volunteering to challenge the painless theory with his lapel pin When an earnest suitor tried to explain his intentions towards Schofields young female lab technician as leading her to the grea test institution in the world meaning marriage in the Catholic Church Schofield replied that he was surprised for he thought the greatest institution in the world was Standard Oil in New Jersey Because of his deliberately unorthodox view of life and his feisty temperament Dr Schofield left a legacy of such memorable incidents

Throughout his teaching career Dr Schofields lectures were like the man himself either threatening or stimulating depending upon how one came to them ill-prepared or ready to meet his sharp challenges and biting tongue In either case Schofield could be depended upon to pursue a bewildering series of topics not consistent with the planned course curriculum

He was a firm believer that a student s mind should be regarded as a fire to be kindled His trial by fire lecture style was similar to the active dialogue many instructors use today In general Schofield was capable of rapier-style verbal exchanges but nearly always was more tolerant with students He never retreated from his position but if a student was recognized as one who enjoyed a good argument and entered into the spirit of free-wheeling debate then the Doctor was somewhat less lethal with his thrusts

Schofields habit of going off on a tangent while lecturing was not a product of professional absentmindedness Rather he saw it as a method of achieving a very important teaching objective He included philosophy ethics and religion to make students more aware of other aspects of life in addition to the scientific viewpoint By introducing these mini-lessons through anecdotes from his own practice where he

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would praise or castiga te the client in question Schofield pursued a private counter-attack upon the belief that many veterinarians were well trained but poorly educated

Schofield was a wide reader a student of scripture and had a remarkably quick and incisive mind which allowed him to intuitively perceive relationships more easily and swiftly than others It was sa id by some that he was possibly one of the few instructors at the OVC worthy of government funds But the brillant Doctor was easily bored Without the support system of a large number of graduate students and with few grants the lab work required to prove his insights in factual form often was left undone As Schofield lost interest so science probably lost many answers to problems still with us and being examined today

A Brilliant Researcher

Had Dr Schofield pursued more of his discoveries his resulting reputation would have achieved considerably more fame for himself and his college As events transpired Schofield was a direct contributor to the discovery of Dicumarol a drug currently used to treat human vascular disease He believed that the bleeding disease he was studying in cattle was caused by mouldy or damaged sweet clover which delayed clotting time in the animal and acted as a blood thinner Despite a lack of funds primitive equipment and little encouragement from his immediate superiors Schofield drew on his sound basic knowledge and his intuitive intellect to reach conclusions that have stood the test of time

However in the tradition of other

unorthodox personalities Dr Schofield s scientific talents apparently did not extend to an awareness of time a nd schedules His graduate assistants would have social plans upset if a day was to be spent with Schor on his rounds for it would probably extend into late evening

Nor was it unusual for Schofield to phone someone in the very early hours of the morning from a train station asking to be collected and then delivered miles away to unprepared hosts He would thrive in his anti-materialistic pose to the extent that he would push aside his co-workers carefully laid-out lab equipment to sharpen a pencil with a freshly honed scalpel It is understandable that such a character as Schofield would suffer a turbulent and unhappy personal life His absent-minded preoccupation with himself and his own objectives which served him excellently in his scientific studies strained many relationships to the breaking point

Balancing the negative side of Dr Schofield was his altruism and his championing of the oppressed After his retirement in 1955 Schofield returned to the appreciative Korean people to reinforce the ties he had established to found two orphanages to teach at Seoul National University and to support the underpriviledged For this missionary work and in recognition of his many other medical contributions Dr Schofield won wide public and professional acclaim

Gained International Reputation

In 1950 he was given the degree of Honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ludwig-Maxmilian University of Munich and was also awarded the Twelfth International Veterinary Congress Prize of

Dr S chofield contributed to the discovery of Dicumarol

a drug used 10 treal human vascular disease

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the American Veterinary Medical Association (1954) During the same year the College of Veterinary Surgeons of the Province of Quebec awarded him the St Eloi Medal Dr Schofield was awa rded the Republic of Korea Medal (1960) and that same country further honoured him with the Order of Merit (1968)

He held honorary doctor of law degrees from the University of Toronto (1962) and from the Korea U niversi ty (1964) and honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from the National University Kyongbuk Korea (1963) and Seoul National University (1970)

Dr Schofield was a lifetime member of the American College of Veterinary

Pathologists and in March 1970 he was presented with a scroll honouring him as a Distinguished Member Only three other men have been so honoured

The medical and diplomatic recognition must have been considerably gratifying to Schofield Not one to be lulled by publicity the Distinguished Member was stimulated to pursue further campaigns to help the underdog Fired by his own peculiar brand of Christianity which followed no particular denomination Schofield would treat farmer and prime minister alike in order to help those who could not help themselves

His first visit to Korea demonstrated his tremendous capacity to badger and

browbeat his way to achieve a goal he saw as truly worthy From Korean independence and displaced persons to the inmates at the local Guelph Reformatory as well as the elderly lady down the street Dr Schofield took each underdog cause as a personal challenge to his own eccentric program of faith and good works

When the people he championed improved their lot Schofields interest would wane and he would move on to the next windmill Parallel to his scientific stance his generosity could flash brilliantly and then just as quickly die leaving a path strewn with grateful but bewildered people

If this consuming interest in his life could be criticised as a posture that was erratic or self-gratifying there remained Schofields work with his campus bible group and his younger Sunday school classes Schofield was given to inviting undergraduates to his house where discussions were launched from a scriptural base and soared into energetic debate

Fired by Adversity

Among his technical assistants colleagues and students memories of Dr Schofield are consistent in their assessment and vary only in degree Stimulated by austerity and fired by adversity Dr Schofield was known to expect the best from others whether they were the president of the College or a lowly undergrad ua teo

He was frequently impatient with those who appeared to him to be less industrious able or intelligent Like a two-edged sword Dr Schofields perfectionism could generate the pursuit of unthought-of careers in science for some as well as be responsible for latent cases of shingles in others

The many factors that made Frank Schofield a brilliant scientist and a stimulating instructor played havoc with his attempts to be a more understanding human being Indeed it could be argued that Schofield was true to his temperament in living his personal life the same way he lived his career

The tremendous success he achieved in international charitable schemes cannot be denied The medals given to him by President Park on behalf of the Korean people now on display at the OVC honoured him with the recognition that was entirely his due

Dr Francis William Schofield died iQ Seoul in 1970 and although he had many traits that firmly eliminated sainthood he remains in many memories as a complex and brilliant scientist a great leader teacher and champion of the underdog - a true Tiger Grandfather 0

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Paik Sun Yup left then Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canshyada decorated Dr Schofield with the Korean Order of Merit in 1968

Never at a loss for words Schor attracted esteem at all levels

Shirley (Wal lOn) Lewis Arts 73

By Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73

T he poet WB Yea ts wrote A man ma kes poetry out of his quarrel with

himself and rh etoric out of his qu a rre l with soci ety The la te Shirley Therese (Walton) Lew is ( 1936-1981) Arts 73 was wise enough to reject rhetor ic She made poetry out of her quarrel with herself a nd pushed it past the philosophica l and into the spiritual just befo re and throughou t her struggle with a terminal illness

A resulting collection of her poems was recentl y publi shed with the title My Quarrel With Myself (Testament of a Mystic) Posth umous Poems 1977- I 980 Taking her cue from Yeats one of her three major influences-the others were William Blake a nd Emily DickinsonshyShirley suggested the title as a fitting one for t he literary struggle which had acted as a vehicle for her deeper more dema nding journey towa rds spiritua l fulfillment

The volumes first poem The Angel describes a haunting dream where th e poet wrestles a ph a ntom adversary -devil or god The verses embody a premonition that set the stage for the rest of the book a nd establi sh the task Shirley ass umed during the remainder of her life- a souls search for inward perfection

Thus If you take me to yo ur own Embrace me as your equal part Wh oleness th e end afourfold world Is yours in head and mind and heart

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My Quarrel With Myself

Shirley was born on the isla nd of Barbados in the Wes t Indies in 1936 to European-descended parents As a st udent she excelled in a n Ursuline conven t sc hool whi ch she attended for ten years a nd showed great intellectu a l promise In 19 55 at age 19 she emigrated to Canada settl ed in Toronto soon married a fellow emigre an enginee r and embraced the routine roles as wife and later as mother to three so ns and two da ughters During her last 15 years she lived in Guelph

In 1968 Shirley registered in the BA program a t the Universi ty of Guelph taking courses in litera ture and philosop hy She was a ttracted to the works of poet-m yst ic Willi am Blake and after graduat ion embarked on an impress ive study of Blak e for a maste rs degree in English which at age 39 she received in 1976

Dr Pa ul Hou ri ha n editor of My Quarrel With Myself was then a professor with the Department of Engli sh at Guelph and served as Shirleys in st ructor a nd eve ntually as her men tor Accord ing to Paul in 1977 Shirley suddenly began to write verse of good qu a lity a nd steadily grew in ski ll and power-a deve lopment in her life without precedent When Paul introduced Shirley to the poetry of Emily Dickinso n it s reve lation a nd marked influence upon her poetic vision and skill was remarka bly clear a nd immedia te

Throughout the next three yea rs Shirley wrote with increasing mastery a nd with an urgency that became grimly justified when she was diagnosed as hav ing cancer in earl y 1979 She died in February 198 12 1 months later a t the age of 43

As editor Paul preferred to trust to the poets intent and so the arrangement of the poems remained esse ntiall y as Shirley had pla nned His intuition in this mat ter to say noth ing of his commendable determinshyat ion to recogni ze an incom pletel y rea lized potential has pushed into existence a small but powerful book of poetry subtl y framed

by a kind of prolog ue and epilogue to the main drama the struggle of sel fshyexam ination which overcame the physical hurt and gave insight into the fin a l truth

The books pages are not filled with the coy ve rses of a rhyming ma tron nor are they th e co rrosive words of a bitter terminally ill pat ient una bl e to get beyo nd th e w hy to the how And yet therc are g limpses of the various stages of the hum a n battl e so that the works greater whole overcomes th e possible weaknesses of some of its parts

I will keep on smiling Before those masks rude Whether one or multitude Hiding th e dreadful srnart shyThe secret of a fissur ed heart I will keep all smiling

Throughout the poet s quarrel combines her outward joy with her deep sadn ess and brings Sh ir ley to war with Therese as she saw her two na mes beco me two con flicting element s the ordinary everyday woman facing the poetic ro mantic mystic Entering deeply into herself to seek out the secret solution to her own a nd others problems Shirley determ inedly marched a fearful path Her la tte r years a nd the poetry she produced during them sa w a se lf-realiza tion that few writers with longer ca reers could match fo r its intensity She heard the invitation she entered th e room faced the speaker and lea rned to t rust to t he answer

He said that I must learn a song Or live regrel a whole life long Two choices only given me Surrender or to hell begone Oh whal a harsh alternative For in a world of life I live A nd now must play th e dead mans part To sing my song with all my heart

My Quarrel With Myself is a powerful compact collection of provoking ideas It s lack of clea r image next to obscure makes the reading a nd re-reading more ta ntali zing Certainl y to dw ell on th e lost potenti a l of a promising poet would be to miss the point behind this sudden vivid nowering It is more worthy of the poet a nd -her gifts accompli shment to celebra te the revelations demonstrated in this testimony

Shirley Therese Lewis did not write for peop le seeking entertaining comfor ta ble verse as Pa ul wa rns but for people seeking the how of life s truth-spiritua l perfection We should be grateful that ShirleyS use of the poetic process achieved such heights in the brilliant but bri ef period of tim e that was given her D

Guelph footbal coach Tom Dimitroff is flanked by All-Canadian Peter Langford left 64 250-lb defensive end winner of the JP Metras Trophy as the nation s outstanding lineman and AI-Canadian Sam Benincasa right 6 I 2J5-lb linebacker nominee for the Presidents Trophy for outstanding defense

Gryphons Soar By Peter Barnsley Publicity Officer Department of Athletics

ome wasn t built in a day Mount Everest wasnt scaled in ten minutes

good wine isnt ready in a week-and you don t build a national championship football team in a couple of seasons

But in 1982 coach Tom Dimitroff and the University of Guelph Football Gryphons showed how far they had come since Dimitroff took charge of the program in 1979

For the record the Gryphons compiled a five-win two-loss regular season showing in 1982 and finished in second place in the eig ht-team OUAA League That was the best performance posted by a Guelph

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football team since the formation of the League in 1971

After defeating the eventual Ontario-Quebec Conference champion Concordia Stingers 16 to lOin a pre-season contest the Gryphons could have packed in the whole season in despair two weeks later

After thoroughly dominating McMaster and Windsor everywhere but on the scoreboard the Red and Gold had a 0 to 2 record and all of their remaining games fell into the must category

However beginning with a 28 to I thumping of York in the Guelph Homecoming 82 contest the Gryphons became the dominant team in the league They took all five remaining games highlighted by a 32 to 18 win over the Western Mustangs in which they rebounded from a 2 to 17 first quarter deficit to outscore the London team 30 to 1 over the balance of the contest

In the last game of the regular series Guelph clinched second place with a 24 to 8 Whipping of Toronto which guaranteed them a home game in the playoffs for the first time since 1975

Close to 4500 fans jammed Alumni Stadium for the rematch with Western but in an evenly played contest the Mustangs had one more big play than the Gryphons and took a 26 to 20 victory that eventually sent them to the Vanier Cup

Guelph placed eight players on the first OUAA League all-star team and three on the second squad Defensive end Peter Langford and inside linebacker Sam Benincasa were the only unanimous choices to that select squad The same two players

Mike Hudson AIshyCanadian choice for third consecushytive year

were also chosen as the outstanding defensive and lineman player in the con f erence res pectivel y

Four Gryphons were also voted to the All-Canadian team second only to the six selected from the UBC Thunderbirds Defensive back Junior Robinso n and all-slotback Mike Hudson who was chosen for the third consecutive year joined Benincasa and Langford as Guelph representa tives

Peter Langford also capped off the awards by winning the J P Metras Trophy as the outstanding linema n in Canada

Quarterback Mike Eykens also came into his own this year by leading the league in passing and becoming only the fourth player in the history of the OUAA to throw for more than 5000 yards in a career

Coach Dimitroff who came to the Gryphons after a lengthy CFL background was pleased with the year When you consider that we had eight new players on offense this season and most of the team returning things certainly look promising Our defence a llowed fewer points than any University team in the na tion and we certainly showed a lot of heart coming back from that bad start

Football interest has certainly been resparked on the Guelph campus and the larger crowds and enthusiasm evident may indicate that the best is yet to come 0

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NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

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Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

Dr

This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

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Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

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Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

the American Veterinary Medical Association (1954) During the same year the College of Veterinary Surgeons of the Province of Quebec awarded him the St Eloi Medal Dr Schofield was awa rded the Republic of Korea Medal (1960) and that same country further honoured him with the Order of Merit (1968)

He held honorary doctor of law degrees from the University of Toronto (1962) and from the Korea U niversi ty (1964) and honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from the National University Kyongbuk Korea (1963) and Seoul National University (1970)

Dr Schofield was a lifetime member of the American College of Veterinary

Pathologists and in March 1970 he was presented with a scroll honouring him as a Distinguished Member Only three other men have been so honoured

The medical and diplomatic recognition must have been considerably gratifying to Schofield Not one to be lulled by publicity the Distinguished Member was stimulated to pursue further campaigns to help the underdog Fired by his own peculiar brand of Christianity which followed no particular denomination Schofield would treat farmer and prime minister alike in order to help those who could not help themselves

His first visit to Korea demonstrated his tremendous capacity to badger and

browbeat his way to achieve a goal he saw as truly worthy From Korean independence and displaced persons to the inmates at the local Guelph Reformatory as well as the elderly lady down the street Dr Schofield took each underdog cause as a personal challenge to his own eccentric program of faith and good works

When the people he championed improved their lot Schofields interest would wane and he would move on to the next windmill Parallel to his scientific stance his generosity could flash brilliantly and then just as quickly die leaving a path strewn with grateful but bewildered people

If this consuming interest in his life could be criticised as a posture that was erratic or self-gratifying there remained Schofields work with his campus bible group and his younger Sunday school classes Schofield was given to inviting undergraduates to his house where discussions were launched from a scriptural base and soared into energetic debate

Fired by Adversity

Among his technical assistants colleagues and students memories of Dr Schofield are consistent in their assessment and vary only in degree Stimulated by austerity and fired by adversity Dr Schofield was known to expect the best from others whether they were the president of the College or a lowly undergrad ua teo

He was frequently impatient with those who appeared to him to be less industrious able or intelligent Like a two-edged sword Dr Schofields perfectionism could generate the pursuit of unthought-of careers in science for some as well as be responsible for latent cases of shingles in others

The many factors that made Frank Schofield a brilliant scientist and a stimulating instructor played havoc with his attempts to be a more understanding human being Indeed it could be argued that Schofield was true to his temperament in living his personal life the same way he lived his career

The tremendous success he achieved in international charitable schemes cannot be denied The medals given to him by President Park on behalf of the Korean people now on display at the OVC honoured him with the recognition that was entirely his due

Dr Francis William Schofield died iQ Seoul in 1970 and although he had many traits that firmly eliminated sainthood he remains in many memories as a complex and brilliant scientist a great leader teacher and champion of the underdog - a true Tiger Grandfather 0

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Paik Sun Yup left then Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canshyada decorated Dr Schofield with the Korean Order of Merit in 1968

Never at a loss for words Schor attracted esteem at all levels

Shirley (Wal lOn) Lewis Arts 73

By Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73

T he poet WB Yea ts wrote A man ma kes poetry out of his quarrel with

himself and rh etoric out of his qu a rre l with soci ety The la te Shirley Therese (Walton) Lew is ( 1936-1981) Arts 73 was wise enough to reject rhetor ic She made poetry out of her quarrel with herself a nd pushed it past the philosophica l and into the spiritual just befo re and throughou t her struggle with a terminal illness

A resulting collection of her poems was recentl y publi shed with the title My Quarrel With Myself (Testament of a Mystic) Posth umous Poems 1977- I 980 Taking her cue from Yeats one of her three major influences-the others were William Blake a nd Emily DickinsonshyShirley suggested the title as a fitting one for t he literary struggle which had acted as a vehicle for her deeper more dema nding journey towa rds spiritua l fulfillment

The volumes first poem The Angel describes a haunting dream where th e poet wrestles a ph a ntom adversary -devil or god The verses embody a premonition that set the stage for the rest of the book a nd establi sh the task Shirley ass umed during the remainder of her life- a souls search for inward perfection

Thus If you take me to yo ur own Embrace me as your equal part Wh oleness th e end afourfold world Is yours in head and mind and heart

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My Quarrel With Myself

Shirley was born on the isla nd of Barbados in the Wes t Indies in 1936 to European-descended parents As a st udent she excelled in a n Ursuline conven t sc hool whi ch she attended for ten years a nd showed great intellectu a l promise In 19 55 at age 19 she emigrated to Canada settl ed in Toronto soon married a fellow emigre an enginee r and embraced the routine roles as wife and later as mother to three so ns and two da ughters During her last 15 years she lived in Guelph

In 1968 Shirley registered in the BA program a t the Universi ty of Guelph taking courses in litera ture and philosop hy She was a ttracted to the works of poet-m yst ic Willi am Blake and after graduat ion embarked on an impress ive study of Blak e for a maste rs degree in English which at age 39 she received in 1976

Dr Pa ul Hou ri ha n editor of My Quarrel With Myself was then a professor with the Department of Engli sh at Guelph and served as Shirleys in st ructor a nd eve ntually as her men tor Accord ing to Paul in 1977 Shirley suddenly began to write verse of good qu a lity a nd steadily grew in ski ll and power-a deve lopment in her life without precedent When Paul introduced Shirley to the poetry of Emily Dickinso n it s reve lation a nd marked influence upon her poetic vision and skill was remarka bly clear a nd immedia te

Throughout the next three yea rs Shirley wrote with increasing mastery a nd with an urgency that became grimly justified when she was diagnosed as hav ing cancer in earl y 1979 She died in February 198 12 1 months later a t the age of 43

As editor Paul preferred to trust to the poets intent and so the arrangement of the poems remained esse ntiall y as Shirley had pla nned His intuition in this mat ter to say noth ing of his commendable determinshyat ion to recogni ze an incom pletel y rea lized potential has pushed into existence a small but powerful book of poetry subtl y framed

by a kind of prolog ue and epilogue to the main drama the struggle of sel fshyexam ination which overcame the physical hurt and gave insight into the fin a l truth

The books pages are not filled with the coy ve rses of a rhyming ma tron nor are they th e co rrosive words of a bitter terminally ill pat ient una bl e to get beyo nd th e w hy to the how And yet therc are g limpses of the various stages of the hum a n battl e so that the works greater whole overcomes th e possible weaknesses of some of its parts

I will keep on smiling Before those masks rude Whether one or multitude Hiding th e dreadful srnart shyThe secret of a fissur ed heart I will keep all smiling

Throughout the poet s quarrel combines her outward joy with her deep sadn ess and brings Sh ir ley to war with Therese as she saw her two na mes beco me two con flicting element s the ordinary everyday woman facing the poetic ro mantic mystic Entering deeply into herself to seek out the secret solution to her own a nd others problems Shirley determ inedly marched a fearful path Her la tte r years a nd the poetry she produced during them sa w a se lf-realiza tion that few writers with longer ca reers could match fo r its intensity She heard the invitation she entered th e room faced the speaker and lea rned to t rust to t he answer

He said that I must learn a song Or live regrel a whole life long Two choices only given me Surrender or to hell begone Oh whal a harsh alternative For in a world of life I live A nd now must play th e dead mans part To sing my song with all my heart

My Quarrel With Myself is a powerful compact collection of provoking ideas It s lack of clea r image next to obscure makes the reading a nd re-reading more ta ntali zing Certainl y to dw ell on th e lost potenti a l of a promising poet would be to miss the point behind this sudden vivid nowering It is more worthy of the poet a nd -her gifts accompli shment to celebra te the revelations demonstrated in this testimony

Shirley Therese Lewis did not write for peop le seeking entertaining comfor ta ble verse as Pa ul wa rns but for people seeking the how of life s truth-spiritua l perfection We should be grateful that ShirleyS use of the poetic process achieved such heights in the brilliant but bri ef period of tim e that was given her D

Guelph footbal coach Tom Dimitroff is flanked by All-Canadian Peter Langford left 64 250-lb defensive end winner of the JP Metras Trophy as the nation s outstanding lineman and AI-Canadian Sam Benincasa right 6 I 2J5-lb linebacker nominee for the Presidents Trophy for outstanding defense

Gryphons Soar By Peter Barnsley Publicity Officer Department of Athletics

ome wasn t built in a day Mount Everest wasnt scaled in ten minutes

good wine isnt ready in a week-and you don t build a national championship football team in a couple of seasons

But in 1982 coach Tom Dimitroff and the University of Guelph Football Gryphons showed how far they had come since Dimitroff took charge of the program in 1979

For the record the Gryphons compiled a five-win two-loss regular season showing in 1982 and finished in second place in the eig ht-team OUAA League That was the best performance posted by a Guelph

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football team since the formation of the League in 1971

After defeating the eventual Ontario-Quebec Conference champion Concordia Stingers 16 to lOin a pre-season contest the Gryphons could have packed in the whole season in despair two weeks later

After thoroughly dominating McMaster and Windsor everywhere but on the scoreboard the Red and Gold had a 0 to 2 record and all of their remaining games fell into the must category

However beginning with a 28 to I thumping of York in the Guelph Homecoming 82 contest the Gryphons became the dominant team in the league They took all five remaining games highlighted by a 32 to 18 win over the Western Mustangs in which they rebounded from a 2 to 17 first quarter deficit to outscore the London team 30 to 1 over the balance of the contest

In the last game of the regular series Guelph clinched second place with a 24 to 8 Whipping of Toronto which guaranteed them a home game in the playoffs for the first time since 1975

Close to 4500 fans jammed Alumni Stadium for the rematch with Western but in an evenly played contest the Mustangs had one more big play than the Gryphons and took a 26 to 20 victory that eventually sent them to the Vanier Cup

Guelph placed eight players on the first OUAA League all-star team and three on the second squad Defensive end Peter Langford and inside linebacker Sam Benincasa were the only unanimous choices to that select squad The same two players

Mike Hudson AIshyCanadian choice for third consecushytive year

were also chosen as the outstanding defensive and lineman player in the con f erence res pectivel y

Four Gryphons were also voted to the All-Canadian team second only to the six selected from the UBC Thunderbirds Defensive back Junior Robinso n and all-slotback Mike Hudson who was chosen for the third consecutive year joined Benincasa and Langford as Guelph representa tives

Peter Langford also capped off the awards by winning the J P Metras Trophy as the outstanding linema n in Canada

Quarterback Mike Eykens also came into his own this year by leading the league in passing and becoming only the fourth player in the history of the OUAA to throw for more than 5000 yards in a career

Coach Dimitroff who came to the Gryphons after a lengthy CFL background was pleased with the year When you consider that we had eight new players on offense this season and most of the team returning things certainly look promising Our defence a llowed fewer points than any University team in the na tion and we certainly showed a lot of heart coming back from that bad start

Football interest has certainly been resparked on the Guelph campus and the larger crowds and enthusiasm evident may indicate that the best is yet to come 0

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NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Shirley (Wal lOn) Lewis Arts 73

By Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73

T he poet WB Yea ts wrote A man ma kes poetry out of his quarrel with

himself and rh etoric out of his qu a rre l with soci ety The la te Shirley Therese (Walton) Lew is ( 1936-1981) Arts 73 was wise enough to reject rhetor ic She made poetry out of her quarrel with herself a nd pushed it past the philosophica l and into the spiritual just befo re and throughou t her struggle with a terminal illness

A resulting collection of her poems was recentl y publi shed with the title My Quarrel With Myself (Testament of a Mystic) Posth umous Poems 1977- I 980 Taking her cue from Yeats one of her three major influences-the others were William Blake a nd Emily DickinsonshyShirley suggested the title as a fitting one for t he literary struggle which had acted as a vehicle for her deeper more dema nding journey towa rds spiritua l fulfillment

The volumes first poem The Angel describes a haunting dream where th e poet wrestles a ph a ntom adversary -devil or god The verses embody a premonition that set the stage for the rest of the book a nd establi sh the task Shirley ass umed during the remainder of her life- a souls search for inward perfection

Thus If you take me to yo ur own Embrace me as your equal part Wh oleness th e end afourfold world Is yours in head and mind and heart

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My Quarrel With Myself

Shirley was born on the isla nd of Barbados in the Wes t Indies in 1936 to European-descended parents As a st udent she excelled in a n Ursuline conven t sc hool whi ch she attended for ten years a nd showed great intellectu a l promise In 19 55 at age 19 she emigrated to Canada settl ed in Toronto soon married a fellow emigre an enginee r and embraced the routine roles as wife and later as mother to three so ns and two da ughters During her last 15 years she lived in Guelph

In 1968 Shirley registered in the BA program a t the Universi ty of Guelph taking courses in litera ture and philosop hy She was a ttracted to the works of poet-m yst ic Willi am Blake and after graduat ion embarked on an impress ive study of Blak e for a maste rs degree in English which at age 39 she received in 1976

Dr Pa ul Hou ri ha n editor of My Quarrel With Myself was then a professor with the Department of Engli sh at Guelph and served as Shirleys in st ructor a nd eve ntually as her men tor Accord ing to Paul in 1977 Shirley suddenly began to write verse of good qu a lity a nd steadily grew in ski ll and power-a deve lopment in her life without precedent When Paul introduced Shirley to the poetry of Emily Dickinso n it s reve lation a nd marked influence upon her poetic vision and skill was remarka bly clear a nd immedia te

Throughout the next three yea rs Shirley wrote with increasing mastery a nd with an urgency that became grimly justified when she was diagnosed as hav ing cancer in earl y 1979 She died in February 198 12 1 months later a t the age of 43

As editor Paul preferred to trust to the poets intent and so the arrangement of the poems remained esse ntiall y as Shirley had pla nned His intuition in this mat ter to say noth ing of his commendable determinshyat ion to recogni ze an incom pletel y rea lized potential has pushed into existence a small but powerful book of poetry subtl y framed

by a kind of prolog ue and epilogue to the main drama the struggle of sel fshyexam ination which overcame the physical hurt and gave insight into the fin a l truth

The books pages are not filled with the coy ve rses of a rhyming ma tron nor are they th e co rrosive words of a bitter terminally ill pat ient una bl e to get beyo nd th e w hy to the how And yet therc are g limpses of the various stages of the hum a n battl e so that the works greater whole overcomes th e possible weaknesses of some of its parts

I will keep on smiling Before those masks rude Whether one or multitude Hiding th e dreadful srnart shyThe secret of a fissur ed heart I will keep all smiling

Throughout the poet s quarrel combines her outward joy with her deep sadn ess and brings Sh ir ley to war with Therese as she saw her two na mes beco me two con flicting element s the ordinary everyday woman facing the poetic ro mantic mystic Entering deeply into herself to seek out the secret solution to her own a nd others problems Shirley determ inedly marched a fearful path Her la tte r years a nd the poetry she produced during them sa w a se lf-realiza tion that few writers with longer ca reers could match fo r its intensity She heard the invitation she entered th e room faced the speaker and lea rned to t rust to t he answer

He said that I must learn a song Or live regrel a whole life long Two choices only given me Surrender or to hell begone Oh whal a harsh alternative For in a world of life I live A nd now must play th e dead mans part To sing my song with all my heart

My Quarrel With Myself is a powerful compact collection of provoking ideas It s lack of clea r image next to obscure makes the reading a nd re-reading more ta ntali zing Certainl y to dw ell on th e lost potenti a l of a promising poet would be to miss the point behind this sudden vivid nowering It is more worthy of the poet a nd -her gifts accompli shment to celebra te the revelations demonstrated in this testimony

Shirley Therese Lewis did not write for peop le seeking entertaining comfor ta ble verse as Pa ul wa rns but for people seeking the how of life s truth-spiritua l perfection We should be grateful that ShirleyS use of the poetic process achieved such heights in the brilliant but bri ef period of tim e that was given her D

Guelph footbal coach Tom Dimitroff is flanked by All-Canadian Peter Langford left 64 250-lb defensive end winner of the JP Metras Trophy as the nation s outstanding lineman and AI-Canadian Sam Benincasa right 6 I 2J5-lb linebacker nominee for the Presidents Trophy for outstanding defense

Gryphons Soar By Peter Barnsley Publicity Officer Department of Athletics

ome wasn t built in a day Mount Everest wasnt scaled in ten minutes

good wine isnt ready in a week-and you don t build a national championship football team in a couple of seasons

But in 1982 coach Tom Dimitroff and the University of Guelph Football Gryphons showed how far they had come since Dimitroff took charge of the program in 1979

For the record the Gryphons compiled a five-win two-loss regular season showing in 1982 and finished in second place in the eig ht-team OUAA League That was the best performance posted by a Guelph

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A packed Alumni Stadium at Homecoming 82

football team since the formation of the League in 1971

After defeating the eventual Ontario-Quebec Conference champion Concordia Stingers 16 to lOin a pre-season contest the Gryphons could have packed in the whole season in despair two weeks later

After thoroughly dominating McMaster and Windsor everywhere but on the scoreboard the Red and Gold had a 0 to 2 record and all of their remaining games fell into the must category

However beginning with a 28 to I thumping of York in the Guelph Homecoming 82 contest the Gryphons became the dominant team in the league They took all five remaining games highlighted by a 32 to 18 win over the Western Mustangs in which they rebounded from a 2 to 17 first quarter deficit to outscore the London team 30 to 1 over the balance of the contest

In the last game of the regular series Guelph clinched second place with a 24 to 8 Whipping of Toronto which guaranteed them a home game in the playoffs for the first time since 1975

Close to 4500 fans jammed Alumni Stadium for the rematch with Western but in an evenly played contest the Mustangs had one more big play than the Gryphons and took a 26 to 20 victory that eventually sent them to the Vanier Cup

Guelph placed eight players on the first OUAA League all-star team and three on the second squad Defensive end Peter Langford and inside linebacker Sam Benincasa were the only unanimous choices to that select squad The same two players

Mike Hudson AIshyCanadian choice for third consecushytive year

were also chosen as the outstanding defensive and lineman player in the con f erence res pectivel y

Four Gryphons were also voted to the All-Canadian team second only to the six selected from the UBC Thunderbirds Defensive back Junior Robinso n and all-slotback Mike Hudson who was chosen for the third consecutive year joined Benincasa and Langford as Guelph representa tives

Peter Langford also capped off the awards by winning the J P Metras Trophy as the outstanding linema n in Canada

Quarterback Mike Eykens also came into his own this year by leading the league in passing and becoming only the fourth player in the history of the OUAA to throw for more than 5000 yards in a career

Coach Dimitroff who came to the Gryphons after a lengthy CFL background was pleased with the year When you consider that we had eight new players on offense this season and most of the team returning things certainly look promising Our defence a llowed fewer points than any University team in the na tion and we certainly showed a lot of heart coming back from that bad start

Football interest has certainly been resparked on the Guelph campus and the larger crowds and enthusiasm evident may indicate that the best is yet to come 0

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NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

Dr

This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Guelph footbal coach Tom Dimitroff is flanked by All-Canadian Peter Langford left 64 250-lb defensive end winner of the JP Metras Trophy as the nation s outstanding lineman and AI-Canadian Sam Benincasa right 6 I 2J5-lb linebacker nominee for the Presidents Trophy for outstanding defense

Gryphons Soar By Peter Barnsley Publicity Officer Department of Athletics

ome wasn t built in a day Mount Everest wasnt scaled in ten minutes

good wine isnt ready in a week-and you don t build a national championship football team in a couple of seasons

But in 1982 coach Tom Dimitroff and the University of Guelph Football Gryphons showed how far they had come since Dimitroff took charge of the program in 1979

For the record the Gryphons compiled a five-win two-loss regular season showing in 1982 and finished in second place in the eig ht-team OUAA League That was the best performance posted by a Guelph

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A packed Alumni Stadium at Homecoming 82

football team since the formation of the League in 1971

After defeating the eventual Ontario-Quebec Conference champion Concordia Stingers 16 to lOin a pre-season contest the Gryphons could have packed in the whole season in despair two weeks later

After thoroughly dominating McMaster and Windsor everywhere but on the scoreboard the Red and Gold had a 0 to 2 record and all of their remaining games fell into the must category

However beginning with a 28 to I thumping of York in the Guelph Homecoming 82 contest the Gryphons became the dominant team in the league They took all five remaining games highlighted by a 32 to 18 win over the Western Mustangs in which they rebounded from a 2 to 17 first quarter deficit to outscore the London team 30 to 1 over the balance of the contest

In the last game of the regular series Guelph clinched second place with a 24 to 8 Whipping of Toronto which guaranteed them a home game in the playoffs for the first time since 1975

Close to 4500 fans jammed Alumni Stadium for the rematch with Western but in an evenly played contest the Mustangs had one more big play than the Gryphons and took a 26 to 20 victory that eventually sent them to the Vanier Cup

Guelph placed eight players on the first OUAA League all-star team and three on the second squad Defensive end Peter Langford and inside linebacker Sam Benincasa were the only unanimous choices to that select squad The same two players

Mike Hudson AIshyCanadian choice for third consecushytive year

were also chosen as the outstanding defensive and lineman player in the con f erence res pectivel y

Four Gryphons were also voted to the All-Canadian team second only to the six selected from the UBC Thunderbirds Defensive back Junior Robinso n and all-slotback Mike Hudson who was chosen for the third consecutive year joined Benincasa and Langford as Guelph representa tives

Peter Langford also capped off the awards by winning the J P Metras Trophy as the outstanding linema n in Canada

Quarterback Mike Eykens also came into his own this year by leading the league in passing and becoming only the fourth player in the history of the OUAA to throw for more than 5000 yards in a career

Coach Dimitroff who came to the Gryphons after a lengthy CFL background was pleased with the year When you consider that we had eight new players on offense this season and most of the team returning things certainly look promising Our defence a llowed fewer points than any University team in the na tion and we certainly showed a lot of heart coming back from that bad start

Football interest has certainly been resparked on the Guelph campus and the larger crowds and enthusiasm evident may indicate that the best is yet to come 0

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NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

NEWS - ON AND OFF CAMPUS

To Board of Governors

Philip 1 Carton R Ross Craig William B Harris

Philip J Cotton R Ross Craig and William B Harris have been appointed to the Universitys Board of Governors Each will serve on the board for a three-year term

Philip Cotton of Don Mills is viceshypresident personnel of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

He was ra ised and ed uca ted in Toronto and received his Chartered Accountant degree at Queen s Universishyty in 1956 He Joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1963 where he has been vice-president since 1976

A member of the Board of Gover-

Michael R Moss

New Chairman

Professor Michael R Moss is the new chairman of the Department of Geograshyphy With a BSc degree in geography from the Universit y of Leeds Moss

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nors of the Institute of Canadian Bankshyers he is also a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto

Ross Craig of Campbellville who had served as vice-president commercial Dofasco Inc Hamilton since 1964 was recently named vice-chairman of that company

A director of a number of commershycial corporations he has also found time to play an active role in community organizations as well as such industry associations as the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Industries Advisory Council

received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Sheffield England He came to Guelph in 1976 following ea rshylier appointments at Strathclyde Univershysity Gla sgow Scotland and Brock Unishyversity Sl Catharines He has also spent somc time in Malaysia and New Zeal and

During his teachingmiddotcareer he has taught a wide range of courses both at undergraduate and graduate levels He has served as graduate officer of the Department and has played a role in liaison with high schools Most recently he has been involved in teaching a course for the Universi ty School of Rural Planning and Development

Professo r Moss is a physical geog-

His community interests have inshycluded the Burlington Family YMCA honorary board the Halton Region Conserva tion Founda tion t he Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce the It a lian Chamber of Commerce of Toshyronto and the Salvation Army Citizens advisory board

William Harris or Toronto is chairman of The Mercantile and General Reinsurshyance Group and also of Barclays Bank of Canada

A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford England he is chairman and trustee of The World Wildlife Fund (Canada) and a founding director of the Nature Conshyservancy of Canada as well as a director of the Council for Business and the Arts ip Canada

He recently completed a term as chairman of the executive committee for Corporation of Trinity College Univershysity of Toronto Earlier he served as member and as chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronshyto and then as vice-chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

A former president of Harris and Partners Limited he is a director of a number of commercial corporations 0

rapher with special research interests in applied ecosystem analysis and biophysishycal process studies Hi s published reshysea rch includes work on vegetationland process interaction on the Niagara Esshycarpment and on vegetation dynamics in southern Ontario rural areas

A current project concerns bioshyphysical land classification schemes in Canada and in the humid tropics Hi s shylatest book with SR Aiken C Leigh and T Leinbach Development and Enshyvironment in Peninsular Malaysia (Sinshygapore McGraw-Hili International 1982) also renects his interest in the field of environmental data input and the impact of rural land development In the humid tropics 0

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

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Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

Dr

This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

OAC Associate Dean Retires

Gordon Ball OAC 49

W hen Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 stepped down as associate dean of the OiC at the end of last year it was to cmbark on a new career in the most unfamilliar environment he could think of without leaving North America

A lifelong propensity for anticipatshying events has already led to the setting up of a home in Las Cruces New

Mexico negotiations for a possible parlshytmiddotime appointment at the University of Arizona and another at the Universit y of New Mexico In retirement he hopes to se rve the cause of agricultura l and vetershyinary economics and act as a private consultant in whatever spare time is left over from learn ing Spanish and adapting to a new soc ial and agricultural climate

As associate dean of the OAC since 1973 he has found enough to sa ti sfy even his appetite for challenge and new experience The position has involved responsibility for all OMAF-funded proshygrams as well as the day-to-day probshylems creatcd by hundreds of faculty and staff members and technicians who operate under the College-Agricultural Research umbrella

He has had to keep in close tou ch with research developments in all parts of the agricultural world a ta sk that has been aided by his function as chairman

OAC Associate Dean Chosen

Freeman McEwen

Dr Freeman L McEwen has been appointed associate dean of the OAC His appointment became effective on January I 1983 when he replaced Dr Gordon Ball OAC 49 who retired December 31 1982

Dr McEwen served as chairman of the Department of Environmental Biolshyogy from 1971 unttl Jun e 1982 He has also served as provincial entomologist for eight years and is currently acting director of the proposed Canadian Censhytre for Toxicology

He has been a faculty member since 1968 In 1954 he was appointed to the faculty in the department of entoshymology New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Cornell Unive rsity and served as head of that department from 1965 to 1968

A native of Bristol PE Freeman graduated from Macdonald College McGill University and completed hi s graduate stud y at the University of Wisconsin in 1954

His teaching and resea rch interests are especially the biology and control of vegetable insects and the relationship of pesticides to the environment At Guelph he has initiated and directed research in biological control of crop pests and spearheaded the development of the on-campus Biological Control Laboratory opened in January 1982

In spite of his administrative reshysponsibilities at the University he has

of thc American Agricultural Economics Associatiol1 awards committee

Challenge began early for the young Gordon Ball As a World War Two volunteer in the RCAF attached to the RAF in England he worked with Watson Watt in the development of radar Gordon graduated in agricultural economics at Guelph and received his masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University where he was a faculty member for 24 years before returning to th e University of Guelph

The former public school teacher who also taught at the undergraduate and graduate level says his most reshywarding moments in the classroom have been when students have told him his subject matter was Just common sense That hc says is when I know Im communicating

Gordon describes himself as a vorashycio us read er of scientific journals a lover of gardening music and travel and a man blessed with a wife Aline who sha res hi s joy in new experiences 0

continued hi s own resea rch and the supervision of graduate students He is recognized among hi s colleagues for the high sta nd ards he se ts for both himself a nd hi s student s

He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada a nd he has played an active role in many other sc ientific and professional soc ieties He is a member of Sigma XI

He has served as president of the Canadian Pest Management Society and the Entomological Society of Canada He is currently chairman of the subcomshymittee on pesticides and industrial orshyganic chemicals of the National Reshysearch Council and is ac tive on a numshyber of other national and provincial committees and boards 0

Hales-McKay Memorial Dedicated

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Th e Arboretum sheller dedicated on October 24 1982 by the late Kate Hales McKay Mac 11 10 the memory ofher brother Captain John Playford Hales OAC 15

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Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

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Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Ghana-Guelph Project Grad Returns

Nabilla Williams FACS 74

NabilJa Williams FACS MSc 74 one of the early grad uates of the GhanashyGuelph Project was recently on campus for the first time since she received her degree in Family Studies Since then she has taught at the University of Ghana Legon has taken a two-year leave of a bsence and is now teaching diploma and degree students at Legon

Nabilla with the help of two other faculty members at the University of Ghana took advantage of her sabbatical to open Accras only restaurant specia lshyizing in indigenous foods The restaushyrant called DEPO which in one of the Ghanaian languages means coming of age represents a culin a ry affirmation of a culture which is au thentically Ghashynaian rather than a European or North American derivative

Of the Ghana-Guelph Project she said It is difficult to exaggerate how close the ties a re between us in Ghana and the Guelph facul ty who wor ked with us I ha ve every rea so n to believe they feel the same It was an invalua ble experie nce with important benefits reaching far in to Ghanaian life

The only reg rettable thing a bout it was its limit on the number of st udents trained There were less than 40 stu shydents involved altogether and often no more than one gradua te per di scipline We are spread too thin We need a whole back-up crew if continuity is to be maintained so we look to Guelph We have no one else we can look to

Nabilla participated in the 25th Anniversa ry World Congress of the Soshyciety for International Development in Baltimore with Professor R Bruce Hunter OAC 62 Department of Crop Science and Jim Shute School of Agrishycultural Economics and Extens ion Edushycation and was invited to Guelph by th e Guelph Chapter of the Society D

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Nominations Sought for Alumnus of Honour and

Alumni Medal of Achievement

bull The ALUMNUS OF HONOUR was established to recognize an alumnus who has brought great honour to his or her Alma Mater through a significant contribution to one or more of the following a national cause for Canada service to the community the world of science ~r education leadership in business or alumni affairs

bull The ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT was established to recognize a recent graduate (within the past ten years) who has brought distinction to his or her Alma Mater through contributions to country community or profession

Present members of the UGAA Board of Directors or full-time employees of the University of Guelph should NOT be considered for these awards All nominees should be living at the time of nomination and should NOT be advised of the nomination

If you are aware of an alumnus whom you feel should be considered for either of these awards the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee ask that you submit the name of the nominee and if applicable a list of names and addresses of colleagues friends community leaders who will provide supporting information on the nominee to

Elizabeth ONeil FACS 74 Chairman Honours and Awards Committee University

of Guelph Alumni Association Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University

of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

This office will send to you and all supporting parties a standard nomination form which will be completed and returned to the above office by May I 1983

Coming Events

March 3-5 Ontario Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention

5-13 College Royal 83 Open House 12-13

12 Annual Meeting CBS Alumni Association General Meeting CPS Alumni Association

12-18 AAHA Annual Meeting Antonio Texas USA

April 1-2 OAC Curling Bonspiel -10 Alumni Pancake and Maple Syrup Day at the U of G Arboretum

May 7 Mac-FACS Alumni Seminar at the U of G

June 17-19 ALUMNI WEEKEND 83

18 Annual Meetings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CSS CPS and U of G Alumni Associations

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Memorabilia - Dont Throw it Out

Richard E Dick Goodin OAC 34 was visiting his Alma Mater a few years ago when he came upon the Special and Archival Collections in the basement of the Universitys McLaughlin Library Browsing through old yearbooks and college reports he was surprised and delighted to find that the collect ion also housed manuscript material relating to the agricultural history of Ontario such as the ES Archibald Papers 1925-1977 and the Wilfred L Bishop collection 1925-1977

With a distinguished career in agrishycultural extension behind him Dick Goodin was well aware of the important role such collected material could have for future generations

Dick had kept all his papers relat shying to the promotion of potato and rutabaga crops and the maple syrup industry from his days as assistant dishyrector of the provincial Department of Agricultures Field Crops Branch and later as secretary and ma rket developshyment specialist for the Ontario Food Council

Prompted by his discovery in the Librarys archival collection Dick decidshyed to donate his material to the Library and during the course of a return visit to the campus was most gra tified to happen upon a young researcher making extensive use of the Goodin papers

Many alumni and friend s realize that the Library is always grateful for donations to the Special and Archival Collections but there are many more who are unaware of the value to the University of grandpa s old papers still filed in attics cellars trunks and closets

An appeal therefore is being made

for the following items administra tive records and documents relating to colshyleges schools and departments private papers of former faculty and staff pubshylications of the University and its colshyleges maps charts photographs souveshynirs memorabilia drawings and similar mater ial correspondence and progra ms concerning speci a l events such as the opening of buildings celebrations conshyvocations and outstanding guest lecturshyers

The Librarys arch ives staff do not limit their interest to campus boundashyries however It extends beyond to colshylections of agricultural and local history Many of the original settlers of the Wellington County area came from Scotland and over the years the Unishyversity library has steadily created one of the finest Scottish collections in the world

If you have material that you would like to donate mark it carefully to the best of your knowledge with the date event names and any other pertinent informa tion Remember you may be the only person who could know and record this information so don t underestimate its importance

Once this is accomplished call John Moldenhauer at (519) 824-4120 Ext 3422 or Nancy Sadek at Ext 3413 or drop them a line They will be pleased to arrange an evaluation of your material and will make an appointment or answer any questions you may have

Too often in the past significant information has been lost to the Univer shysity when it has become pa rt of an estate and been unwittingly discarded So please check it out-before you throw it out 0

Letter to the Editor

Dear Derek

I am writing this brief letter to state how proud I am to be the recipient of the University of Guelph Alumni Asshysociation s 1982 Alumni Medal of Achievement I would like to thank Ja ckie (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74 past president of the UGAA for her involveshyment in the selection process

I am particularly grateful to my graduate student Nancy R ehder CBS 79 who was thoughtful enough to subshymit my name for the competition A College of Biological Science Gold M edal winner in 1979 Nancy has provshyen without a doubt to be an excellent student and I look forward to th e evenshytuality of submitting her name for an alumni award some time in th e future

Sincerely

David M Bird CBS 73 Assistant Prof essor and Director Macdonald Raptor Research Centre Ma cdonald Campus M cGill University 21111 Lakeshore Rd Ste Anne De Bellevue Quebec H9X 1CO

Request Form for FA CS Sheets Name (please print)_______________________________ Grad year _______

Address____________________________________ Postal code _______ -Please send me the FACS Sheet(s) indica ted below o Please send FACS Sheets to my colleague indicated below

o Aging and lts Consequences Name (plea se print)________________

Address____________________o Infancy A Challenge to Parents

o Designing Protective Clothes for the Workplace Special interests and or occupation__________

DIn-House Foodservice Achieving Quality and Variety

Return to Dean College of Family and Consumer Studies University of Guelph Guelph Onta rio N 1 G 2W 1

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The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

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Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The College of Biological Science Alumni Associatio

BIO-ALUMN Editor Dr John PowellEWS

New CBS Dean Takes Over July 1

Dr Bruce H Sells

On July I 1983 the College of Biologishycal Science will have a new dean the second in what will then be the 12-yea r history of the College

Dr Bruce H Sells is presently associate dean of Basic Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundshyland a position he has held since 1979 Prior to that time he was professor and

director of Molecular Biology also at M UN A Canadian with qualifications in chemistry biology and biochemistry his degrees were achieved at Carleton Queens and McGill universities

His international travels and studies abroad have been extensive As a Damon Runyon Research Fellow he spent two years working in the laboratoshyry of Animal Morphology at the Free University of Brussels and held that fellowship for a further year in Denshymark

As a cancer research scientist he pursued studies in Buffalo and New York and later over a ten-year period was both assistant then associate professhysor of biochemistry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and full member a t the St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

To further extend his knowledge within the biological sciences he became for one year a visiting research scientist at the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh Scotland and with perhaps the most prestigious of awards the Canadian Killam Fellowshyship became a senior research fellow at the University of Paris

Since 1974 he has continued as associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and belongs to numershyous societies including the Canadian Biochemical Society and Societies of Microbiology Biological Chemists and C ell Biology in the U SA Dr Sells is

also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and having progressed through the offices of the Canadian Biochemical Society was president for 1981-82

Hi s particular interests have been shown in studies of biogenesis of riboshysome particles and components of tme protein synthesizing system modificashytion of t-RNAs during differentiation molecular morphology of eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes and the role of m-RNP particles in gene expression

To support this research he has been well supplied with grants by nashytional science foundations and va rious medical research funding agenc ies the results of these studies have been pubshylished in ma ny manuscripts and abshystracts Presenta tion of research findings have led to further international experishyence in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Puerto Rico and to his organization of international workshops on ribosomes in 1974 1977 and 1982

After an adjustment period Professhysor Sells wishes to teach particularly graduate students and will continue the flow of his research

The University of Guelph is fortushynate to secure the services of such a man as Bruce Sells to carryon the high standards of administration teaching and research so well established in the College His wife and four children are also welcomed to the Guelph academic community which is well known for its fri endliness and academic integrity 0 -

Grad News Botany and Genetics

Dr Gordon Thomas PhD 72 is a research scientist with Agriculture Canshyada Box 440 Regina Sask

Microbiology

Dr Brian Nonnecke BSc 74 MSc 76 is pursuing post-doctoral work in Ames Iowa US A at the National Animal Disease Center of the United States Department of Agriculture his brother is Blair Nonnecke BSc 79

Garry Beechey 76 was married in May 1982 to Janice Crawford FACS 76 they live in Willowdale where Garry is microbiology supervisor Retail Reshysearch Foundation of Canada Toronto

Letty (Skene) Curley 78 is an accounshytant with Beaverdell Hotel Inc in BC

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Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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CBS Ties and

Cravats

Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

Dr

This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

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Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

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Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

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Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Bob LA Bob McLean 7S is a graduate student at the University of Calgary in anaerobic bacterial physiolshyogy Hes met the following Guelph grads at Calgary Brenda Bramhill 79 (Micro) now a technician with Dr JW( Costerton John Kennedy 7S (Micro) a 4th year medical student and Bob Stugshynell 78 (Zoology) the Universitys bioshy

1 logical safety officer

Brenda Allan MSc 81 is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mishycrobiology and Immunology at Queens University Kingston

David Airdrie 82 is a technologist in the Department of Microbiology at Guelph

Pat Thompson 82 works in Guelph for the Globe and Mail as a district circulashytion manager

Marine Biology

Peter Owens 72 continues to teach for the Frontenac Lennox and Addington RCSS Board Married and living in Kingston he states his niece Mary Ann Thomson is a FACS 82 grad

Alan Watson BSc 73 MSc 77 now lives at 10 Clinton Street in Guelph Wife Sylvia is an Arts 72 grad Alan is Arboretum Biologist at Guelph-go see him the Nature Centre is first-rate

J Brian Dempson 75 completed his MSc at Memorial University in 1982 and is a fisheries research biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St Johns Nfld

Nancy H (Marsh) Howe 75 is no longer laboratory technician but food and drug inspector with the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welshyfare Canada a position she finds both challenging and rewarding She writes Many people feel that a University education is sometimes unnecessary but even though my degree was Marine Biology I would not have this job now without my educational background

Lynn M Handy 78 is a senior accountshying clerk with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary Alta Her Cousin Neil Craig is an OAC 79A graduate

Thomas Hurlbut 78 is now in New Brunswick in fisheries research for Fishshyeries and Oceans Canada He is at the Biological Station St Andrews

Charlene Balko 79 lives in Ottawa where she works for Philip A Lapp Ltd as a research assistant

Alan A Birell SO has 10 Huttonville Drive Huttonville as his address

Stephanie Phillips SI has the interestshying position of problem co-ordinator with Firemans Fund Insurance Compashyny Toronto

Human Kinetics-Human Biology

Fred Curry 70 is still head of boys physical education in Woodstock for the Oxford Board of Education at the Colshylege Avenue SS

Dr Doug Woolley 71 has taken a position as orthopaedic surgeon at the Western Montana Clinic at 501 West Broadway Ave Missoula Montana USA

Dr J Steve Cramer 74 who received his M D degree from Queens eeFP now in residency at McMaster Universishyty wishes to congratulate Patty Vann 74 on being accepted into Medicine

Jim Joy BSc 74 MSc 7S is now supervisor safety engineering with Onshytario Hydro He may be reached at 179 Lilla Street Port Perry

Lynn McFerran 75 is presently a mother and a homemaker having recentshyly taken up residence at 64 Shaw Meadshyow Crescent South West Calgary Alta T2Y IA9

Dan Harwood 79 works as a pharmashycist in Guelph at Shoppers Drug Mart

Fisberies and Wildlife

Kerry Coleman 74 is married to Jane Charlton 74 who graduated in Biologishycal Science They live in Tweed where Kerry is district biologist with the Onshytario Ministry of Natural Resources

Randy Hutchinson 75 works as wareshyhouse attendant for General Motors in Woodstock

Bruce MacKenzie 76 has a fine family tradition of Guelph graduates through wife Laurie HAFA 76 sister-in-law Debbie Hastings 75 brother-in-law Jamie Hastings Arts 75 and cousin Susan Rottwell F ACS 7S Bruce works for the Hamilton Regional Conservation Authority as assistant superintendent

Patrick Bazylewski 7S may be reached at RR No3 Pike Lake Saskatchewan or at St Pauls Hospital (Grey Nuns) of Saskatoon where he works as dialysis technician

Laurie Buckland SO is a resource techshynician with Ontario Ministry of latural Resources in Cornwall Her sister Leslie Buckland 79 is studying at the OVe

Susan Staniforth SO and her sister Jennifer Staniforth SI live in Quebec at 1745312 Cedar Avenue Montreal

Nutrition

John E Cocher MSc 79 has been seconded to India for a nine-month stint where he is continuing to work with Tiger prawns in in Madras 0

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Very smart blue-striped and crestshyed College of Biological Science polyester ties and crava ts moshydelled here by Professor Trevor Smith Department of Nutrition are on sale for $1250-0ntario residents please add 7 per cent sales tax-from either the College of Biological Science Alumni Asshysociation or the College of Biologishycal Science Students Council Ties are regular length or long-please stipulate which length required when ordering

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The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The Ontario Agricultural Colle ge Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Dr Harvey W Caldwell 51

Finances and the Farmer Dr Peter J Barry professor of Agrishycultural Finance University of Illinois USA was the guest speaker invited this year to give the JS McLean lecture His topic was most timely as finances and their management have become such major factors in the successful operation of present-day farms The following is a summary of Dr Barrys presentation

F a rming has been evolving towards an indust ry of fewer and large r farm units which still have non-corporate family orientation Mechaniza tion modernizashytion and capitalization of operations have accompanied growth while labour resources have decreased

Farmers have become more specialshyized relying more on purchased reshyso urces and bei ng more market-oriented are subject to greater volatility in comshymodity market s Government programs ha ve had sig nificant effects on the comshymodit y markets as th ey have sought to support incomes and stabilize prices

The outcome of the above has reshysu lt ed in increased fi nancial risks for man y farmers who decided to acquire debt Credit pl ays an important role It provid es a so urce of financing for proshyduction but also creates payment oblishygations and external claims on asse ts

The Use of Credit

The use of credit has expanded very dramaticall y-from $4425 billion at the beginning of 1970 to about $17642 billion in 198 1 an annual increase of 134 per cent During the last five yea rs of thi s period the growth rate averaged 1665 per cent higher than the 11 per cent increase in what farm ers paid for farm inputs

However during that period the

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value of farms was increasing by about 16 per cent Much of the unreali zed ca pital gain was used as co llateral for the increasi ng borrowings When the low current rates of return from production cou Id not meet the cost of the debt the farmer was in difficulty a position som ewhat perplexing especia ll y to beshyginning farmers

In sti tutional sources provide the bu Ik of short- and in termed ia te-term credit with government sources domishynating the long-term category But the government share of long-term debt has been declining while th e shares held by banks and other institutional lenders have increased Tlius the grow th in farm debt high interest rates heavy reli ance on commercial lend ers where floatin g int eres t rates are the norm have comshybined to bring financial instability to many farmers

The Outlook

What is the outlook Much deshypends on nationa l a nd internationa l conshyditions rather than on farming condishytions a lone and although the near-term may look bleak the long-term is more favourab le Real returns to farming should grow from increased li ves tock earnings higher consumer incomes lower in llation an d strong farm exports If farm debts grow more moderately and interest rates come down the burshyden of farm debts should be lessened This all depends on a strengthening of the economy as farm performance is ve ry sens itive to non-farm co nditions

Balance Sheet Management

In order to cope with ClJrren t stresses a rigorous approach is necesshysa ry First financial goals must be conshysidered Two major goals are profitabili ty a nd ri sk-the growth in wealth and the possible losses and difficulties in

meeting financial obl igations These are conflicting-profi ts are desired but ri sks are to be avoided But in ord er to gain profits risks must be undertaken beshycause without risk innova ti on is stifled prospects for profits are reduced and manager ial inertia results

Everyone has a different attitude towards risk and profits some are less ri sk av erse and more profit orientated By taking a total balance sheet manageshyment approac h it is poss ibl e to consider asset s a nd li abilities in maintaining th e bu sin ess orga nization

The traditiona l business risks a re found on the asset side-production and yield ri sk market and price risk losses human ri sks on performance of labour risks of cha nge to name some Also on the liabilit y side-the greater the debt in relation to resources the greater the fin ancia l risks in meetin g obligations to lend ers Variation in interest rates and avai labilit y of funds are borrowing risks

Thus like profits ri sks a ppea r on both sid es of the balance sheet and all bring the threa t of financial losses or the promise of gain

There is a close rela tionship beshytw ee n infl a tion and interest rates and when they change the proportional savshyings are large eg if the interes t rate was 10 per cent a n increase in rates to 15 per cent results in a 50 per cent increase in cost Other prices may go up 5 per cent but th e cost of credit has greater va riation in response to infla ti on than do other prices

This means th a t almost always the farmer s tota l ri sk increases-narrower profit margins more uncert ain ty about debt obliga tions and more difficulty in converting cash nows to meet finan cial obligations The resu lt may be a change in the availabilit y of credit a change il security requireme nts more loan supershyvision etc by the lending institutions

and can in crease th e cost or borrowing to farmers

How then can farmers cope Some choices in ri sk management are

Financial Planning

- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

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- Preparation of budgets is essential using the best information available

Production IMarketing Responses

Responding to risk includes ent ershyprise choice diversification nexibility of organi za tion cost control and in surshya nce In marketing such responses to risk as spreading sales hedging forw ard contracting and participation in governshyment progra ms

The Pace of Investment

In response to risk postponing capishytal expenditures including replacement 01 asse ts avoiding large capital outlays and reducing debt are control mechashynisms in adversity

The Pace of Disinvestment

Willingness to liquidate assets for partial or total debt repayment is anothshyer important response to risk in stressful

time Drawing on reserves and selling business assets usu a ll y come first while selling capital assets is a la st resort

Credit with Lenders

Establishment of so und lasting credit relationships with lenders who can defer payments refinance debt is most useful as the farm aSSetS will not be disturbed

Managing Withdrawals

If family withdrawals can be reshyduced for consumption and other purshyposes it will provide more nexibilit y and reduce risk However not much nexibilshyity may exist in this

Leasing Considerations

Leasing rather than purchasing capital assets perhaps with an option to buy can be less burdenso me Share rents rather than cash red uces risk as well

Variable Amortization

Variable payments which could accommodate income va riabilit y might be arranged with lenders adjusting

downwards in periods of reduced income and upwards in more favourable periods Such an a rrangement would likely imshyprove fin a nci al ma nagement

Other Responses

Use of government loan guarantees insurance programs and co-signees of notes are examples of actions to reduce the uncerta inty about debt repayment

The implementation of these ri sk respo nses will vary with the farmer a nd farming operations but consideration of these options gives a framework for their use for specific types of farms

The need to bring financial manshyagement and innovations in financing programs to th e forefront will increase Permanency in debt use by farmers may become the rul e with financial programs designed to accom modate capital gains and variable current returns Renting or purchase will be a critical choice Balshyance shee t management lies at the heart of a comprehensive approach to finanshycial management D

on the li st of di sti nguished projects Gordon Oughtred is president ofTwo OAC Innovators

The Melba Corporation developers of the Sherwood forrest Shopping Village

At the annual meeting of the Int ernashy one Canadian two French and fi ve as well as the adjacent Sherwood Forshytional Council of Shopping Centers held American out of 37 entri es cited the rest community He is also currently in Las Vegas Gordon Oughtred 47 project as an exa mple of how it is active in the development of Castaway and D Allan Ross 69 BLA were possible and rewarding to build a modshy Cove a large residential community in joint recipients of the award for Innovashy ern yet traditionally styled retail facility Vero Beac h Florida tive Des ign and Construction for th e which departs radica lly from the conshy Allan Ross who is president of the Sherwood Forrest Shopping Village loshy ventional The awards program now in award-winning firm of Chandos Conshycated on Dundas Street in west Mississhy its seven th year ha s had a total of four sultants of Toronto is also Professor of sa uga Canadian winners with Sherwood Forshy Architecture a nd Landscape Architecshy

The jury in giving eight awards rest joining the likes of the Eaton Centre ture Ryerson Poly technical Institute D

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Class of 67 with wives at an on-campus reunion during Homecoming 82

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Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Thanks OAC Alumni Foundation Each year following the OAC Awards Presentation and on behalf of the Foundation letters of thanks are received Here are some of them

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OAC Alumni Foundation entrance scholarship winners Seated left to right Mary Call Julia Cooper Gordon Nixon 37 Foundation chairman and Janis Mackenzie Standing left to right Mike Brine Suezanne Kelly an unidentified student and Bernie VanDenbelt

OAC Alumni Foundation undergraduate scholarship winners Left to right Cullum Johnst on Gordon Nixon 37 Glen Austin and Janet Brown

Mr Gordon Nixon Chairman OAC Alumni Foundation University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2WI

Dear Mr Nixon

My wife j oins with me in extending to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for being invited as parents to join with the scholarship winners at the OAC Alumni Foundation awards night

The menu was well chosen the dinner was delicious and the hospitality extended to all of us made for a very pleasant evening

We were very favorably impressed by the well-dressed and Ivell-mannered young men and women who received scholarships and awards at the awards presentation in the afternoon These students appeared young eager and enthusiastic and 1 am confident that our countrys challenges in the future will be met and dealt with in an efficient and confident manner

As parents we were happy for Elizabeth that she was chosen by your alumni as a recipient of one of the Associate in Agriculture Diploma course entrance scholarships Thank you

1 trust that in the future your alum ni will again include the parents to your dinner for the alumni scholarship winners Thanking you for the courleshysies received 011 our behalf and Elizashybeths I am

Yours very truly

Ken Painter 33 Prospect Street PD Box 873 POri Dover Ontario NOA I NO

Dear Sirs

Just a short note 10 thank you for Ihe second inSlalment of the BSc (Agr) entrance scholarship

It is finan Cially satisfying and good for the ego to receive a check for academic performance In plain English fish Thanks I needed thaI

Yours sincerely

Bob Buis Universily of Guelph

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Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Dear Mr N ixIJIl

I would like 10 Ihank you for Ihe Undergraduale Scho larship I reall lly received 01 Ihe OAC AlufIIlli Foulldashylion awards nighl 01 Ihe Universily of Guelph

II is Ihrilling II) have demonslraled () mysel ((I Ihe OIher studenlS of Ihe Uiliversily I he greal inlerest your Founshydalion akes in our fU lure through the presentation of scholarships such as the 0111 I received

Your generosity and interest is greallyappreciated

Yours truly

Glell Austin 24 Park way Cres BOImiddotvmanville Ontario LlC 188

OAC Alumni Association

As a reCipient of Ihe 1982 OAC Alumni Gold Medallist Graduation Award I wOlld like to ex tend my appreciation to OAC alumni A specia l thanks for th e go ld medallion also COl1lrib uled by

alumni [ look forward to supporting the

A ssociaLions activilies and awards in Lhe fULure Thank you

Sincerely

Co lin Okashimo BLA 82 80 Oxford S Lreet Guelph Ol1lario NI H 2M6

Dear Mr Nixon

Id like 10 express m y sincere appreciashytioll (lnd Lhanks for the $ 000 Assoshyciate Diploma in Agricull ure el1lrance award which was presel1led 10 me on Thursday OClOber 14 Id also like to

express my thanks for th e lovely dinn er and The College on the Hill I sure enjoyed iI all II is a greal honour to be a recipiel1l of such an award fli cershytainly put Ih e money to good use and sincerely Iry 10 get Iha t B average I

II was a time (Thursday nigh t) that Ill nOI forgerfor a long lim e Than ks and with much apprecialion

Yours Nellie Knol Uiliversi ly of Guelph

PS Mom had a greal time as well She said she wouldnt have missed it fo r anything

f) car vlr ix(Imiddot

I would like 10 express my sincerest thallks to the OAC Alumni Foundation I am pleased and honoured 10 have been awarded Ih e Foundarions Undergradushy

ale Award for BSc (Agr) stu dies As alumni are well aware funds

olen run OU I before Ihe school year does and I assure you Ihal Ih e money I received wi ll go 10 good use

Thanks once m ore

Ly nda Magahay OAC 84 University of Guelph

Dear Mr Nixon

I would like to tak e Ihis opportunity 10

ex press my appreciat ion to the OAC Alumni Foundation for Iheir generous $2400 BSc (Agr) entrance scholarshyship

I find th e University of Gu elph an interesting and friend ly institution and I find the academic curriculum both challenging and rewarding

Once again than k you for yo ur assistance in f urthering my education

You rs Si ncerely

Bernie VanDenb ell 460 Lamblon Hall UniverSity of Guelph

DeliI Dr Caldwell

It was a great honOlir to be presenled wilh th e OAC Cenlennia l Graduale Felshy

lowship al Ihe OAC Convocation Awards Luncheon in Jun e 982 Thank you very nluch It is parlicularly gralishyfying 10 receive such an award which commemorales the tOOth birlhday of Ih e grea l Ontario Agricultural Co llege

Soon afler convocalion I was work ing in Ihe Peace River area of norlh ern A Iberia fo r a large commercial beekeeper In mid-September I returned 10 begin my work IOwards an MSc degree in Apicull ure under the supervi shysion of Dr R eginald Shull Prim arily I will be researching the long-Ierm sub leshythal dosage effects of sysl emic insectishycides on honey bee co lon ies Through out th e projecl these effects will be examshyined using importanl agricultural crops cOl11monly visited by bees Furthermore a variety of nectary anatomies will be examined to observe differences in conshycenlration of systemic inseclicides se shycreled

Once again I wish to thank you

and the many organizations and compashynies associal ed wi lh Ihis fe llowship for their very generous support of agricu lshytural research al the OAC

Yours very truly

Arl Davis 82 Departmenl of Environmental Biology

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Th e gradual ion of Carolyn Pietsch CSS 82 second f rom righI was a fam ily affair AIending were from left 10 righl her uncle Dr Douglas Pietsch 62

professor in the Deparment of Agricultural Economics and Ext ension tducation Douglass wife Vera CSS 77 CarolynS mother Helen and her falher Dr Don Pietsch 6

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A Family Affair

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David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

David Howell 74 is a seminary student Barry Grace PhD SO is at LaurentianGrad News a t Gettysburg Pa USA University Sudbury

Herbert Schneider 4S is working with the H erita ge Group Inc W a terloo

Ronald Johnston 49 is owner and presshyident Steam Cleaners Inc Fresno C ashylif U S A

Robert Skipper 51 has retired from teaching and is living a t Surlingham Farm R R 1 Tilbury

James Schultz 54 is with Bowes and Cocks Ltd Rea l Estate Lindsa y

James Chambers 59 is president Comshyputeristics Inc Branford Conn US A

Thomas Powell 6S is chief engineer Champion Road Machinery Goderich

Roland Patton 71 is technical sa les representative with Diversey Wyandotte Dartmouth NS

Ralph Ainge 73 is bra nch supervisor United Co~operatives of Ontario Parkshyhill

Margaret (Treherne) Marce 73 is a lab scientist with Alberta Agriculture Edshymonton Alta

Charles Skip Nieman 73 is teaching environmental science at Glenda le High School Tillsonburg

In Memoriam

We regret to a nnounce the deaths of the following

Mrs RG Knox friend of 20 Details unknown

William Nicholson 2IA on August 23 1982 Mr Nicholson attended Alumni Weekend in June a nd thoroughly enshyjoyed it He was 88 years old

Hugh Colson 29 on September 8 1982 at the Holy Cross Hospital Toronto Mr Colson had been editor and publishshyer Holstein-Friesian Journal

James Shearer 26A 29 on July 25

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David Willis 74 is a n inspector with the Ministry of Natural Resources Cornwall

Lyla Graham 74 is a resident famil y medicine Ottawa Civic Hospital

Eric Davidson 76 MSc 7S is with Qu a ker Oats Co of Ca nada Trenton

Greg McDonald 77 is a correction a l farm officer Department of Solicitor General Corrections Kingston

Michael OSullivan 77 is manager of operations Toronto Huma ne Society Toronto

Alan Seymour 77 is enrobing depa rtshyment manager Wm Neilson Ltd Toshyronto

Rohert Denis 7S is project manager Ecological Service for Pl a nning Guelph

James Marr 7S is credit manager Farm Credit Corp St John s NOd

Gerrit Vander Klippe 7S is a n agronoshymist with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee working in Sabanilla Mexico

Shane Murphy 79 is beef a nd sheep specia list PEI Department of Agricul shyture Cha rlottetown PEI

1982 at Woodstock He had farmed for many years after serving as princ ipal of the Kemptville Agricultural College

Ralph Heal 34 a t Oxford M a ryla nd U SA on August 27 1982 He had been technical director and consultant N a tional Pest Control Assoc New York NY USA

Charles Douglas 35 on September 28 1982 in Nova Scotia He worked with the Department of Agriculture Truro NS

Herbert Whittaker 35A on March 18 1982 in Grand Pra irie Tex US A His wife Georgina is a Mac 36D grad

Bruce Innes 36 on September 29 1982 in Burford His brothers were Sandy 31 Gordon 40 a nd Durno

Murray Innes SO is a commodity tradshyer with United Co-operatives of Ontario Missi ssauga

Paula Matos SO is with the resea rch and development department McCain Foods Ltd Florenceville NB

Herman Van Genderen SO is an a gronshyomist Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd Chatham

Marjorie (Beck) Brownlee SI is with Golden Town Apple Products Ltd Clarksburg

John Lucke SI is a marketing represhysenta tive with Monsanto Can Inc Calshyga ry Alt a

Associate Diploma

Donald Walker 63A is a yard superinshytendent with United Co-opera tives of Onta rio Livestock Division Stockyards Toronto

Stuart Burkholder 66A is teaching high school with the Durham Board of Education Ca van

Bruce Stephens 73A is farming and operating the Bruce Stephens Exca vashytion opera tion at Brigden

Doug West SOA is farm service manshyager Masterfeeds Baden 0

George Robson 40 on August 20 1982 in London He had been manager ShurshyG a in Demonstration Farm Maple

William Slater 40A on September 12 1982 Details unknown

John Domelle 44 details unknown

Lorne Donovan 49 on September 28 1982 He had been a research officer Central Experimental Farm Otta wa

Donald Armstrong 63A La st known address 246 Hincks Street Goderich

Murray Richards 63A He had worked as ma nagerdirector Chas Richards and Sons Ltd Ba rrie

Ernest Henson 65 on A pril 19 1982 a t Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto 0

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

Dr

This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

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Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer

Studies Alumni Association

ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66

From the Dean

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This letter will be a short one Your editor has been busy news-gathering and news-writing and in this issue is bringshy

ing you much news of the College Let me report simply on two increases which are important a nd encouraging to us in the College

The major increase in applications to which r referred in an earlier letter resulted in record first-semester enrolshyments in the two undergraduate proshygra ms in the College In the Family and Consumer Studies programs 270 stushydents enrolled in Semester I an increase of 28 per cent over the prev ious year In Hotel and Food Administration where it was necessary to limit enrolments 139 students registered in Semester 1 an

increase of 15 per cen t The second increase which I wish to

report is in the value of the research grants a nd contracts received by faculty members In 1981 th ese totalled $274000 a 50 per cent increase Over the previous year a nd an all-time high for the College

Be sure to check the FACS Sheet orde r form on page 27 a nd keep in touch with us through this publica tion Keep in touch too by coming on ca mpus when you ca n We hope to see many of you durin g Co llege Roya l Open House on March 12 and 130

ConSUDler Studies - the Facts Students in the Semester 8 Honours Program in Family and Consumer Studshyies (Bachelor of Applied Science) select one of four major areas of study-Famishyly Studies Consumer Studies Applied Human Nutrition or Child Studies This article will provide the opportunity to learn more about the Consumer Studies major and the chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Somshymers

In 1971 th e Consumer Studies program was esta blished under the chairmanship of Dr Richard Vosburgh A unique program it required much careful planshyning and preparation in order to build a firm foundation for focusin g on conshysumption acti vities from the perspectives of individuals government agencies business and industry

The University of Guelph pioneered the development of consumer studies cdu ca tioll and similar programs are now being made available at various colleges and universi ties ac ross Canada as the logic of this type of program becomes more clear

Consumer needs and wants are com plex Consumers indica te their deshysires both by consum pt ion behavior and by being actively concern ed with prodshyuct fe atures and performance Producers and distributors of consumer goods a nd services have responded by increasi ng their emphasis on consumer research more careful product development greate r quality assurance more support for consumer and business education and consumer affairs

Dr Sommers has studied the develshyopment of Consumer Studies for ten years and is appreciative of the high standards presentl y established Conshytinual assessment of th e program will enable him to establish criteria on which to develop new course work at the undergrad ua te and graduate leve l He noted that It s a truly exciting chalshylenging and stimulati ng area of study

The course work in Consumer Studies will provide the graduate with solid basic aca demic fundam entals In other words it s a no frills course Today s students must be made aware of the constant advances in technology and how they affect life today and in the

f u tu reo Courses In la bora tory science a nd soc ial science provide the graduate with an understandin g and appreciation of the effects of technology and society on consumers governments business and indust ry

The Consumer Studies program in focusing on the dynamics of the marketshyplace is based on the st ud y of consumshyers a nd their behavior in general and specifica lly on the areas of food housshying a nd text il es a nd clothing Thi s basic study then leads to the examinat ion of the roles of business in general governshyments and education groups a nd to their interact ion with consumers in the marshyketpl ace

Graduates develop marketable skills in the areas of consumption research and analysis as we ll as the nexibility to understand and ada pt to change More project work is to be found in courses involving presentation and di sc uss ion in class This is important in th e developshyment of the students skill in self-exp resshysion both written and oral

Dr Sommers was delighted to meet eight Consumer Studies grads at the rece nt Mac-FACS Alumni Association

conld over

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careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

careers night ~ Grads seem to be satisshyfied with their careers and very compeshytent- employers are impressed with their knowledge and expertise Grads who recently completed survey question naires indicated that they are successfulshyly employed in various fields-~ consumer education retail management marketshying research analys is food technology housing analysis teaching quality conshytrol supervision product development co-ordination and bank management

Currently there are 142 und ergradshyuate students in the four-year program and five graduate students Dr Somshymers is confident that this area of study will attract more and more students as we move through the 80s due to a strong demand for its graduates Hi s faculty number 19 II of whom work on a full-time basi s

One concern expressed by Dr Somshymers is the fact that ten years after its formation the Consumer Studies proshygram still ha s to be explained Probably one of the major reasons for this is that high schools offer various consumer studies programs which are entirely difshyferent from that at Guelph He would like to see guidance counsellors better informed about the emphasis of study within Consumer Studies Its not training people to know how to buy insurance Its training people to be able to understand the consumption system in general how to research and analyze certain aspects of it particularly food shelter and cloth ing for the benefit of consumers business industry and govshyernment All of this is cleariy outlined in the University of Guelph undergradushyate calendar

As alum ni we can best promote Consumer Studies by being familiar

with the program a nd communicat in g effectively the career opportunities available to graduates in this challengshyin g area of study- the marketplace

About the Chairman of Consumer Studies Dr Montrose S (Monty) Sommers has been chairman of the Department of Consumer Studies since July I 1982 He obtained his BComm from the University of BI~itish Columbia his MBA from Northwestern University Chicago (1959) and his DBA from the University of Colorado (1963) In the past he has taught at the Universities of British Columbia Texas Witwatersshytrand (Johannesburg) Nairobi and most recently with the Faculty of Manageshyment Studies at the University of Toronshyto

Over the past 20 years Dr Somshymers has been a student researcher and consultant concerning consumer and consumption behavior as it applies to

Dr Monry Sommers left chairman

Consumer Studies with Dr Louise

(Bazinet) Heslop 67 Consumer Studies

co-aulhor of Marketplace Canada

who presenled the book to President

Donald Forster

organiza ti ona l stra tegy and tactics Hc is the author and editor of a number of books ltJnd articles dealing with consumshyer behavior communications and proshymotion and marketing Among his pubshylications Fundamenlols uf lvarketillR is now in its third Canadian editimiddoto n

Over the years he has acted as a consultant and adviso r to various indusshytries including telecommunications peshytroleum products marketing finance and insurance food manufacturing and disshytribution and reta iling and advertising In the dist ant past he conducted reshysearch on and was adviso r to somc Co-op organizations

Dr Sommers and his wife Helen have two children Michael 15 and Annie 13 StUdying French is a family affair Helen Sommers is cur rentl y mashyjoring in French at Glendon College York University Following graduation she plans to teach French at the elemenshytary school level Michael and Annie are enrolled in an extended French program at high school Dr Sommers limps along with his high sdLOo l French- to the chagrin of his family 0

Mailbag Dear Friends

Enclosed please find a cheque for $300 10 be used for some prujeci of MacshyFACS

1 have been cOnlributing yearly 10

the Alma Mater Fund bill Im sure you have dlfferenl areas of interest

I enjoy the Guelph Alumnus and Im very proud of my College and Ihe University

Very good wishes

Violet Morrison Johnston 34D 24 Durham Drive St Catharines Ontario L2M IC2

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Dear Joan Afler reading the Guelph Alumnus Fall 82 issue 1 thought Id write you a short note to te you what Im doing

Im a BASc 79 Consumer Studshyies graduale After working at the Wesshyton Research Centre Toronto in senshysory evalualion for one and a half years 1 was called by a head hunter who offered me a posilion al Canada Packers Inc AI CP Research 1 head up Ihe Sensory Evalualion Departmenl where we conduct all kinds of inlereslshying studies and taste panels on food products

1 had 10 make a difficult decision early middotin my marriage when my husband was accepted al MI T Cambridge

Mass USA to do graduate sUdies in chemical engineering Since found my work rewarding at Canada Packers and would be unable to work in the US (visa problems) we decided on a long dis tance marriage

Weve been apart now for almOSI a year but phone a lot and visit each other every three to four weeks Alshythough its been lough sometimes you have to make sacrifices ill a two-career family

Yours truly

Lillian (Alkok) Lennox BASc 79 755 Yo rk Mis Rd Api 1503 Don Mills Ontario M 3B I X5

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Kathryn Rattle 80 Co nsume r Studies330 Students Make a program officer with the CMHC

Catherine Field 80 Applied HumanCareers Night a Success Nutrition a seco nd year student in an

Careers Night 82 sponsored by the Mac-FACS Alumni Association was held at 500 pm October 4 1982 in Pctcr Clark Hall where 330 s tudents and six faculty sat down to a suppershycompliments of the Association

Following this ten alumni panel members brieny described their jobs and outlined thc individual successes and s tumbling blocks encountered a lon g the road to securing their positions They indicated that the numerou s letters that must be written to prospec tive employshyers projecting the confidence and knowledge that I am the one for the job are a key factor in job seek ing

Jane Morley OAC MSc 8 1 a career counsellor with the University of Guelphs Counselling and Student R eshysource Centre explained the ca reer selection and placement services offe red to students by the Centre

Following the panel prese ntat ion

Calling 38D The class of Mac 380 claims it is too soon old t bu t is getting sma rd t

In June 1983 M ac 38D will be celebrating its 45th a nniversa ry T o mark this specia ll occasion class memshybers are establishing a scholarsh ip which

small di scuss ion groups were formed enabling students to learn more abo ut specific career interests M any stud ents ex pressed their gratitude to the MacshyFACS Alumni Association for sponsor shyin g this careers program

following th e de parture of the s tushyde nts a t 700 pm the pa nelis ts guests a nd Association boa rd members relaxed ove r dinn er Alumni pa nel members inshycluded

Judy Parham 82 Consumer Studies a ma rket resea rch a na lyst with Toronto

Star Newspa pers Ltd

Janice Yellowlees 80 Consumer Studshyies (Foods) a food technologi s t emshyployed with Thomas J Lipton

Mel Vincent 80 Applied Human Nushytrition a second-yea r medical student a t McMaste r University

will be awa rded to a graduate student within Fam ily Studies pursuing reshysea rch in the area of gerontology

Mac 380 hopes all of its members a nd other oldsters will donate $450 or $45 or two to ten times $45 towards this sc hola rship The old girls of Mac 380 are smardt enuf to calion all interested OAC OVC MAC FACS a nd other University of Guelph grads to

Scholarships The 19 82 awa rds recept ion for st udents within Fam ily and Consumer Studies was held in O ctober Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association president Carol TelfordshyPittma n 75 prese nted awa rds On beshyhalf of the Association to th e following s tudents

Mac-FACS AA Graduate Scholarship

La urie Dowler (Con Stud) Ottawa

Anne E Barber Memorial Scholarship Katherine Thomson Semester 3 Midshy

land

Katherine Fuller Scholarship Nan cy Hooker Semester 5 Ormstown Que Class of 30 Scholarship Mary-Ellen Mallard Semester 3 Dunshydas Mac-FACS AA Entrance Scholarships

In Memoriam W e regret to an nounce the deaths of the fo llowing alumni

Florence (Lamont) Adams 290 July 31 1982 in Renfrew

Vivian (Gilliland) Andrews 410 J a nushyary J982 in Toronto

Lillian Arnold 320 September 5 1982

in Toronto

Gladys (Forster) Foster 090 in Charshylottetown PE1

Marion (House) McGirr 390 June 14 191)2 in Durham

MSc program in Nutritional Sciences a t th e Universi ty of Toronto

Janet Chappell 73 Applied Human Nutrition a dietitian nutritionist she is a Ph D candidate at the University of Toronto

Caroline (Br ink) Preece 80 Family Studies a supervisor with the Visiting Homemake rs of H a milton-Wentworth

Beth Mcilveen 76 Family Studies a credit counsellor for Metropolitan Toshyronto

Heather (Snyder) Long 78 Child Studshyies a c hild life speciali s t at War Memoshyri a l Hospital in London Ontario

Catherine M iller 78 Child Studies a teac hing ma ster in child development ECE field supervision and lab sc hool at Sir Sanford Fleming College 0

join them in the establishment of this scholarship in gerontology

Please send you r cheque to the University of Guelph Alm a Mate r Fund and specify that its for the M ac 38 0 Class Gerontology Scholarship Fund

In anticipation ma ny th a nks from Ellen Downie Mary Singer Dori s Durshyrant and Jean Carter - yo ur M ac 38 0 scholarship committee 0

Cynthia Bond -- Woodstock Lauri e Curry - Brarrialea Dorothy DeBoe r - Owe n Sound

Mac-FACS AA Centennial Schola rships Juli e Brea ult - N ew Liskeard H ea ther Sagle - Sault Ste M a rie

Th e G uel ph Branch M ac- FACS Alumni Association scho la rsh ip winner was Li sa Martin Semester 3 Weston Je an Hum e 64 Guelph branch presishydent at tended the awa rd s reception 0

-Helen (Galt) Mitchell 270 May 31 198 1 in Cambridge

Nettie (Carrick) Moore 11 D December

29 1980 in Belmont

Judith (Wright) Morris 51 November

[4 1980 in Florida USA

Alberta (Robinson) Ward 250 Februshya ry 1982 in Va ncouver BC 0

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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

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Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

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Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The College of Physical Science Alumni Association

SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel

Speaking of Statistics bull bull bull W hen considering the development of statistics on campus two names stand out as most central to that development namely the late Professor Robert C Moffatt and Professor Gordon C Ashshyton

Statistics as a word applied to comparisons of data had its beginnings in the 18th century However any other resemblance to modern statistics stopped there

During the last few decades of the 19th century Sir Francis Galton did comparisons on social data and while he appeared uncertain of the principles govshyerning tests of significance he is often referred to as the father of statistics having introduced such terms as decile percentile quartile media correlation and regression Most of his innovations were based on the mathematical ideas of Bernoulli deMoivre LaPlace Gauss and Quetelet

At the turn of the century the influence of Karl Pearson became proshynounced with his introduction of the Chi-square test of goodness of fit and standard deviation In 1925 experimenshytal scientists particularly those in agrishycultural experimentation achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the methods of designing experiments and analyzing data

In his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher introduced techniques for analyshysis of variance and established statistics as fundamental to experiments involving large variability from known and unshyknown sources Fisher in particular realized the importance of proper expert design to produce valid analyzable data It is against this background that we come back to Professor Moffatt

In 1917 having just graduated from the University of Toronto Professhysor Moffatt came to Guelph as a lecturshyer in physics He was interested in

experimental physics as applied to agrishyculture and paid considerable attention to correlation studies of his data This was no doubt instilled in him by Professhysor John Satterly from whom he took a course in the theory of measurements

This course included the treatment of the median mode standard deviation probable error least squares graphic correia tion and correia tion coefficients These ideas were soon incorporated into Professor Moffatts courses First formal mention of these statistical terms apshypears in the 1926-27 CoJlege calendar where the words theory of measureshyment appear in a course description for the basic mathematics course

In 1929-30 the calendar records a course titled Theory of Measurements including mathematical treatment of data averages dispersion probable error single partial and multiple corshyrelation

In 1931-32 the word statistics was first introduced in the course deshy

scription for Theory of Measurements There the effects of the Depression and World War Two seemed to cause stagshynation in course development

No new courses or course descripshytions appeared until 1945-46 when Analysis of Variance was introduced into the course Theory of Measureshyments-a full 20 years after having been introduced by Fisher While course deshyscriptions didnt change until 1946 Analysis of Variance was being studied at the College especialJy by students in the Field Husbandry option as early as 1935 and one can surmise that it was taught by Moffatt

By 1946 a large number of returnshying servicemen entered the post-secondshyary education system and major reormiddot ganizations took place at Guelph

In 1946-47 the Department of Physics was created with Professor Wilshyliam C Blackwood as head and Robert Moffatt as its only other professor Professor Blackwood retired a year later

Professors Gordon Ashton left and Gustaf Szabo with LGP 30 computer

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and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

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Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

and Professor Moffa tt took over as head of the Department and during that year recruited Earl B MacNaughton Professor MacNaughton arrived in 1948 and soon took an active interest in statistics By 1950 three versions of the sta tistics course were being taught Namely a semester course of lectures only a semester course of lectures and labs for Agricultural Economics stushydcnts and a one-year course for Agrishycultural Science and Chemistry stushydents

During the years 1950-51 a workshying group consisting of Professors Earl MacNaughton Don Huntley OAC 41 Frank Chase OAC 38 and Doug Hill OAC 37 all of whom had been exposed to statistical analysis in their postgradushyate studies revised the statistics content of the course

This group was no doubt inshyf] uenced by a guest lecture given at Guelph by Fisher in 1951 and recomshymended that the three statistics courses be incorporated into a single course named Statistical Methods

This course was taught by Professor MacNaughton from 1953 until 1956

when Professor Ashton arrived and took over the teaching of statistics Professor Ashton had the distinction of being the first full-time practising sta tisticia n on campus With the strong support of other users of statistics such as Professhysors Fred Jerome OAC 33 and Murshyray MacGregor OAC 51 funds were obtained to equip a statistics lab with ten Monroe calculators

Within the first two yea rs of his coming Professor Ashton introduced two graduate courses one in statistical methods and one in experimental design These new courses were major new vehishycles and enabled Professor Ashton to introduce experimental design and more advanced statistical techniques to gradushyate students in Agriculture Having studied under Cox Lucan and Bliss at North Carolina State University and under Hartley Homeyer and Snedon at Iowa State University and having apshyplied his knowledge in animal feeding experiments Professor Ashton had a grea t deal to offer He often vented his outrage during those early days over resea rch projects being completed beshyfore any thought was given to the statis-

Graduate News My apologies to Michael Zbozny Boz BSc 69 MSc 72 and PhD 78 (UBC) who was shortchanged in this column in the Summer 82 issue Boz has forsaken chemistry and has gone into the stockbrokering business in Vanshycouver BC He wants to know whatever happened to Karl Super-frosh Howse BSc 70 of Omemee the very same place that I referred to rather disparagshyingly in the Summer 82 issue So Sushyper-frosh give Boz a shout at 9-2189 West 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6K IH7 or Boz write Super-frosh at General Delivery Campbellford Onshytario KOL I LO

Peter Obrien BSc 70 MSc 71 is currently a senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation in Toronto and living in Unionville with his wife Mary (Priamo) CSS 70

Gordon Joice BSc 73 a fter having spent four years as a dairy farmer in the Annapolis Valley NS is now a senior programmeranalyst with the Departshyment of Defence a t Greenwood N S He lives at RR 1 Wilmot NS and would like to know the whereabouts of Darwin Cheng BSc 73

Hunt Breckinridge Breck Jones BSc 76 sends us the following message I received my MSc in Electrical Engishyneering from Stanford University and have since been employed by the Watshykins-Johnson Company where Im curshyrently head of the Digital Engineering Section I live at 750 N Stierlin Rd 24 Mountain View California 94043 USA and would be happy to hear from classmates and faculty

Robert (Rob) Sippel BSc 80 IS a research assistant in computer programshyming at the University of Guelph 0

Reception at College Royal

A reception will be held for Colshylege of Physical Science alumni and friends at 400 pm in the University Centre University of Guelph on Saturday March 12 After a long day of trekking around campus join us for some refreshment and good fun A cash bar and munchies will be provided

tical analysis of the data obtained During the late 50s other departshy

ments were also becoming aware of the use of statistics The Department of Agricultural Economics offered a course introducing statistics to Agricultural Economics students

In 1959 the tedium of manual calculations was greatly relieved by the arrival on campus of a high-speed comshyputer the LGP30 with drum storage and tape input This machine while pitifully small in capability by todays standards tremendously increased the speed with which analysis could be done

In 1961-62 a second undergraduate course in statistics was introduced by Professor Ashton This course with more emphasis on theory and statistics became listed as a discipline in its own right where previously it had been listed under the general term of mathematics

As the 60s progressed more statisshyticians were hired The use of proper statistical design and analysis grew enorshymously and even those departments not involved in teaching statistics hired facshyulty well qualified in the practice of statistical techniques 0

Free For All You may recall that in the Fall 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus we advertised bouO( copies of seshylections from the Science Corshyner articles written weekly for the Guelph Daily Mecury by Professors igel Bunce Departshyment of Chemistry and Jim Hunt Department of Physics A second Iolume of selections containing arshyticles which relate to physics chemistry astronomy and earth sciences is now available If you would like a free copy of this handsome soft-cover book please send your request to Bob Winkel Deans Office College of Physical Science Unilersity of Guelph Guelph Ontario N 1 G 2W 1

In Memoriam Department of Chemistry professhysor Ram Goel died Monday Noshyvember 8 1982 He was 48 years old The College of Physical Scishyence Alumni Association extends its sympathy to his wife Rama and their five children

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The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The College of Arts Alumni Association

DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77

The Art of Mac 39 Grad

Grayce Porteous One of the best responses Delpha reshyceived following a query in the Summer 1981 issue of the Guelph Alumnus entishytled Any Ideas came from an alumni artist who studied at Guelph long before the founding of the College of Arts

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 wrote us a letter and wanted our Dimensions lI2 organizers to know that alumni from beyond our College confines have also met with success in the art world

Grayce hoped her letter wou ld enshycourage other retired alumni to use their creative ta lents and enjoy a re laxing and rewarding re tirement Her letter also lets us know that the Alumni Weekend art show sponsored by the College of

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Arts Alumni Association has revived a Unive rsity trad ition left la ngu ish ing si nce the early days of College Roya l

There was no Department of Fine Art al Guelph when I allended Once a year at College Royal they judged livestock field crops cakes bread textiles and included a special classification for anyone on campus want ing 10 enter art I never won a prize for my cakes or dressmaking but won Best in Show for a poster of a rugby player and the nex t y ear second for designing a dance program The prizes were presented in Mem Hall and they were $2 or $3

Should I have had any ideas for

pursuing a career in arl Ihe early 1940s cerlainly were nol Ihe years in which 10

do so Jobs of any kind were not plentishyfu l nor were they lucrative After purshysuing jobs related 10 Home Economics for nine years I branched into social work secretarial work and later emshyploym ent counselling

I was employed in Toronto until 1963 Between 1963 and 1970 I li ved and worked in Barrie In 1970 I lOok an early retirement and sell led in Barrie in an old house on Kempenfeldt Bay

Having time to contemplate and enjoy the sp lendid scenery my interest in art slowly re-awakened I had sketched a lillie while travelling in England Ireland S cotland and Holland in 1968 but it was really 1973 before I started 10 skelch and paint seriously On my return from a holiday in Tucson Arizona where I observed and talked with an art ist sketching the courtshyhouse I began sketching historical buildings in Simcoe County

After completing almost 75 sketches I proceeded to do oil paintings from the sketches I sold the first one I painted so I was away to the races I then joined the Barrie Art Club and the six of us ha ve been meeting in each others homes and painting week ly

In 1975 I entered my painting of St Pauls Church in th e exhibition Paint Historic S carborough and won Honourable Mention My painting was one of the 35 chosen f rom 200 entries for hanging in th e Scarborough Town Centre In 1976 I was commisshysioned to paint St Thomas Episcopal Church in Shanty Bay Ontario for a family li ving in Seallle Washington

The fo llowing year I was commisshysioned 10 paint a mining site al Blind River Ontario Then in 1978 I entered an oil painting in the Huronia Festival of Arts Show and won Best-in-Show Arthur Shilling an internationally known artist was the judge

At Collingwoods first j uried Blue Mountain Fine Arts Show my work was awarded third prize in 1982 My

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

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The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

34

No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

pai11ling Railway Station Wiarton was hung in the Tom Thompson Gallery at Owen Sound unlil the beginning of the Chi-cheemaun s 1982 sailing season between Tobermory and Manit oulin Isshyland The painling won honourable mention at the Chi-cheemaun Juried Show and was among the ten top picshytures chosen to hang in the lounge of the Chi-cheemaun jor the 1982 season

A recent highlight in my life was a

leller from th e Public Archives Docushyme11lary Arts Section Ollawa They advised me that they were delighted with several historical architectural sketches that had come to their allenshytion and that they were opening an artists file on me I consider that a great honour

That brings you up to date on my hobby I am self-taught and I continue to learn explore and experiment [t

Scholarships Established In recognition of his significant role in the development of the Arts and Humashynities at the University of Guelph the College of Arts has established the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the fund is to help compensate for the shortage of scholarshyships in the College of Arts by providing awards for highly-qualified Semester 6 students planning to proceed in an hQshynours program in Music Drama Fine Art English Philosophy Language and Literature or History

Individuals who would like to supshyport this program may do so through their regular contributions to the Alma Mater Fund-by designating that their

Arts Show 83 In response to the tremendous success of Dimensions 82 the College of Arts Alumni Association is sponsoring Dishymensions 83 a juried show open to all alumni artists during Alumni Weekend 8 3

A total of 50 paintings will be selected to hang in the Faculty Club for the week-long show Cash prizes will be given for the first second and third Best in Show There will be a $3 entry fee for each piece and artists ca n enter up to three pieces of artwork

The official opening of Dimensions 83 will be Friday June 17 1983 followshying a College of Arts Alumni Associashytion dinner The Association hopes to raise enough money to provide a scholshyarship for a Fine Arts students

The Delpha section of the Spring 1983 issue of the Guelph Alumnus will contain the regulations for entering Dishymensions 83 So alumni artists get out

your paint brushes sketching pads and sculpting tools and start work on entries for Dimensions 83 0

donation be channeled to the Murdo MacKinnon Scholarship Fund

The Departments of History and Politshyical Studies and the School of Rural Planning and Development were sadshydened by the death in September 1982 of Raja Singh 82 after a lengthy illness

Although Raja had been a t Guelph for less than two years he had made a very strong impression upon those around him through his involvement in Third World relief projects and in his active concern for people of Central America

Raja a lso excelled in his studies In

Grad News Linda (Foster) Davis 70 is the head of the Gregory Branch Library in the Borshyough of York

Marjorie Pulling 70 is an English and a second language teacher employed by

the Elgin County Board of Education

Chris Dennis 72 is enrolled at the School of Libra ry and Information Scishyence University of Western Ontario

makes each day exciting when you have a hobby you can develop So regardless ofyour age start now

Thanks for listening

Sincerely

Grayce Porteous Mac 39 9 Cook Slreet Barrie Onlario L4M 4pound8

just over one year he was able to complete his Masters degree in History earning distinction for his thesis on the modern history of Zimbabwe He had just started to work on a masters degree in Rural Development when he was taken ill

In order to better remember Rajas contributions to the University a scholshyarship has been established in his name Each year a student from a developing country who is registered in the College of Arts will be eligible to receive funds for his or her studies

Anyone who is interested in making a donation to this fund should contact The Raja Singh Memorial Fund Alumshyni Affairs University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl 0

Bob Timko 73 is a lecturer in Philososhyphy at Susquehanna University Selinsgshyrove Pa USA

Susan (Thorning) Dennis 76 is a supershyvisor with the Department of Veteran Affairs the Red Cross Society London

James Holland 78 lives in Edmonton Alta and is an architectural illustra tor for Holland Associates

Rob Green 81 teacher at the Saltf1eet High School in Stoney Creek 0

Executive 83

-Arts AA executive back Ito r Julie (Russell) Thur 78

past presiden t Margo Shoemaker 79 president

Fronl Linda McKenzieshyCordick 81 sec-Ires

and Bill MacDonald 78 vice-president Missing Don Webster 72 vice-president

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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

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Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

33

The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

34

No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

35

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association

ALUMNI Editor Dr CUff Barker 41

BULLETIN Some Fond and Lasting Memories of

Dr H Batt 33

The following article appeared in News and Views a publication of the Universishyty of Guelph Faculty Association in the October 1982 issue It is believed that alumni who attended the OVC after 1942 will recall this exceptional colleague who desired that no memorial should be writshyten The author is unknown

Dr Henry Thomas (Tom) Batt 33 died on September 2 1 1982 in his 75 th year Hi s life was spent almost entirely in associa tion with the veterinary professhysion After postgraduate studies he reshyturned to follow hi s father as a professor at the Ontario Veterina ry College Upon retirement he was retained on a partshytime basis to plan the timetable of the new veterinary teaching program

A bachelor all his life Dr Ba tt was a shy man and comfortable only with a few close friend s These were constantly impressed by his wide range of interests Current events would be placed in conshytext through his extensive reading of history Hi s wit would probably have made him a we lcome member of Samuel Johnsons circle of which he was most knowledgeable The Bloomsbury group was another of hi s consuming literary interests

He had a passion for the visual arts for ballet and for middottheatre Gardening gave him much personal satisfact ion as former students whom he hired over the years to help him can testify

Raised in a Victori an household Dr Batt retained man y of its values throughout his life He had a passion for truth and worried less about how he was regarded by others than about his opinshyion of himself Many students and faculshyty learned to value his judgement for its objectivity wisdom and balance

He believed that discip line was not magically acq uired but must be taught Faculty should set an example by dress by deportment and by their teaching His lectures while demanding were deli vered in a delightful style For him undergradua te instruction wa s the most important reason for a Un iversityS exshyistence H is classes were not to be missed for they embodied a uniq ue phraseology of express ion and dramatic gestures with humourous examples and analogies La bora tories were Ii kewise models of ca reful planning and preparashytion

It was hi s opinion that members of a profession should look and act professhysionally Earlier graduates will reca ll that he required male students to wear a shirt and tie in his classroom He recolshylected the time when the veterinarian was often rega rded as the drunk behind the livery stab le an image that did not accord with the new scientific basis upon which veterinary medicine was developshying Dr Batt was fully aware of the revolution in veterinary education and the practice of veterinary medicine that had taken place in his lifetime He had been part of it and had contributed to it

His mild eccentricities and hi s sinshygular personalitY which developed in his youth before the age of mass comshymunication will be woven into the histoshyry of the Ontario Veterinary College To paraphrase one of his favourite authors Proust in the tiny and almost impa lpashyble drop of his essence the vast strucshyture of recollection

Supplementing th e above tribute is the follow ing letter to the editor from Dr J Harold Reed 55 OVC aca demic counsellor

Dear ClifI

On September 7 1982 the freshman class of the Ontario Veterinary College 86 was addressed at their first lecture by Dr Russ A Willoughby 57 assoshyciate dean research and resources Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 academic counselshy

lor Dave Hull OAC 63 librarian Susan Brown head nurse Medical Sershyvices and Dr Henry T Ball 33 professhysional assistant OVC deans office and responsible for th e teaching program timetable

While the comments of the assoshyciate dean the counsellor th e librarian and the nurse were predictable and directed toward adviSing the students to organize study hard use the library and to have th eir rabies vaccinations th e comments of Dr Batt were different Dr Batt said Seventy years ago today my fa ther was hired at th e OVC in Toronto and so for the last 70 years there has been a Batt in the Ontario Veterinary College

He went on quickly to explain his timetable where changes to it would be posted and why changes were necessary Dr Batt explained that faculty someshytimes found it necessary to exchange lectures that students sometimes wished changes and that the dean sometimes wanted a room and that all th ese things required changes to the timetable He also said that changes were sometimes necessary because he had made a mistake Xhis brought laughter from the students who were amused by their first-and-last encounshyter with Dr Batt

Dr 1 Harold Reed 55 Academic Counsellor OVe

Reunions Classes of OVC 43 47 and 78 will be holding anniversary reunshyions during Alumni Weekend 83 Where~ On the campus of the University of Guelph More inforshymation regarding these events will be contained in a detailed Alumni Weekend Program that will be mailed later

32

Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

33

The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

34

No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

35

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Army in 1941 Dr Rankin earned his commission in England and served inThe Rankin Equine Scholarship Africa Italy Belgium France and Gershy

Mrs Margaret Rankin Regina Sask has established an endowment fund of $20000 in memory of her late husband Dr George Rankin 33 The income from this fund will be available to a student in the DVM program entering Semester 7 having a minimum B average and an interest and aptitude in equine medicine and surgery

Mrs Rankin in making the first donation of $5000 provided a brief resume of Dr Rankin as follows

George Rankin was born in Oakner Manitoba on January 6 1912 and a tshytended elementary and high school in the town of his birth Raised on a farm in this district his interest in all animals

was fostered by his Scottish parents and grandparents who raised purebred catshytle horses and sheep importing and improving their herds through the years

Upon graduating from the OVC in 1933 George brought riding horses and hunters to his fathers farm from which he practised veterinary medicine until October 1935 when he joined the federal Health of Animals Branch Canada Agshyriculture He was assigned to Winnipeg and worked in the meat inspection and field division

He was married in June 1936 and continued field work until the fall of 1939 when he was transferred to Regishyna Sask again working with contagious diseases until he joined the Canadian

The 1982 recipient of the Schofield medal immediately following his delivery of the 1982 Schofield Memorial Lecture was Dr Ole Nielsen 56 recently retired Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan L to r are Dr Jim S chroder 42 M P for Guelph Dr Nielsen and Dean Douglas Maplesden 50

Herb Lambert lead hand animal allendant retired from ave duties in August 1982 Hundreds of graduates will recall his assistance on numerous occasions while restraining animals and at other times Dean Maplesden presented Herb with a retirement giji and Herb was graduated at his retirement party Dr Chuck Roe placed the hood over Herbs head as Herb promised never to apply again for an ave appointment

many as a stretcher bearer officer in the Medical Corps returning home to Regishyna in October 1945

George resumed his work with Health of Animals worked in the field again as a supervisor of Disease Control and retired as associate regional director of Disease Control 0

Weve lost some of the

Class of 49 Dr Murray H Pbillipson 49 has reported that we do not have curshyrent addresses for the following class of 49 members Their adshydresses are needed urgently in view of class reunion planning Dr GR Whenham Dr LH Thompson Dr GB Robertson Dr RB Lomax and Dr JJ Kelly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these alumni please send the addresses to the Department of Alumni Afshyfairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario NIG 2Wl

In Memoriam Dr SA Daison 29 died August 20 1982 Last known address 168 Woolshywich St N Kitchener

Dr H Thomas Batt 33 died Septemshyber 21 1982 Last address 806 Gordon St Guelph

Dr Jack Warren 39 last known adshydress R R 3 Wheatly

Dr Wilfred Sherwin 40 died October 6 1982 Last known address Nampa Idaho USA

Dr James E (Ted) Watt 49 died in August 1982 Last known address 790 -Hortop Ave Oshawa

Dr Joseph A Ocran 63 died in May 1982 Last known address Tongu Ranch Ltd Ghana

Dr Thomas M Millman 70 was killed in an automobile accident in May 1982 Last known address Aptos California USAO

33

The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

34

No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

The College of Social Science Alumni Association

PEGAS-US Editor Dorothy Barnes 78

A note to thank all those wh~ respondshyed to our plea for volunteers It is heartening to know that our PECAS-US section of the Cuelph Alumnus is so well read

When you read this we will be in the midst of our membership campaign Your support is most earnestly so ught for financial assistance and for help in fostering ties to the University of Guelph As our membership grows we become more aware of th e need to keep in touch Our annu a l CSS Newsletter to be mailed shortl y and sent to College of Social Science Alumni Association members only promises to be interesting reading this year and will fulfill one of our prime goals-to keep fellow alumni informed

You will no doubt have noticed

A (- bullNote cIl- ~

From ~i

Our 1 Pat Lonergan 69

Presi ent that theres a new smiling face and a new name on our PECAS-US masthead (above) in this issue We warmly we lshycome Dorothy Barnes 7 8 as our new editor Doroth y a hum an rights officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Comshy

mission in Kitchener is a very busy lad y in her Job and has bravel y volunteered to add to her workload the respons ibility ot filling these pages four times a year

She needs a ll th e help she can get - trom yo u l So limbe r up those writshying hand s and send her detail s of all these exciting things tha t yo u CSS alumni are doing across this continent and around the world-she wants to hear fr om you

Send he r news of your job your promotion yo ur family yo ur triumphs yo ur failures your fellow grads your new hu sband w ifebaby let her kn ow wha t youd like to see covered on these two pages-after a ll as members of the College of Social Science Alumni Assoshycia ti on th ey re yours so help to fill em up Let us hea r from you 0

A Term of Retrospect and Consolidation Almost four years ago the College of Social Science Alumni Association ca me into being and now it might be approshypriate to reflect on its beginnings its achievement s and th e resources th at we need to prepare us for social and ecoshynomic changes in the future

As a res ult of University of Guelph restructuring Wellington College wa s divided in 1970 to form the Colleges of Social Science Physica l Science and Arts At that time the Wellington Colshylege Alumni Association was di sbanded to create separa te new associa tions for eac h of the new colleges

However it was not until May 24 1978 that a meeting of CSS a lumni was held to discuss th e poss ible formation of a CSS Alumni Association

An interim executive a nd an intershyim Board of Directors was appointed a nd they initiated the necessa ry frameshywork fo r th e Associ ation-the const itushytion a nd the impl ementation of by-la w

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No I-under the direction of Michael James 72 At our first an nu a l meeting Octo ber 14 1978 an officia l Boa rd of Directors was el ected and the constitushytion and by-law No I were adop ted by the membership The CSSAA was at last launched with clear direc tion and the means to carryon busin ess a nd affairs of th e CSSAA

This Board s ac hievements included adoption of the CSSAA logo and PE shyCAS-US the name of our news bulletin Alumni and fac ulty support was difficult to attract and a t one point we were operat ing in the red Howeve r th anks to a $500 interest-free loan from th e Colshylege of Social Science Student Governshyment and membership drive and fund raising events we were once aga in so lshyvent by the end of th e term

The period 1979-80 brought a chan gc in the exec utive a nd a renewed will to continue the progress of the fledgeling Assoc iation Under the presishy

dency of Jim Dance 74 the Board initiated ma na gement of our financial resources This Boa rd s achievements inshycluded fund transfers to a debe nture ensuring a healthy interest and Sandra Webste r 7 5 initiat ed a $ 1000 grant from the Alma Mater Fund for fi ve annua I undergraduate sc hola rs hips 10 be awarded in th e name of the CSSAA Thi s in Jim Dances opinion partially fill ed a deep void that had ex isted since the birth of th e College

This period a lso sa w a drastic cha nge due to the economic situ a tion as the format of our news bulletin changed from a separate publication to an inclushysion within Cuelph Alumnus

The period 1980-8 1 sa w another change in the Boa rds composition Barshyba ra Hinds 74 was appointed presishydent The Association co ntinued to show improved financial status through inshyvestm ents a nd membership increases

Its significan t ac hi evemen ts were

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

35

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

payment in full of the $500 loan from the CSS Student Government the initi shya tion of the Jack Skinner Award with the support of the College and the student government the acqu isi tion of $2000 ror our scholarsh ip rund conshytributions rrom our rund towards the Dr Jack Skinner Awa rd and th e Dr Tong prize in Psyc hology re-investment or past debentures to take advantage of genera l in creases in interest rates and a 70 per cent increase in our gene ral membership

The year 198 1- 82 sa w the fifth Board of Directors appointed once more under the leadership or Barb H ind s This Board witnessed further in creases

Graduate NEWS

Janice (Behm) Ditsch 68 now living in Wroxeter is sec reta ry-treasurer for J Dit sc h Farms Ltd

Margie (Damude) Burkholder 69 is now living in Cavan a nd while not currently working was employed at Petshyerborough Civic Hosp ita l as a soc ia l worker

Margaret (Mooreland ) Scott 69 is now residi ng in Gananogue a nd is employed as a dairy herds person

Bruce Cliff 70 now lives in Stouffville and is execut ive vice-president of Scarshyborough Centena ry Hospita l West Hill

Paul Dean 70 is now livin g in Markshyham and is a cou nselling consultant with Employment and Immigra tion Ca nada Downsview

Mary (Priamo) OBrien 70 is now living in Unionville

Lynda Lyz (Sayer) Bancroft-Wilson 71 is now living in Aurora and is a consultant with the YW CA of Metroshypolitan Toronto

James Hewer 71 has ret urn ed from Wes t Malaysia and is now living at 196 Wedgewood Drive W illowdale

Linda Mae (Hillman) Munrow 71 is a t prese nt liv ing in London

Bill Stearman 71 of Ingersoll is now teac hin g with the Oxford County Boa rd or Education

in members hip and fi nancia l strength a lthou gh there was disappointment that th e Alma Mater Fund Adv isory Cou ncil rejec ted Dea n Yand erkamps proposal th at a rund be establ ished by 1987 to begi n postgradua te schola rships wi th i n the Coll ege of Social Science

The present Boa rd of Directors is determined to continue building a strong and represe ntat ive Alumni Association on the successes and efforts of past Boards Our president Pat Lonergan 69 ha s se t th e tone fo r this term of ofrice by asking the Board and the ge nera l membership to concen tra te on improving prog rams that we have learned to manage well an d a t the sa me

Robert Blake 73 is now living in Ottashywa and is a consult ant project managshyer-Computer Systems with Ba ily and Rose Ltd Otta wa

Peter Hood 73 now lives in Owen Sound and is a soc ia l worke r wi th th e General a nd Marin e Hospital Owen Sound

Sandra Lea (Stopps) MacNeil 73 li ves in Owen Sound a nd is a psychiatric nurse clinician with the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospit a l

Rick Smith 73 resides in Windso r and we hea r is present ly continu ing hi s studi es there

Kenneth Horse Holmes 74 lives in Elora and is a methods ana lys t with Euclid Ca nada Ltd in Guelph

Sue (Gerbig) Lovelady 74 is now living in Gloucester

John Slinger 74 of Guelph is a practisshying lawyer with McQuesten Legal a nd Com munit y Serv ices Hami lton

Kathy (Mills) Thirtle 74 is now liv in g in Waterloo

Tom Wren 74 is presently res iding in Rockwood and is an auditor with the Revenue Ca nada Tax Department in Kitchener

Rick Clark 75 of G uelph is teach ing with the Wellington Coun ty Board of Education

Margaret Skye Fuller 75 is presentshyly residing in Seattle Was h USA and is a marketing assistant with Crowley Maritime Corporation Sea ttl e

time to con sol id a te our resources At last count we had 279 members

representing 630 per cent or 4427 known a lumni If we had 10 per cent or 443 or th e alumni body who each contributed $50 to the lire membership fund our rin ancial base would improve dramat ica lly a ll owi ng for an increa se in operating funds in th e 1983-8 4 term Such an increase would simpl y pump mo re than $8000 in to th e killy for reinvestment by th e Board Our fi nanshycia l base would approx imate $ 15000 a nd provide the support required to opera te an innuential Alum ni Associashyti on that wi ll be a round as long as Canada has snow 0

Robert Norris 75 of Scarborough is chief cartographer with Phoenix Geoshyphysics Ltd Willowda le

Marylu (Taylor) Pentelow 75 is now living in Hepworth a nd is a teacher

Carolyn (Pinkham) Waddell 75 is reshysiding in Ottawa and is execut ive assistshya nt with the Department Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ottawa

Cathy (Weber) Gough 76 is now Jivin g in Stratrord with her family

Henry Kater 76 of RR 3 Palmersshyton is sel f-employed as a fa rm er

Michael Peloso 76 now res iding in Yalcaron is a n assess ing supervisor wit h Revenue Ca nada Taxatio n Sudbury

Amy Bates 77 now living in Newa rk Ca lif USA is a prac ti sing attor ney with Ware Fletcher and Friedenrich Pa lo Alto Ca lif USA

Bill Hodgson 77 is now living in Vineshyland Station a nd is prop ri etor of Hodgshyson Bros Vineland Station

Thomas Hower 77 is now living in Thunder Bay

Cindy McClure 77 of Hamilton is presentl y continuin g her studies a t th e University of Hawaii-Honolulu -Bob Sharpe 77 is now li ving in Guelph and is teaching with St James Jr High School in Guelph

Christopher Holloway 81 has entered the politica l a rena in Ottawa and sin ce last summer has been a par li amenta ry aid to Otto Jelinek MP for Halton 0

35

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl

Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fill Alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1983 are Paul D Ferguson CPS 67 and Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 Richard Young Arts 76 who would have retired on August 31 1983 resigned and a replacement is pending The terms of office of Phillip Chan HAFA 75 M Christine Hurlbut Arts 74 and Lorna (Dennison) Milne OAC 56 will expire August 31 1984 Dr Kenneth A McDermid OVC 51 Royden J Ritz OAC 72 and Susan (Langton) Shantz Mac 69 will sit on Senate until August 311985

The above incumbents should not be renominated All alumni who have graduated from the University of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the position of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a position to attend meetings should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diploma at this University nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwise represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to three candidates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by March IS 1983

W e nominate the fo llowi ng graduates) ordinaril y residen t in Ontario for Nomination Form elect ion to Senate fo r the three-year term commencing September I 1983 _

Name of nomlnee(s) Address College Nominees signature (Please print) amp year accepting nomination

Nominators names Address College Nominators (Please print) amp year signatures

1) 1)

2) 2)

Mail to The Secretary University of Guelph Alumni Association Alumni Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph GUELPH Ontario NIG 2Wl