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educational choices that emphasize immediate job opportunities upon graduation, and when employers seem to want to hire job-ready graduates, Mr. Marchment stands firmly behind his views on a liberal education. "The sector I'm most critical of is business. What it needs is people with other experiences. There are millions of ways to train people on the job."

As for the university as an institution "you can't turn institutions upside down on the demands of the job market, you have to have a game plan for your institution. If the country has a long-term greater need for certain specialties, you might add them but you don't ruin your structure to do it."

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with those who feel that the acquisition of job-related skills is the most important part of a university education. Many of us who were fortunate enough to attend university remember it as a rare period in our lives. We were exposed to a small part of the vast world of knowledge and learned about things we knew nothing

"You can't turn institutions upside down on the demands of the job market,

you have to have a game plan."

about, things we would probably have limited exposure to in the balance of our lives. It was an intellectually st imulating and maturing experience. As a by-product we learned to analyze, criticize, synthesize and deal with problems in an orderly and disciplined manner.

"The skills we acquired as a by­product of our education became the most important part of our education in later life, while the subject matter which inspired us and stimulated us was often of little value in our chosen careers. Many students, of course, either do not know what they wish to do after graduation or they choose a career path which will eventually be discarded. It is because of this that a course in classics can be just as good as a course in commerce. The skills learned in both are basically the same while the course content serves only to expand the mind."

Further, he notes that much of what we learned 25 years ago is seen today as obsolete or utter garbage. "One of the great lessons has surely been to retain an enquiring mind and to be persistent in the pursuit of knowledge ."

He concludes that " if universities can

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produce graduates who are analytical, imaginative, flexible, disciplined and who can express themselves both orally and in writing, business will be grateful ... Somehow in all our discussions we tend t forget that universities have always been distinct from other teaching institutions in that a principal goal has always been the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.

" Because universities play such a prominent role in the training of people for the professions and other specialized vocations their primary role has become lost. Thus, when graduates cannot get jobs upon leaving university, they think the university has failed them. This is not so. If there is any criticism, it must be that universities have not made their role sufficiently clear to all." 0

Margaret Peter, Arts '74 Artist on the go By Andrea Mudry Fawcett

For some people, university is a necessary step in preparing for a

chosen career. For others, such as Margaret Peter, Arts '74, it provides an inspiration which alters their entire lives. Margaret began to study on a part-time basis in 1970 after the birth of her first child.

A former public school teacher, she initially had no more ambitious aim than to expand her mind by exploring a variety of new subjects. When she enrolled at Guelph in her first art course, however, the impact was instant and lasting. "I just knew it was for me and could see all kinds of future possibilities in art," she says enthusiastically, recalling the "Eureka!" feeling which eludes many during an entire liftetime.

She doubled her timetable, taking on a virtual full load of courses. "I was constantly learning from the other art students as well as the professors," she recalls, "and experimented with many different media. Sculpture proved one of my least favorites because of the sheer physical work involved in casting large pieces. I couldn't feel the independence of it." In short order she gravitated towards painting, and especially printmaking, producing works which stood out even then for their originality and technical competence.

Since graduation, Margaret's fascination with art remains unabated and her career has grown apace. She has exhibited in numerous group and individual shows, including an extremely well-received one-artist show in the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in 1977, and has won five awards.

Margaret's living room in Guelph is filled with beautiful hangings, pottery and sculpture created by her and her friends. As she sits quietly talking about her work, the prevalent myth of the inspired artist carelessly tossing off masterpieces quickly vanishes.

Margaret Peter, Arts '74

" It takes time and sheer hard work to gain facility with any type of media," she says, gesturing around at the many art objects in the room, "otherwise you remain an amateur. University provided me with an opportunity to concentrate and work full-time at art and it had more meaning that way. I wasn 't tempted to get caught up and lost in a lot of other pursuits as I might have, trying to learn on my own." At the same time, she feels that forma l art training can't make an artist out of someone with no ability.

Critics of Margaret's work have noted the ingenious variety of theme, subject matter and execution. But, however varied, her works are united in expressing an affirmative view of nature and life, a small miracle at a time when artist and non-artist alike are finding optimism increasingly difficult to sustain .

The artist's sheer enjoyment of nature is conveyed in many of her prints, often richly textured, of landscapes, flowers and fruits. A simple print of a vertically cut pineapple, done in clear yellows, greens and browns, makes the viewer more appreciative of the subtle variation of colour tone from the fruit's core to the skin and the moist, juicy texture of the pulp.

The more complex, philosophic pieces also convey a predominantly positive attitude. In "The Enigma of Man," four large puzzle pieces, which together represent a picture of Adam and Eve in Eden, lie scattered. Upon closer inspection it becomes apparent that the pieces, although separated, would fit into a coherent whole, indicating a unity which has been unsettled but not hopelessly shattered. "Expectant Mother Earth," in which the landscape and torso of a pregnant woman become synonymous, is both a gently humorous and serene work.

Very self-disciplined, Margaret has learned to make good working use of the daytime hours during the week so that her evenings and weekends are free for her husband, Joe, and their sons Toby and Joshua. The basement studio was set up several years ago after she bought her own $4,000 press - a dream few printmakers attain.

What next? Margaret would like to have an apprentice to assist her and whom she would teach . Illustrating children's books would be fun . "But there's not much point in planning and pondering," she says expectantly, "You never know what will happen."

In any case, she's too busy doing. As a member of Phoenix she has helped organize a shop in Stratford which provides a major selling outlet for the group's work. The group is also looking for a place in the Kitchener area to set up a workshop and gallery. An inveterate teacher, Margaret wants the gallery to include some education programs for the public. "So many people ignore art because they think they won't understand it. Art should be a part of daily life. Even opening the workshop up so that people can see us at work and ask questions would help."

This fall she plans again to teach a print-making course at Guelph's recreation centre on Delhi Street. Having completed one-artist shows in Windsor in the summer of 1978, at Oakville's Brand Gallery last December, and at Brantford's Glenhyrst Art Gallery last July, she is currently planning showings at the Guelph Public Library and the University's Faculty Club later this year. 0

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Canada's Prospects

In an Oil-Hungry

World S/..t' fc h hr flremla Ahrahmm. ( 'ml't•nin· o/' Calf{arr

An address to a joint luncheon meeting of Guelph Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce on June 8, 1979, by R. W. D. (Walter) Hanbidge, OAC '48, President and Director, BP Canada Inc.

I s it just a matter of time before we, too, experience line-ups at service stations­

shortages of diesel fuels and heating oils? I cannot give you an absolute answer

to this question but I can say with confidence that Canada is better placed than most countries in the Western World to face the challenge of an oil-hungry world. Canada is uniquely blessed in this respect and, provided we learn to truly live with the fact that, even in Canada, oil and gas reserves are finite and, provided we maximize the benefit of our heritage of large hydrocarbon resources by applying intelligence to the search and development of these resources rather than political expediencies, Canadians are less likely to experience long lines at the gas pumps or demoralizing economic conditions arising from the shortage of energy.

As with all major concerns facing the free world today, the present oil problem has its origins in the past.

I think it appropriate to remind you that the oil business, which is now so essential to the maintenance of our way of life, had its start not too far from the city of Guelph. Some 120 year~ ago, James Williams, a 39-year-old carriage maker from Hamilton, struck oil in commercial quantities from a 60-foot well drilled at Oil Springs, in Lambton County. With apologies to our friends from south of the border, this was one full year before Col. Drake brought in his famous well in

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Pennsylvania, which American folklore has firmly established as the start of the oil industry.

In those days, the price of crude oil was no more predictable than it is today. Sudden surpluses or shortages characterized the trade in kerosene, then the only marketable product, as prospectors discovered prolific new reserves or existing wells dried up . Panic buying drove the price of a barrel of crude oil up to $10 in 1860, probably more than $100 in today's terms. However, by the next year, the law of supply and demand had brought the price down to about 504: a barrel.

Over the following decades, in Europe but more particularly in North America, costs of petroleum products fell steadily as the oil industry made significant and far reaching innovations in every sector of its activity-in exploration, transportation, refining and marketing. Consumption roared ahead, displacing the older established forms of energy-muscle power, wood and coal. For the first time in history, mankind had a high energy, inexpensive and very portable fuel source. Oil, coupled with new scientific discoveries and developing technologies, made possible the achievement of an unparalleled increase in productivity which, in turn, led to the standard of living we presently enjoy.

We, in North America, led the way in

capitalizing on oil as a means to improving our material standard of living. Today, with II per cent of the world's population, we consume 32 per cent of the world's oil. With 18 per cent of the land area, we have 45 per cent of the world's motor vehicles. In the U.S. there are two persons per car, 2.6 in Canada and, for comparison, four in England and, in the People's Republic of China, 21,621 persons for each car. Such is the importance·of the automobile industry in North America, that one jn six jobs is thought to depend on it.

For the first half of this century the U.S. dominated the oil picture . In 1960, the U.S. was the largest producer of crude oil in the world, producing about one third of the world's output and supplying three-quarters of its own requirements. The U.S., therefore, was able to control world prices for crude oils by increasing production to an extent that was needed to enforce a policy of maintaining low prices of crude oil in the world market. In fact, the now notorious Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed in September 1960 to attempt to prevent further cuts in the price of oil. In the supply picture of the day, OPEC members, being totally dependent on income from the sale of oil in a surplus market, had little bargaining power but did, nevertheless, manage to freeze posted prices at $1.80 per barrel from 1960 to

1970. However, they were unable to stop producers from offering discounts of as much as 50~ per barrel.

In the late 1960's, it became increasingly obvious that, with growing U.S. demand for petroleum products and, as a result, increasing dependency on imported crude oils, the U.S . could no longer effectively control world prices. World oil prices started to edge up by small increments.

Then came the Arab-Israeli war in 1973 which was a dramatic turning point in the world of crude oil supply. Certain OPEC members decided to use their oil as a political weapon in protest over U.S. support of Israel and to halt export shipments to the United States and other countries. Although crude oil shipments were, in fact, largely maintained in the panic buying that followed, oil prices quadrupled in less than four months.

But, 1973 also brought about the stark realization that the era of inexhaustible, inexpensive crude oil was at an end. Non­OPEC sources of crude were falling well behind demand and OPEC nations, realizing that by the end of this century their sole source of revenue might be depleted and that the free world was not dependent on their crude resources, could get almost any price for a barrel of oil.

After the initial shock of 1973, the Western world was again lulled into a false sense of security, as crude oil supplies became once more adequate, if not abundant, with the coming on stream of Alaska, the North Sea, and more recently, Mexico. Because of this apparent surplus and, more importantly, because of the willingness of moderate OPEC nations to prevent further embargo threats or price hikes by increasing their production -oil prices rose more slowly than the general rate of inflation. The industrialized world regained its sense of security. It did not have to fight the moral equivalent of a war, as President Carter put it, or if it did, the dedication was not apparent.

Then, towards the end of last year, came the Iranian revolution to remind us again how vulnerable we all are. By the middle of January this year, Iranian exports had stopped, with the loss of 5.2 million barrels per day, 10 per cent of the non-communist world's oil supply.

Early in March, Iran resumed limited exports but by this time prices had surpassed by $2.00 or more per barrel the levels envisaged by OPEC for the end of the year. Another OPEC meeting in

March formally allowed members to charge whatever they felt the market would pay for their oil. Spot market prices in Europe have recently risen as high as $35 per barrel, which has set off rumblings of further formal price increases by OPEC members. And this is where the free world crude oil supply picture stands today.

What of the future? Little can be said for certain, but to the extent that anything is predictable in the oil business, two very important facts of the day will continue in the future and are bound to create an increasingly oil-hungry free world . Firstly, crude oil reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replaced despite massive exploration programs. Secondly, free world countries will continue to be dependent on OPEC members, and particularly members in the Middle East, for the oil required to maintain their present economic standards.

Some hope lies in finding new reserves. But most of the world's oil­bearing areas with the greatest potential

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have already been explored. With each day, the odds of a major new discovery diminish. The major oil fields in Mexico, Alaska and the North Sea were known about years before they were brought on stream this decade. Indeed the North Sea took almost 20 years of dedicated work and billions of dollars to overcome all of the technological, geologic, environmental and legislative problems.

China may offer prospects, albeit uncertain, for future crude oil supplies,

but assuming a favourable government decision, the infrastructure that would be needed to bring this oil to market would take years to develop.

On the other hand, the Soviet Union , despite massive supplies of natural gas, could well become an importer of crude oil in the 1980's instead of an exporter.

I sincerely hope that I am proven wrong in my prediction that, barring economic disaster in the free world , we are now embarking on the era of an oil­hungry world.

Nor can we look to the so-called exotic forms of energy for much relief. The use of tides and winds is likely to be limited to small scale local applications. Geothermal energy is a relatively unexplored field . Passive solar systems and biomass will continue to be extremely expensive. Given the technical problems, the long lead times, the costs and in some cases the lack of a cohesive, coordinated development program, the lack of funds and of consumer acceptance, all of these sources together are unlikely to add more than five per cent to the world supply of energy in 1995.

The most frequent question which I have been asked during the last few weeks is, "Why the shortages of petroleum products in the United States?''

Typical of the complexity of the oil business, there is no single cause. Like all Western countries, the U.S. experienced cuts in essential crude oil imports following the Iranian revolution. While insignificant as a percentage of total requirements, shortfalls could not be equitably dealt with and inventories of finished products were reduced below normal operating levels in an attempt to reduce the impact of the shortage.

More recently, as foreign crude has become relatively more available, limited refinery capacity has prevented the restocking of inventories and the return to normal supply of finished products.

At the end of World War II, the U.S. had a surplus of refining capacity. During the 1950's and 1960's, as demand grew, refinery capacity kept pace. But, in the last five years, only one major new (grass roots) refinery has been built in the U.S. One reason is economics. The cost of building a new refinery is three times what it was in 1972 and until recently, the U.S. government had frozen refining profits at the 1973 level.

Environmental regulations have also contributed to the problem. The U.S. 1977 Clean Air Act requires any company

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building in an area of relatively high pollution to improve the surrounding air quality by reducing emissions from nearby older facilities . The permit process on the East Coast could involve delays of up to 10 years. One major West Coast refiner dropped plans to expand its refinery by 40,000 barrels a day after looking at environmental costs of $125 million. Despite the overwhelming needs, not one major refinery has been built on the U.S. East Coast in the last 20 years. It's not for lack of trying either. Twenty-three large refineries have been proposed over the last 15 years and 21 have been abandoned, or rejected, if not by local zoning boards, then by state or federal regulators.

Another environmental regulation which made the crude oil and refining capacity shortages more critical was the U.S. government mandating emission standards, which required the use of catalytic converters in cars which, in turn, requires the use of unleaded gasoline. While justified on air quality grounds, the requirement to produce unleaded gasoline has exacerbated the gasoline shortage problem . Refiners are forced to use a more extensive process to produce gasoline of the same quality as before and removing the lead also reduces by five per cent the amount of gasoline which can be produced from a barrel of crude oil.

Further aggravating the situation was the U.S. Department of Energy demand on refiners to cut back gasoline production, and concentrate instead on building up stocks of heating oils for the winter season. This was predicated on the belief that any gasoline shortages would be minor and disappear after the peak Independence Day driving period and, if this assumption was proven wrong, it would be better to inconvenience drivers rather than to have frozen homes this winter.

Finally, the American consumer has not yet accepted that the need to conserve is real. While Canadian gasoline demand increased by only two per cent in the past year, the California gasoline market increased at the pre-crisis rate of more than seven per cent. In addition, in the last few months, Americans have been clearly hoarding, creating a massive inventory of gasoline on four wheels, totally upsetting the normal demand pattern and artifically exaggerating the real volume shortage. As evidence, the average gasoline sale in California in February was 14 gallons. In the first week of May, companies were experiencing

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average deliveries into cars of only three gallons.

As the other major North American nation, how do Canada's prospects reflect or differ from the sobering U.S. picture?

One great weakness we share with our neighbours is our North American appetite for petroleum products. Canada and the U.S. are the only two major industrialized countries that have not yet allowed domestic oil prices to rise to world levels. As sizeable net importers of crude, it is doubtful that either country can afford to continue to subsidize the consumption of oil. As a consequence, petroleum consumption has risen by 8.5 per cent since 1973 in the U.S. , and by 5.1 per cent in Canada. In contrast, consumption has risen by only 0.64 per cent in Japan, and decreased by 3.5 per cent in West Germany, 6.7 per cent in France and 18.4 per cent in Britain. Nor is there significant evidence that holding

"Only national self-sufficiency provides

the assurance that every region of Canada

will be completely secure in its supply of oil."

down the price of oil in Canada has giv1 us an advantage in inflation control or competing in world markets for industri or agricultural products.

Apart from our lack of serious commitment to conservation, the catalo is one of potential Canadian strength in practically every area of U.S. weakness.

As a first significant difference, Canada has adequate refining capacity the West; and surplus capacity from Ontario to the eastern provinces. We ar however, a net importer of crude oil, wi some half of Quebec's requirements an all of the Atlantic provinces' being dependent on foreign crude oils.

Bilateral deals with the supposedly secure oil-producing nations may reduc( the risk of a shortage arising from the continuing political instability in the Middle East but the possibility of crude supply disruption in eastern Canada wil continue for so long as Canada is a net importer of crude. Also, as a net import and in the event of any major world wic shortage, Canada will be obliged to cut back its imports in line with its commitments as a founding member of the International Energy Agency.

Only national self-sufficiency provi( the assurance that every region of Can a will be completely secure in its supply o oil. On the domestic scene, new oil is continuing to be found but in smaller, deeper fields which are more expensive locate and produce. In fact, we have no yet succeeded in reversing the decline in proven reserves. Canadian domestic oil production fell by 30 per cent between 1973 and 1978. We have compensated fr this by reducing our exports to the U.S . 75 per cent and, at the same time, movit domestic crude through to Montreal, thereby reducing our imports by 30 per cent. However, given the likelihood of continued declining production from th( conventional oil bearing areas of Can ad. self-sufficiency as an objective, if dependent on these areas, could be little more than a pipe dream .

Canada has, however, two trump cards that have not yet been played in tl high-stake game of self-sufficiency - one _____ _

low or medium trump and one very higl trump card. The lower trump is our frontier areas, the Arctic, the Beaufort S and the Labrador Shelf. These are very high cost areas to explore and the indust is dedicating now, and will continue to dedicate. vast amounts of human and financial resources to the search. But, on time will tell what contributions these

areas will make to Canada's future oil requirements.

The high trump card is, of course, the Athabaska tar sands and heavy oil deposits in Alberta and, to a lesser extent in Saskatchewan. These deposits represent an enormous potential source of oil, enough oil in place that, if exploited, Canada's self-:;ufficiency can be ensured for years to come. In the Athabaska tar sands alone, total oil in place is close to one trillion barrels, of which some 35 billion barrels are amenable to extraction by proven mining methods, the remainder requiring in-situ recovery. It has been estimated that if, over the next 25 years, one 100,000-barrels-per-day project is initiated every 18 months, which would about equal Canada's current production of conventional oils, less than 10 per cent of the total reserves will have been committed. This is not to imply that this rate of construction is feasible , but rather that the oil is there. The amount we produce will depend on the dedication of human effort and money.

Efficient in-situ recovery techniques have yet to be developed and proven, but the Alberta government and the industry have major commitments to solving the technology. My own company has been experimenting with various techniques for more than 10 years. As with the mining of the Athabaska tar sands, the capital costs will undoubtedly be very high, of the order of $4 to $5 billion per producing unit of 125,000 to 150,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day. On a per­barrel-of-crude-oil-produced basis, however, it is doubtful that the cost will exceed the only alternative means of meeting our long-term crude oil requirements - the insecurity of continuing to depend on foreign crude oils at the then prevailing world prices.

In Canada, nature has provided us with a relative abundance of oil. Lack of oil in the ground should not make us an oil-hungry nation but have we the will and the courage to get on with the job?

When oil was readily available, the U.S. set up what eventually became a complex and rigid regulatory system . Its original purpose was the very laudable goal of protecting the consumer and the small businessman as well as ensuring national security. Now faced with a dramatic change in world events, needing a new and dynamic set of policies to face the future, the most powerful country in the world is unable to break the yoke of a costly bureaucratic and administrative

nightmare - one that encourages shortages, discourages investment and initiative, protects a wide range of vested interests and, in the days ahead, with the need to adapt to the new realities, has become a threat to the interest of all Americans.

In Canada, too, in recent years, government energy decisions have shown signs of stiffening, of worrying about short-term gains at the expense of our long-term well-being, and with an increase in emphasis on catering to perceived public opinion rather than a rational reaction to the facts. What we cannot afford are regulations based on short-term goals or the political expediency of yesterday's answers to today's problems.

Inevitably, the choice will be one of higher energy prices or a set of rules and regulations much more severe than anything experienced to date - consisting of a complex and expensive system of rationing, allocations and subsidies.

"The prospects for Canada will be determined largely by the dedication and

realism of Canadians."

Ultimately, the economic and social costs of coping with potential shortages will greatly exceed the costs of a more realistic pricing policy now for petroleum products.

The Canadian petroleum industry must be encouraged to generate enough income to ensure the replacement of available oil and physical assets. Last year, the Canadian oil and gas industry spent a record $9.7 billion on oil and gas exploration, production and development and oil sands operations- 28 per cent higher than in 1977- and this effort was not enough.

A recent report by the Canada Department of Energy, Mines and

Resources reads as follows: "The high level of exploration and development behaviour which characterized the industry performance in 1977 has continued . .. The petroleum industry re­invested not only most of its additional cash flow, but also utilized supplementary external borrowings and drillings funds to finance intensified capital investments. This performance gives further assurances to Canadian taxpayers that the revenue from increased oil and gas prices is being re-invested in exploration and development for new energy resources in Canada."

We are one of the few countries that are fortunate enough to have virtually unlimited sources of energy relative to our foreseeable needs. These resources are protected by policy for Canadians. But if we are to achieve energy security, we must get on with the job at hand . We must first learn to intelligently conserve, and although we have made gains in this area, much remains to be done. Resource prices must be conducive to better husbandry and recognize the replacement cost of new energy sources. Policy in areas of taxation, ownership of resources and the environment must be clearly defined and be dependable, at all levels of government, given the risk, the magnitude and the long-term nature of the investments needed right now.

Canada has the potential for self­sufficiency in this oil-hungry world. However, we cannot afford to labour under the illusion that the task will be easy, that energy will be cheap or that there are any magical solutions. We must recognize the costs involved now, while they are relatively small and not try to pass on an enormous burden of debt to future generations. In this uncertain world, flexibility will be needed to cope with new and changing problems. There can be no short-term solutions to long-term problems. Care must be taken not to discourage creativity, incentive and resourcefulness. There must be adequate incentives for risk-taking or we will only achieve a marginal part of what must be achieved . Above all, we must recognize that our future well-being, economic, political and social, rests with the decisions we are making or are not making today.

The future prospects for most Western nations in an oil-hungry world lie at the mercy of the OPEC members. The prospects for Canada will be determined largely by the dedication and realism of Canadians. D

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"She hated the poem! She said she'd never read such a filthy male

chauvinist poem in her life." She was a "bright young student"

attending a lecture by Professor James Harrison, Department of English Language and Literature. The poem, Leda and the Swan by Nobel prizewinner William Butler Yeats, concerns the rape of Leda by Jupiter.

At the time, James didn't entirely agree with his student but, later, he thought it might be fun to look at the encounter from Leda's viewpoint.

It was fun, and the resultant sonnet released from James a flood of similar writings reflecting the possible thoughts of 19 other famous females, mythical and otherwise. "Something like taking a tape recorder on a trip in a time machine ."

Little did the bright young student know, but she had started a ball rolling that would bring poet James not only fame but fortune.

Last January, he entered his sequence of 20 sonnets in the poetry division of the CBC's Canada-wide Literary Competition and hauled in the third prize of $1,500. There were some 1,200 entries.

For James, the prize was the gravy; the satisfaction and pleasure derived from writing the sonnets was the meat of the

affair. "For years it was my voice that was

speaking through my poetry," the poet explained. "It was a delightful break and a relief. It was liberation not to be myself all the time but to be somebody else. Poets are suspected of being eternally egotistical - I find it a great relief not to be!"

James came to the University in 1969 -and might not have come at all had it not been for a satellite orbiting the moon.

In England in 1968, he saw, in the Times, a full-colour reproduction of Earth rising above the moon's horizon . He rushed out to a nearby news-stand for a copy but found that the issue was sold out. He settled for a Times educational supplement instead and spotted an invitation to join the faculty at Guelph. He accepted in 1969.

The son of a Methodist missionary, James was born in 1927 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the town of Trincomalee (surely a name that sounds like music to a poet's ear). He was uprooted at age nine by a move to Hull in England's county of Yorkshire.

Boarding school was followed by attendance at Durham University where he obtained an Honours B.A.

Three years with the army of occupation in Germany, Austria and Italy

preceded his installation, in 1952, as a teacher at Worcester College for the Blin ("where I learned to read Braille by sight.") He obtained his M.Litt. "the har way- part-time while I was head of the English Department at the College of Education in Worcestershire."

Among James's published works is Catchment Area, a book .of poems broug out by Oxford University Press in 1959. "The book reflected, as it were, the whot area of my life drained down to one volume of poems."

Catchment Area was followed by te barren years. "When I started writing again I felt like a phoenix from the 'SO's from the other side of the Atlantic - and still do."

In the works is a book on Rudyard Kipling- inspired by James's recent teachings at the University on children's literature, and by a freakish similarity ot. happenstance. "Kipling wrote children's stories, started off in India, where I did. and, as I discovered recently, both his father and his maternal grandfather wen to the very same school as I did .

"I have an affinity for him . but, if you'd told me this when I was in my tee and my 20's, when I was in my radical phase when everything that was imperialist was filthy wrong, I would ha1

Reflections Leda's Version Leda-on whom Jupiter dropped in on in the guise of a swan, and who subsequently laid the egg from which Helen and the Trojan War were hatched

A furtive blow, more like. There was I thinking that all he wanted was to take bread at my hand, not play ducks and drakes with me and the course of history. Though why he reckoned that all that flapping would terrify me I can't imagine. Brute strength's one thing, fake webbed feet and wet feathers another. It makes me mad to think about it-lord of the sky and in just as clumsy a rush as all the rest! Sad that I could not, at the time, have known how he knew all along the far-flung cost of his sudden whim. Contempt might then have grown to pity for so incongruous a lust, and the whole issue been too much to be borne.

Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the beast - the origin of the sometimes misleading theory that inside every beast there lurks a prince just waiting to emerge at the touch of true love.

I knew just how the story would end almost before it started: beautiful youngest daughter risks all for aged parent - willing to trust herself to monster's mercies. How could an auth• do other than transform so corny a brute into a routine prince? I came near to turning down the part at the thought of all that self-congratulatory virtue awaiting us on the final page. But the beast himself rather took my fancy-furry yet far from cuddly, and kind of sad. At least I'm glad to find, having forgotten to worry what saying yes would lead to, that he has to shave twice daily and still grows hair on his cl

probably shot you! Me write on Kipling! Never!

" I still don' t agree with hi s political views but I think he's a fasci nat ing pe rson and I enjoy his stories - ! think some are great."

A Canada Council grant took James to the Galapagos Islands fo r a month in 1977 where he pursued his main academic area, the background of scien tific ideas to 19th century literatu re.

Had he been exposed to better science teachers during the war years, James fi gures he might have been a scient ist. As it is, he ca n only write about scientists' impact on th e litera ture he teaches. He had written about Da rwin's influence on o ther people and he j ust go t fed up with this- he wa nted to be influenced himse lf. He was. All alone in the night in a tiny tent on Galapagos hilltops, he was terro rized by th e th ought of being run ove r by giant turtles.

When does he do his best writing? Early mornin g, late at night and wh en in one of the three " B's" - Bed. Ba th or Bus. (He admits th at his more th an six- foo t frame somewhat elimin ates th e bath .)

A selection from his winnin g sequence of 20 sonnets is presented here and on page 22- enj oy. 0

Helen of Troy elen-a Greek queen whose abduction by Trojan prince gave the Greeks the excuse

hey had been looking for to conquer Troy.

So how was I to know, when he invited tne to see his Trojan urns, that they

ere aboard his yacht, and the crew trained to weigh nchor at the drop of an eyelid? Admitted-y, if your life were fated to be blighted, hen he's the kind of blighter you might pray 1eaven for. But I didn't. And anyway, t could all have been hushed up by some half-witted Iiplomat if they'd had a mind to. But no, • roy must be taught a lesson - and beside,

I ere was our balance of payments problem. So 1ld feuds were patched, old enemies allied, lnd a hundred thousand men, even though t was a woman to blame as usual, died .

Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty was evidently of the opinion that, though worth waiting for, he was not worth losing sleep over.

Doors caught in the act of being slammed a hundred years ago slamming; birds in gilded cages and kettles on reinflamed hearths singing; pageboys whistling and guards grumbling where they left off; spring thaw releasing thunder of rolling barrels ; escaping hiss of housemaid breath held through a century's easing of hiccups and losing of maidenheads: all this at a kiss, and fresh as air.

So it took both a fairy's and a prince's good offices to wake me to a world where rust and moth resume instantly, in the interstices of joy- like fears each goodnight kiss unknowing­ly unleashes - their predatory gnawing.

Cinderella Cinderella- the archetype of the happy­ever-after-despite-being-the-youngest-sibling syndrome.

So he married me and now my hands are smoother than twelve year whisky and a good deal whiter and on­ly my hairdresser knows and he should care whether I do or don't and one a day at my own sweet time I'm getting better not older and all that ringing at the door must be Avon's monthly mirror mirror on the wall visit that keeps me going and what in heaven's name could I ask for more?

Once, as he held my heel to guide my foot and as it eased its way into the brittle slipper, I felt how desperately he yearned to have it cased in glass, the perfect fit. And now, too late, that's me all over, like a dime in a paperweight.

Galatea Galatea- a statue her creator fell in love with and had brought to life by Venus.

Even before my marble melted to flesh and blood at the goddess's touch, I felt fire gash where the chisel gouged, flinched at desire 's ineptitude, tentatively impassioned hands in clammy awe of what they had fashioned unerringly. And now I must endure this second metamorphosis of pure Carrara, this reversion to a cushioned living state. Better to have stayed bored hard and high on my pedestal , adored but unapproachable - certainly not married . Either that or been flesh and blood through and through right from the start. Not knowing who or what to be, I dream I am unquarried .

James Harrison

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The College of Arts

5-Year Plan This interview between Peter Vaughan ,

Arts '77, and Dr. Tom Settle, Dean of the College of Arts, was published in part in the Summer 1979 issue of Delpha, the official publication of the College of Arts Alumni Association .

The very timely and thought­provoking article is reproduced here so that all University of Guelph alumni may become more aware of the aims of the College of Arts.

VAUGHAN: What is the Five-Year Plan for the College?

SETTLE: The Five-Year Plan, if there was one (I prefer to call it the so-called Five-Year Plan), is an attempt to say what

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we're committed to pay for over that period of time, by way of academic programming. And what we might let go if we' re pressed. I mean hard pressed.

VAUGHAN: Is it an assessing of priorities then?

SETTLE: People say priorities; now priorities are what come firs! ; the important thing to read in the Five-Year Plan is the 'posteriorities' ... what comes last, because they're the first to go. Almost all of what we have will be kept; if we're going to be cut in the next five years, and we certainly are, its going to be 15 per cent, not 75; that's the worst. The University is planning something like 10 or 12 per cent over the next five years . That's what it thinks it will have to face as a reduction. Now it may be wrong- it may

be 15, or it may be eight. So most of what is currently offered will stay offered. Then is a question to ask, will it all stay offered' That's when one investigates the details about what students seem to want least. The question is: shall we keep it in place if there is little income being generated fo its support, that is, when students are coming for it in small numbers? If we keep it in place let'~ know it's being kept in place by shifting of income, generated as the result of one set of preferences, over to that.

A very simple example , and one that is stoutly defended by people who know what it costs them to defend it, is the provision of a program in classics. Hardly any students major in classics, one or two at a time are doing it. A very serious question for a university to ask itself is: shall we leave a program in classics in place when it's not very popular? And the answer that comes back from many different comers of the College, and the campus for that matter, is "Yes, certainly! If we weren't offering classics we'd feel wl weren't doing our job properly." Even if we don't have many takers, we'll keep th ~

program in place and we'll pay for the instruction in that program. That's not th kind of thing that we're going to cut.

The question really is : do we have something we can cut? That's the tough b. of it. Another aspect of the Five-Year Plar is more positive, much rosier, and to a certain extent about priorities: is there something we are not doing yet that we ought? How can we improve our existing programs?

VAUGHAN : How does the Five-Year Plm for the College of Arts fit into the overall framework of tenure and promotion

Dean Tom Settle

scheme? How will it affect the College academically?

SETTLE: The Five-Year Plan" per se, has little to do with tenure and promotion. But how one deals with a vacancy does affect the plan; because it is concerned with the selection of subjects for which instruction costs will be paid. That's what the Five-Year Plan is about. What the portfolio of programs offered by the College will contain. And that will change over the next five years.

VAUGHAN: What about interdisciplinary programs?

SETTLE: We haven't done yet all we can, or for that matter, all we should in putting disciplines side by side in an integrated way. We do it in a disintegrated way, we do it in a way that leaves much of the integration to students. That's good for students who've got ingenuity.

There are some packages that we ought to be trying to promote. For example, I think we ought to be trying to promote a degree in which a student puts together fairly even amounts of science and arts. This is currently not happening, except rarely, and then only due to student ingenuity.

VAUGHAN: Do you see a change in the B.A. over the years? Do you see its role as having changed?

SETTLE: I see a very tenuous link between the B.A. as it's perceived in Ontario today and its tradition. If you look at the rest of Canada, hardly anybody does B.A.'s; what they do is B.Ed.'s. The B.Ed. has as many enrolments as the B.A. outside Ontario.

Ontario is the only province where half the students are doing B.A. and B.Sc. degrees. The other half are doing professional degrees, where I take the B.Ed. to be a professional degree.

Right now the B.A. and B.Sc. are getting thumped in terms of student choice. I think we have to stay in the lead in terms of liberal education, and that means a reaching for understanding, and the sheer usefulness of having got it, or having improved one's reach.

VAUGHAN: There is a great deal of bad press about the usefulness of the B.A.

SETTLE: Sure, this bad press follows from capitalism. Capitalism put with protestantism makes work, I mean real work ... busy at something you don't want to do. It makes it a virtue. Whereas a scholar says, let me do leisurely what I like. But this is what learning is all about. The Greeks and Latins knew this well , renaissance Europe knew it well. When did it get lost? It was around 1760 with the industrial revolution, when we began to make money through industry. And the way to make money was to work hard. This is quite at home with protestantism. Scholars are not productive and furthermore they're slow from this perspective. But what you found in the industrial revolution was a resurgence of learning in the old universities which were decadent in the eighteenth century. They found how to do their jobs in the nineteenth century at Oxford and Cambridge. It was the academics who didn't go the industrial route, but rediscovered their own traditional roots. Universities became once again places of learning for the sake of learning.

VAUGHAN: Have the altitudes of students changed over the past few years? Are they taking a B.A. for different reasons than students, say, in the '60's?

SETTLE: The university period is interesting because the student is still asking questions, but he's asking the deeper questions. Now a person who is in the undecided frame is much more a victim of fashion than someone who isn't about to change his mind. What we call fashion is an attractive solution to problems that doesn't stay. Students are victims of fashion very easily.

VAUGHAN: Is this a constant thing?

SETTLE: Yes, the question is - what's the fashion? What is it that's capturing the enthusiasm and idealism of students today as opposed to ten years ago? It's the fashions that change. The competence remains the same, the dedication to the fashion is what changes. I don't think there is anything wrong with fashions. It's the only way to deal with a world that's constantly changing. Fashions are nascent revolutions and if we didn't have them we ought to worry. I just like to know what they are so I know who I'm talking to about what.

VAUGHAN: What can alumni do during this crisis in the universities?

SETTLE: Alumni can be reflective about the value of their own education, be communicative about that, and be part of the change in the social perception of the value of that reaching for understanding which was at the centre of what they did ­even if it wasn't the centre of their intentions at the time . D

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Dr. Dean Axelson, 0 VC '60, wilh one of his nol-so-exolic palients.

Dean and his wife, Judy (Fisher) Mac '59, team up to remove unshed shin from around the eyes of a ball python.

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By Martha Leibbrant

I n Dean Axelson's line of work, excelle1 peripheral vision and hair-trigger

reflexes are dandy things to have. Dr. Axelson, OVC '60, is one of very few Canadian veterinarians in private practic specializing in reptiles, wild animals and wild and exotic birds.

During office hours the next patient through the door may well be a massasauga rattler with a bump on its head or a cougar with a built-in aversion to doctors. Even Dean's tarantula clients can, in his words, give "a rather nasty bite."

The doctor's wary love of wild creatures began early. He was raised on mink farm where he soon learned that "mink bite, bite to the bone and hold on But, despite encounters with mink and, perhaps, because of them, his fascination with wild life continued unabated. Nevertheless, his becoming a specialist came about rather by accident.

To begin with, he graduated from th OVC in large animal medicine. Eight months later, while stripped to the waist a cold, drafty barn , he asked himself wh in the world he was doing there. Not coming up with what seemed to him a very satisfactory answer, he left large animal medicine and joined Dr. Mike Comfort, OVC '43, at the Northdale Animal Clinic in London, Ontario.

During five years with Dr. Comfort and eight working in Toronto with Dr. Alan Secord, OVC '29, as junior member of the practices, he found himself responsible for the unusual patients that came in. He took courses where he could and read all available literature. But, eve now, he admits, there are no courses offered on reptiles and almost nothing written about treating them. He did, however, study a good deal about birds and, today, the largest proportion of his exotic patients are birds. For the rest, he admits, he practised basic common sense, general medical knowledge and trial and error. Over the years his expertise and reputation have grown until today major zoos, pet shops, reptile clubs and bird breeders send him patients, some coming:-----­from as far away as London , Niagara Falls and Montreal.

In August 1973 Dean acquired the Links Road Animal Clinic in Willowdale, and it was here I visited him. The buildin is situated in a pleasant, quiet shopping mall , Williamsburg in style, with grey clapboard siding, white pillars and covere

walkways. The doctor was busy when I arrived,

and as I sat waiting in his study, a constant cacophonous commentary from five cages of cockatiels and parrots came from the dispensary beyond the open door. Above the medicine cabinet I could see a row of antique bottles, all shapes, sizes and colours, catching the morning sunlight and, beyond them, like so many World War II helmets, an army of tortoise shells.

In the study, a black book, propped up by a green bottle and marked "Poisoning" in silver lettering, caught my eye. There was a clutch of ring binders stuffed away on the top shelf, at eye level a large portrait of an Indian holding a tomahawk, a stuffed cayman on the shelf above him and an interesting assortment of pre-Colombian shards, vases and Eskimo sculpture. In between were books. The table beside the door was stacked with two and a half feet of periodicals and journals.

Dean Axelson, when he arrived, was dressed in blue pants, gold half cover-all and sported a sandy Vandyke beard. He did not look at all like the kind of person who wrestled with cougars or defied death by looking down crocodiles' throats. Yet, as our conversation continued, it became apparent that he did all this and more .

The worst experience he ever had was with a cougar. A large man brought in, on a leash, a cheetah and a cougar. The cougar, which weighed over 100 pounds, had a very ugly disposition and no inclination to be vaccinated. What followed was "a very bad scene," he recalled, with the owner ending up with multiple scratches to chest and arms and the veterinarian with a gash in his hand requiring stitches. Eventually the animal was anesthetized, and, said Dean with some degree of satisfaction, "after vaccinating him, I cut all his toe nails ."

I began to feel distinctly uneasy and asked if there was a chance of our being suddenly interrupted . It was a great relief to learn such clients came in by special appointment only.

Dean had a fund of stories to tell. He told about the little monkey that always arrived in a complete suit of clothes and sat up on the counter chewing a lollipop, of the man who regularly brings in his five-foot alligator in a sleeping bag and of the deadly African viper he had to treat for mouth infection and incomplete

shedding. "Snakes often suffer from mouth, skin and respiratory infections," he said.

"What about the incomplete shedding?" I asked, shivering. "Oh, that's quite common with snakes," the doctor replied. "With the African viper, the skin had stayed attached around his eyes and he couldn't see . I had to take forceps and pull it off."

I learned some other interesting facts about Dean's unusual patients. "You don't take out stitches in a snake a week or two after putting them in, as you do with humans," he said . " With snakes you have to wait until they've shed their skin two or three times, and that may take as long as six months."

He is constantly approached to defang tarantulas. He refuses to do it, because the venom-producing mechanism is tied up with their saliva glands. "if you defang

, them you throw their digestion out of whack," he said . "Besides," he added, "if they don't succumb to fungus, to which they're very susceptible, they'll just grow back a new set, in any case."

"Are reptiles smart?'' I asked . It appears that iguanas, which can grow six feet long, are rather clever and like to sit on one's knee and have their heads scratched. Dean could only recall one case where he saw actual affection gleaming from the eye of a snake, however. It was an eight-foot reticulated python brought in by its owner, a woman. The snake, with the fondest glances, kept wrapping itself around her waist and neck and cuddling its head in close to her ear.

As he looked back over his 19 years as a veterinarian Dean concluded that 50 per cent of his practice has been in the area of public relation.s. "Liking animals is not enough; you have to like people too," he said.

Nevertheless he does have a bone to pick with pet owners. He's been so appalled by the ignorance about general care and husbandry of exotic pets that he's writing a book about it. This one is about pet birds, the basic rules for keeping them, proper nutrition and housing, and will be followed by a similar book on reptiles. Most of the problems he's seen, he said , are related to ignorance of the basics .

As I was getting up to leave, Dean introduced me to "Hobbit", his 18-month­old cockatiel. The little grey bird with the lime-yellow head is something of a celebrity, having appeared often on television with his owner. If all goes well he may be on again this fall in the CTV series "People and Pets." As "Hobbit" strutted back and forth a long the shelf, Dean explained about the pre-Colombian vases and the portrait of the Indian. It appears that the doctor is also interested in native culture and archaeology. The tomahawk and the beads the Indian is wearing in the picture were all discovered by Dean during a dig north of Milton .

On my way out I paused by the cage of poor Herbie, a neurotic parrot I had been introduced to on my way in . Herbie was busily intent on pulling out every feather he possessed. He looked a mess. I do hope Dr. Dean Axelson can cure him. But, if not, well, you can't win 'em all! D

Dean and "Buddy", a macaw, eye each other speculatively. It was nail-cutting time and "Buddy" wasn't that enthusiastic about the idea.

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. OAC '29 and Mac '29. Class reumon-

James N. Allen, OAC '14, with O.A.C Dean Clayton Switzer, OAC '51.

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Class of OAC '49 lunching in the shade.

Alumni

At the Wellington College reunion.

Dr. Grant Misener, OVC '38 named o vc 0 . . , was

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Lunchtime in Branion Plaza.

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P~esident Donald Forster met Dorothy Nicholson, Mac '39, centre, and Bev (Shaver) MacKenzie, Mac '32.

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Below: RDOP personnel meeting with community resource people. From left: Julian Reed, OAC '56A,farmer and MPP for Hatton ­Burlington; Salinka Sojezynski, Facs '79, RDOP co-ordinator; Tom Chudleigh, OA C '63, apple farmer; Dr. Tony Fuller, Director, RDOP, and Alma Beard, Facs '79, RDOP summer assistant.

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I n 1976, the University of Guelph established the Rural Development

Outreach Project (RDOP) on campus. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg

Foundation and the University, the project was designed as an experiment in broadening the University's link with rural communities (already established through the agricultural extension program) to include the sharing of expertise from other subject areas in a format readily usable by rural groups or organizations.

To make this happen, it was hoped that rural residents would work together

By Marcia Arp$

with University faculty and RDOP star. to ensure that specific needs of the communities concerned would be adequately fulfilled . By helping communities in this way, it was hoped that long-term rural development, that the maintenance and improvement oft quality of life in rural areas, could be achieved.

Pilot Areas

An attempt was made, at the onset, to select rural pilot areas which exhibited different characteristics. Huron County

traditional agricultural area lacking the direct influence of a large urban centre, was selected as one pilot area. The Regional Municipality of Halton, an agricultural area undergoing rapid urbanization overshadowed by the cities of Burlington and Oakville and, in a peripheral sense, by the city of Toronto, was selected as the second area.

Community Involvement

Since each pilot regio n exhibits distinct characteristics, different approaches to establishing a group of community residents to work with the RDOP in achieving rural development in the two areas were undertaken .

In Huron County, initial community involvement of such a group, the Huron Committee, was at the political level and included representation from the Wingham and Turnberry Township councils (the specific geographical area where RDOP decided to concentrate its efforts) and representation from the Huron County Planning Department. in addition to University representatives.

Doug Fortune, OAC '65A, Turnberry Township Council representative, and George Penfold, OAC '68, Planning Department representative, have been working with the project since its inception in Huron County. Doug has spoken on behalf of the project on numerous occasions within the County, chaired community meetings, and generally provides invaluable cooperation and support to the RDOP. Louise Marritt, RDOP Field Co-ordinator in Huron, has had a long-standing relationship with the University of Guelph through both her late husband, Ted, OAC '49, and their son. Mike, OAC '75A.

During the two years that the RDOP has been active in Huron, increased community involvement on the Huron Committee has been ongoing. Membership has reflected the long-term goals and interests of co-operative community work with the RDOP. As community membership on the Committee has been increasing, direct University involvement at the committee level has been decreasing. The hope is to evolve a community group of Huron residents (with only one or two representatives from the University) who will co-ordinate University/ Community co-operation for the benefit of the community.

In the Regional Municipality of Halton, this type of representative community was established initially. A

series of workshops was designed to familiarize Halton residents with the concept of rural development and the work of the RDOP, and to solicit from the residents themselves the types of individuals they preferred to have representing their community in co­operative work with the University of Guelph. Following these workshops, working meetings were held with a group of Halton residents who volunteered to assist RDOP in selecting a representative group. As a result of their efforts, in January 1979, 14 Haltonites formed the Community Pulse Group. Several members of this group are Guelph alumni - Bill Tom, OAC '50; Peter McKellar, OAC '61; Tom Chudleigh, OAC '63, and Paul Laidlaw, OAC '76A.

Action in the Pilot Areas

Because the project has been working in Huron County for a longer period than in the Halton Region, much more co­operative activity has been undertaken with Huron communities and organizations. This work has included long-term projects which are ongoing in the area for several years and short-term projects which are responding to specific community requests.

The long-term rural development activities have focused on two different items. In response to a request from the Huron County Planning Department, the RDOP, with assistance from Professor Jackie Wolfe, Geography, evaluated the existing public participation program implemented by the Planning Department in preparation of township secondary plans.

As a result of this process, the RDOP suggested an expansion of public participation through initiation of small group meetings. Organized by the local Federation of Agriculture, these meetings familiarized local residents with the nature of planning and some of its considerations. The initial program of small group meetings worked so well that the concept has been adopted by the Planning Department and is being used in other townships in the county.

The other major area of RDOP activity in Huron has involved assisting local organizations and agencies in providing programs which would make life more interesting for local senior citizens. Because of the high percentage of seniors in North Huron, this project was seen as a priority area for the RDOP by local health service delivery personnel.

A comprehensive list of seniors' needs was amassed after a series of Focus

Group meetings in the area. Many of these are being addressed through co­operative work with the Wingham and District Hospital which has financed establishment of a Day Centre for Homebound Adults in the Wingham area.

Several short-term activities have been completed in the Huron area as well. These include an inventory of existing drains in one Huron County township, assistance with cataloguing historical documents at the Van Egmond House in Seaforth, and organization of a workshop on financial counselling for professionals and paraprofessionals in the Huron area. A speaker was provided for a professional development day at the Silver School for the Retarded in Wingham and assistance was given to a drama workshop for the Wingham Towne Players. RDOP was also involved with an open meeting held by the Goderich Township Recreation Committee to solicit public opinion on the types of facilities to be incorporated into a Township Hall to be built at Holmesville.

In the Halton Region, the Community Pulse Group is actively initiating and responding to rural development activities which will lead to the betterment of life in their community. Several task groups have been established to work on a number of projects. One of these involves the preparation of a brochure depicting the realities of rural living directed, in particular, to newcomers to the Halton rural area.

Future Plans

The Rural Development Outreach Project has almost completed the first phase of its operation, 1976 - 1980. Because residents of the areas involved feel they are benefiting from the work of the RDOP as it assists local groups and organizations to take advantage of the University's wide variety of resources, it is hoped that the Project will continue with its co-operative work for at least another three years. Initial overtures have been made to educational institutions in Northern Ontario to investigate the possibility of working with them on co­operative community ventures in the north.

Should readers have any questions on the nature of the RDOP or the work it has been, and hopes to be, doing, please contact the RDOP office at the University of Guelph, (519) 824-4120 ext. 3637. The support of alumni in RDOP ventures in both Huron County and Halton Region is greatly appreciated. 0

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Radi Grypho

Frank Ryan. Radio Gryphon was established in his memory.

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by Ian McDiarmid

A project that started as an idea 15 years ago is near completion. The

University of Guelph will soon have its own FM radio station, CFRU-FM.

Preparations are under way to acquire a transmitter and additional studio equipment, and to establish a non-profit corporation to hold the FM licence . Also in the planning is a "birthday party" in Peter Clark Hall on Monday, January 28, 1980- the first day of FM broadcasting. All alumni are welcome to attend the

93.3 FM party and tour the studio facilities.

Interest in radio has had a long history at Guelph. In 1939, accordin the late Dr. George Reaman , former of the Department of English , a cred course in radio broadcasting was introduced into the curriculum of th Ontario Agricultural College. The pu of the course was to provide training people required to speak on radio a of their extension work. The train in put to practical use during English of College Royal.

In 1942, a course for radio announcers was added to the currie This was primarily a course in micr technique. In 1954, Dr. Reaman reti and at that time certain opposition developed to the radio broadcasting course. After several years it was tak the compulsory list, and , due to pro~ of staffing, it was eventually droppe the curriculum.

About this time, however, radio began to play an extra-curricular rol campus. The exact extent of this acti hard to determine, but the colleges broadcast half-hour variety shows 01

radio CJOY from a booth still to be in the Massey Hall drama practice tl It is recalled that the colleges also presented a limited number of progr over a Toronto commercial station d this period.

Regular student participation in evolved when the Radio Society was formed. The Radio Society develope of the Public Relations Committee Student Union Council in the fall o( The first meeting of the Society was November 2, 1964. The Society met ~;;;::::;; ____ ....

week later with Norm Jary of CJOY discuss a University program. Under stewardship of the Society's first Pre~

Clarke Smith, OAC '65, the CJOY programs began.

The first program was aired on January 6, 1965. Announcers were Sanderson and Ken Lewis, both OA

while Linda (Wakfer) Bergsman, Mac '67, and Marge (McKague) Windover, OAC '66, took care of the interviews. The Society received formal recognition in March, 1965, when its constitution was accepted by the Student Union Council.

Throughout the late 1960's, the Radio Society continued to produce the radio program "University Comment" for CJOY. The 1968 Libranni showed Adele :Fry) Matsalla, Well '69, and Frank Robins, members of the Radio Society, at .vork in the CJOY studios producing such 1 program.

Although it was not a curricular tctivity, the University continued to have .n interest in radio. Frank Ryan, a •ioneer Canadian broadcaster, was a 1ember of the University's inaugural :oard of Governors. Following Frank's eath in 1965, Mrs. Kathleen Ryan tfered a donation to establish an FM udio in his memory. Mrs. Ryan's gift rengthened the University's desire to tare its resources with the Guelph >mmunity and to provide experience in e communication arts for students. In 166 the University decided to include •ace in the new Physical Sciences 1ilding for a modest studio.

The efforts of students, faculty and e University were joined in October, 67, when University President William Winegard requested various persons to

·m a committee to prepare a brief ~arding the feasibility of an FM radio tion. On that committee was 1967 j 68 dio Society President Lome Heslop, ~c '70.

The committee recommended the iversity to proceed with FM plans. The mmittee also recommended the tblishment of a Radio Advisory Board leal with the establishment of a radio ion. The 1968j 69 Radio Society >ident, the late Dale Loghrin , CSS '69, the Society's Vice-President, Fred

nton, CSS '72, were members of the :ina! Radio Advisory Board. Around time the name "Radio Gryphon" was pted. In 1969 Radio Gryphon was

blished in the physical Sciences jing, Room 102. The first broadcasts ! on a closed-circuit system serving the Building and the South Residence

terias. The February 26, I970 edition te University News Bulletin recorded >fficial opening on February 18, 1970 a story and a picture of Rick Beriault,

Arts '71, and Bob Gillespie, OAC '74, on its front page. Also active in those early years were Doug Spry, CPS '70; John Tesky, Arts '71; Allan Cavell, CSS '71; Steve Orgill, CSS '75; Luke Von Kulmiz, Ed Coxe, Barb Gifford, Arts '72, and Barry Belchamber, Arts '76.

In the fall of 1970, Radio Gryphon experimented with AM carrier current, a broadcast system in common use on U.S. college campuses but unknown in Canada. Radio Gryphon was added to the Guelph Cable FM system that spring. In 1973 Radio Gryphon (CFRU) received a licence from the Canadian Radio­Television Commission (CRTC) for the AM carrier current system. Guiding the station through the licensing process was station Director Jim Manning, CSS '73.

In 1974 Radio Gryphon moved into the newly constructed University Centre and into its permanent home, the Frank Ryan Studios, on the Centre's second level. Mrs. Kathleen Ryan officially opened the studios on June 21 , 1975 , during Alumni Weekend. Dale Loghrin's parents also attended the ceremony. Many alumni who were involved with the station or the Society in the past were at the ceremony and later toured the studios.

As participation and financial support increased, the station advanced towards an FM licence. An application was filed on April 27, 1978 and the CRTC held a public hearing to discuss the application on March 6, 1979. Who could have guessed in 1965 that it would take 15 years to "get-on-the-air" with our own FM station?

The FM station will facilitate communication between the University and the surrounding community by creating an awareness in the Guelph area of University activities, will provide a dialogue between the University and surrounding community, and will help provide a feeling of association for the separated on and off-campus populations of the University community.

The majority of the broadcast day will be popular music in a "mosaic format." Such programming is characterized by regular inserts of short features to enrich the broadcast. The inserts will consist of comedy skits, poetry reviews, short histories or biographies, science topics, gardening tips, pet care, hobbies or crafts, or items of human interests. Each program will also announce coming events at the University. From

time to time CFRU-FM will broadcast live Gryphon sports events, dramatic productions, debates, convocations and musical events. The University community and its varied activities will be the focal point for CFRU-FM.

Presently, the staff, the Radio Board and its committees are preparing for the movement to FM broadcasting, which includes evaluation of additional equipment requirements. The University's Technical Services and Physical Resources personnel will handle most of the installation. The tower for the antenna is to be placed atop the East Residence and most of the cables from the studios to the transmitter site are already installed. To pay for the equipment, the station is seeking a Wintario grant. If granted, Wintario will match funds donated on a formula basis. To date, donations have been received from undergraduates, graduates, Mrs. Ryan and the College Royal Curtain Call. 0

Ian McDiarmid.

Ian McDiarmid began with Radio Gryphon as a volunteer in May, 1970. He became the first full-time employee in January, 1972, and was appointed Station Director in June, 1974. He is interested in receiving memorabilia of the early station and the Radio Society, as well as personal recollections of the station's history. Ian can be contacted at 519-824-4120, Extension 8341, or by writing to CFRU-FM, Level 2, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. N1G 2W1. 0

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Reflections

Penelope Penelope-the wife of Ulysses who sat at home waiting the ten years he spent fighting the Trojan War and the further ten it took him to find his way back.

Oh, I have no illusions as to what he's been up to all these years-a sea nymph here, a minor goddess there, and a free for all with the odd monster to give the plot the necessary epic tone. Not that I'm saying he goes out of his way to be led astray. It happens quite naturally, I'm sure. But it happens.

So, since suitors squat on my doorstep, why so squeamish? In the first place because it's the property they're out to get, with me as an afterthought perhaps. Then they're so callow. But mostly, having nursed forebearance for twenty years, I'm not about to have him forgiving me my only lapse.

Salome Salome-the step-daughter of King Herod, who promised her whatever she wanted if she would dance the dance of the seven veils for him. Thi.<I she did; then asked, as her mother had told her to, for the head of John the Baptist.

I shouldn't have got involved, of course, But then, when you're the ace up your mother's sleeve and only ­what was I? sixteen?- well, never again! He's the kind to avoid meeting in lonely alleys of the mind. Strips you first, then strangles you to forestall any sudden attempt on his shivering virtue. That's the worst of reminding men of their mothers; all that hidden guilt at the hate or worse still love that festered in them unused - you're the one they take it out on. As for Herod, resplendently flustered that he'd done what he'd always wanted but not dared make up his mind to do, in dreams I see him splutter at what I should have asked for on that platter.

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Iseult De La Main Blanche Iseult de Ia Main Blanche- a Breton princess married by Sir Tristran in a vain attempt to forget her Irish namesake. On. his deathbed Tristran sent for Isolde, whose skill with herbs had once before saved him, instructing the messenger to return with a white sail if accompanied by Isolde, a black if not.

Vague fingers drift across my days as a light mist might fondle the rounded shapes of hills, inconsequentially; but as water chills stone to the bone in its pebbled bed, these forthright hands rille his nights. Yet a weary sleight of mind must first transpose (desire then flails his blood like spawning salmon) true and false Iseult, gold and silver, red and white.

Her I bear no grudge whose being feeds, tumultuous tributary,. his in some high pass-blameless as poems or mighty deeds men make love to while making love. Sheer lack of need, his need not to need me, is why I turn and let him think the sail is black.

Delilah Delilah - a Philistine married to Samson, arch-enemy of the Philistines. Having wheedled the secret out of him that his great strength lay in his hair, she cut if off while he was sleeping, and had him captured, blinded, and led in triumph to where, his hair having grown again, he pulled down the temple on his assembled enemies.

Yes, I'm the one who cut his hair, the best known shearer of shorn lambs in the history of being taken to the cleaners. But where's the mystery? He married me knowing me from the first as his enemy, so clearly what he lust-ed after was not the kind of quasi-sister he could have had for the asking, but mastery over someone he'd little reason to trust. And a poor showing he seemed to make, I must say. Do you think I believed that hoary old story of his even for an instant? I was just too ri­diculously relieved when it worked, then almost sorry for my victim - and finally furious, of course, that I'd staged his grand finale.

Sports Boom By Len Haslam

I t's an established fact that the University of Guelph has one of the

best on-campus athletic programs in the country, but we're not content to ride on past laurels.

On-campus athletic activity is booming, and despite the rapidly growing demand for use of existing facilities, the Department of Athletics manages to find a time and a place for almost everyone involved.

The four major areas of on-campus athletics - instructional programs, competitive intramurals, free-time recreation and club programs- have developed to the point where the Department's facilities are in constant use from 7:00 a.m. to I :00 a.m. during the fall and winter semesters.

Ofooun~aprogrnmofili~~re presents a heavy personnel work load, but from Director Gib Chapman down, no one is complaining.

Under Gib, Doug Dodd is Assistant Director of all on-campus programs. Colin Kelly is co-ordinator of instructional programs, with Alan Fairweather, CBS '75, Cathy O'Brien and Ann Stallman acting as supervisors or lead instructors. Bill Clausen acts as operations manager as well as evening supervisor.

Close to 40 different activities a re )ffered in the instructional framework .vhich attracts nearly 2,000 members of the J niversity community. Most of these Jrograms are introductory in nature and >rovide participants with a solid oundation to continue these activities in 'uture years. Dance programs, racquet ports, aquatics, martial arts, fitness and kiing are among the more popular areas •ffered.

Averaging 4,500 participants each emester, the competitive intramural •rogram continues to expand and develop. 'hree levels of competition are now being ffered in each activity, enabling teams of milar calibre to compete.

This has opened the doors to teams ·ho didn't believe they were good enough Jr intramurals, and therefore would not 1ter a league .

A co-ed volleyball game at the Athletic Centre.

In the past year, 749 teams played 5, 197 games in 24 different intramural leagues. Softball and hockey were the most popular male sports, while hockey and volleyball ranked in that order for the ladies. Broomball and volleyball were the top co-ed sports.

Why are on-campus programs so popular here at the University of Guelph? Assistant Director Doug Dodd attempts to explain. "We work on the general theme of 'something for everyone' and try to use a full variety in types and levels of intensity and competition.

"We put the emphasis on fun, and I believe that people who get involved enjoy it so much they want to come back and participate again."

He also points out that with the different varieties of competition, there's no pressure on anyone who simply wants to get out and participate . As Doug says, "You don't have to be a star, and there are higher levels of competition for those who are more skilled than others."

Thanks to the increased awareness of the importance of physical health, the Athletics Centre is full from opening to closing with people taking advantage of any free time available. Squash, tennis and badminton courts show about 100 per cent occupancy. Weight rooms are never empty; basketball, volleyball , frisbee and football players fill the gym ; and hockey players are on the ice as early as 6:00a.m ., to as late as I :00 a .m. Joggers, runners and cyclists circle the campus and nearby urban and rural areas.

At present, club programs occupy the least developed area of the athletic program . During the summer months, however, co-ordinators studied possibilities

and are currently creating a policies and procedures manual aimed at developing club programs to the same extent as other activities in the area of athletics .

The past year has been a very successful one for on-campus athletics at the University of Guelph, but the Department is not about to be satisfied.

As Doug states, " We're not aiming to just maintain the enthusiasm already generated in our programs, but rather to generate more."

The Department of Athletics will not be totally satisfied with on-campus athletics until it's a ble to provide something to satisfy the requirements of the entire University community. 0

Gryphon Club Fonner Guelph campus athletes may be interested to learn that a new athletic support organization has been established- the Gryphon Club.

Alumni wishing to receive Gryphon Notes, a monthly newsletter published by the University's Department of Athletics, and infonnation regarding the Gryphon Club should contact the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, Room 401, Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, NlG 2Wl.

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Campus Highlights

Emanuel Birnbaum.

Honours to Seven at Spring Convocations The University of Guelph conferred honorary degrees during spring Convocations on Dr. Rene J. Dubos, a scientist keenly concerned with the human condition, and on Frank A. Milligan, a Canadian who has been closely associated with the advancement of the humanities and social sciences. Emanuel I. Birnbaum and Professor Emeritus Trevor Lloyd Jones, OVC '34, both of whom made significant contributions to the development of the University of Guelph, were made Fellows of the University.

During the graduation and convocation exercises three recently retired faculty members were admitted to the rank of Professor Emeritus. They are Lawrence A. McDermott, OAC '39, John F. Melby, and Marian A. Soltys.

Rene Dubos

Dr. Rene Jules Dubos, who received an honorary D.Sc. degree, spent most of his working life as a member of the faculty of Rockefeller University (formerly known as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research) in New York City, except for two years as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. On his retirement from Rockefeller in 1971 he was named Professor Emeritus.

Marian Soltys and President Forster.

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Dr. Dubos is a microbiologist and experimental pathologist who first demonstrated the feasibility of obtaining germ-fighting drugs from microbes in 1930. Among his scientific achievements are the development of a rapid method for growing tubercle bacilli, useful in the study of tuberculosis, and investigations on the mechanisms of acquired immunity, as well as of natural susceptibility and resistance to infection.

The scientist has been intensely concerned with the effects that environmental forces - physiochemical, biological and social - exert on human life. Dr. Dubos's first book, The Bacterial Cell, published in 1945, sets out problems of chemotherapy, immunity and virulence. He has since published a score of books, many of which reflect his environmental concerns and his viewpoints of human life .

Frank Milligan

Frank Milligan is a Skelton Clark Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Queen's University. A long-time friend of humanists and social scientists in Canada, he is perhaps best known in academic circles for his role from 1970 to 1978 as Associate Director for University Affairs of the Canada Council.

After three years as Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, he serve a senior level in a number of posts in public service in Ottawa before joining Canada Council. With his opposite numbers on the National Research Council and the Medical Research Council, Professor Milligan participate the co-ordination of the scholarly effor of the three councils and established a reputation for fairness in dealing with those cases that were not clear cut.

Emanuel Birnbaum

"Manny" Birnbaum was named to th first Board of Governors of the Unive of Guelph where his organizational t and his concerns for people permitted to make a significant contribution. H chaired the Guelph division of the University Development Fund from to 1968. He also represented the Boar a time on the University Senate, and before his retirement from the Board 1973, served as its Chairman.

Mr. Birnbaum is known as a ch~ as well as a businessman and a citize Guelph. He is a Fellow of the Chern Institute of Canada and a former President of Hart Chemical (Canada

Rene Dobos and Chancellor Pauline McGibbon.

~ Trevor Jones, 0 VC '34. John Melby. Larry McDermott, OA C '39.

Limited, Guelph. As a citizen, Mr. Birnbaum played an active role in many facets of national and community life. He has presided over the Rotary Club of Guelph, with particular interest in its crippled children's program, the Guelph Recreation Commission, the Children's Aid Society, the Guelph Welfare Council, the Ontario Welfare Council and the Canadian Welfare Council. He has headed the Guelph Community Chest and the Guelph Chamber of Commerce.

Trevor Jones

Dr. Trevor Lloyd Jones served as Acting Principal, Principal and Dean of the Ontario Veterinary College from 1950 to 1969. He graduated from the O.V.C. in 1934 and joined the faculty in 1946. He is widely known in many countries of the world, particularly throughout Asia, Africa, and South America, for his knowledge and advice on matters of public health, food supplies and veterinary education.

Dr. Jones's time and energy have been given to aid a wide range of activities. They include: St. Joseph's Hospital, the Canadian Hunger Foundation, the Ontario and Canadian Hospital Associations, the Edward Johnson Music Foundation, the Guelph Little Theatre and the Rotary Club of Guelph.

Lawrence McDermott

Professor McDermott graduated from the O.A.C. in 1939 and, except fo.- service with the Canadian army, was on the faculty of the O.A.C. until his retirement last year.

In the early 1960's Dr. McDermott initiated a farsighted and imaginative research program in diseases of fish, including diagnostic services for fish hatcheries and more fundamental studies on pathogenesis. He published extensively in this area ; was a member of several national and international committees on fish diseases, and rapidly acquired an outstanding reputation as an expert in fish

diseases and fish hatchery disease control. He has served as a consultant in this area for many years and is continuing with this activity in retirement.

John Melby

Professor Melby served for many years with the United States Foreign Service. He was on the faculty of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania before being named the first Chairman of the Department of Political Studies at the University of Guelph. Professor Melby drafted the report The Aims and Objectives of the University, approved in 1972, which set academic guide posts for the University.

In recognition of his dedicated services to the University, Professor Melby was made an honorary life member of the College of Social Sciences Alumni Association. In addition, a John F . Melby Research Award was established by friends and colleagues to be given annually to the student in Political Studies who submits a research paper that is considered to be the finest.

Marian Soltys

Professor Soltys was educated in his native Poland. He entered the University of Edinburgh as a research fellow and then taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow and Liverpool. In 1952, he became the first director of the East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization in Uganda. He returned to Cambridge in 1955 as senior lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology and in 1966 joined the faculty of the University of Guelph. In 1974 the Canadian International Development Agency invited Dr. Soltys to undertake an appointment for four years as visiting professor at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. He has also served terms as visiting professor at other universities and has served on the World Health Organization's Expert Advisory Panel on Trypanosomiasis. His students recognized him not long ago with their award for excellence in teaching. D

A fond farewell for Chancellor McGibbon.

Madam Chancellor leaves the campus by helicopter.

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Appointments

Victor Valli, 0 VC '62.

Dr. Victor E. 0. Valli, OVC '62, has been appointed Chairman, Department of Pathology, the Ontario Veterinary College.

Dr. Valli, who was born in Alberta, attended the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Alberta before entering the Ontario Veterinary College.

He established the Bow Valley Veterinary Clinic at Brooks, Alberta, and practised there until 1965 when he returned to Guelph. Following completion of M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degrees in Pathology, he was appointed Associate Professor of Pathology, and promoted to Professor in 1973.

Dr. Valli received first proficiency prizes four times during his secondary and university education, and received the Andrew Smith Gold Medal in the graduating class at the O.V.C.

He is an Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and has served on the Examination Committee, the Education Committee, and the Training Program Committee of that College.

His research, which is in experimental pathology, has been supported by substantial grants each year during his career at the O.V.C. In addition, he has contributed to the teaching program not only by classroom teaching but also by serving on a number of committees including the DVM Program Committee and the Hospital Advisory Board.

Dr. Valli is a member of several international associations including the International Study Group for the Detection and Prevention of Cancer and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fifty papers have been presented by him to professional and to lay groups in a number of countries including Denmark, Kenya, and the United States. 0

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Michael Wilson.

Dr. Michael R. Wilson has been appointed Chairman, Department of Clinical Studies, the Ontario Veterinary College.

Dr. Wilson graduated from the University of Bristol in 1961 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree, after obtaining his secondary school education at Ramsey Grammar School. He was admitted to membership in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (M.R.C.V.S.) in the same year and after several months in practie joined the Veterinary Medicine Department at Bristol as a junior fellow. In 1968 he resigned as a lecturer at Bristol to accept an appointment at Guelph.

During his stay at Bristol, Dr. Wilson obtained the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1964. His thesis was entitled "A Study of Bedsoniae in Sheep and Cattle." Dr. Wilson taught gross and microscopic pathology as well as poultry diseases to final year students. He also published 12 papers on Bedsoniae (renamed Chlamydia), and in 1966 was offered a one-year position in the Department of Pathology at Guelph to investigate the role of Chlamydia in pneumonia in calves.

In 1968 he accepted an Associate Professorship in Clinical Studies at the Ontario Veterinary College and in 1975 was promoted to full Professor.

Dr. Wilson administered the graduate studies and research program in Clinical Studies and taught swine diseases to both graduate and undergraduate students. He has also been engaged in major research activities and developed an E. coli bacterin which, with proper use, offers effective control of the majority of porcine neonatal enteric coli bacillosis.

Dr. Wilson has had over 45 papers published in refereed journals and has made presentations to numerous international organizations including the World Veterinary Congress, as well as to farm organizations in Ontario.

Committee membership demonstrates Dr. Wilson's wide range of interests. During the past six years he has served on more than 40 University, College, and departmental committees, including Research, Graduate Studies, Admissions, Building, Undergraduate Teaching, and Hospital committees. 0

Ronald Usborne.

Professor Ronald Usbome has been named Chairman of the Department of Food Science, the Ontario Agricultural College. He succeeds Professor John deMan, who has been Chairman for the last 10 years and who will continue in th Department as a teacher and researcher.

Dr. Usborne joined the faculty oft Department of Animal and Poultry Science in 1969 with responsibilities in developing and conducting research and teaching programs in meat science. He also administered the meat science laboratory which was opened that year.

In 1978, he was granted a joint appointment between the Department o Food Science and the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, the first su appointment between two academic departments at the University of Guelp

Professor Usborne's research intere have included meat chemistry, meat composition and grading, aging of beef. pork and beef quality, and meat processing. He came to Guelph from th University of Minnesota and prior to th was a post-doctoral fellow in meat chemistry at Texas A and M University Born in Rochester, New York, he is a graduate of Cornell University and has graduate degrees from the Universities Illinois and Kentucky.

The new Chairman has been active both the local and national level in the Canadian Institute of Food Science an Technology. In addition his advice is o sought by the Canadian meat industry.

"O.P." Dwivedi.

Dr. "O.P." Dwivedi has been appointe Chairman of the Department of Politi Studies, the College of Social Science.

Professor Dwivedi received his B.S in 1957 from Allahabad University, In his M.A. in Political Studies from Saug University, India in 1961 and his M.A.

Public Administration from Carleton Universi ty in 1964. He received his Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1968.

He came to Guelph as Assistant Professor in 1967 and was promoted to full Professor in 1977. He held a visiting fellowship in 1970 at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra and was a visiting scholar from 1974 to 1975 and also in the winter of 1978 at the Brookings Institution, Washington , D.C.

Dr. Dwivedi has acted as consultant to the federal government on several occasions, to the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, for example, in 1973 and to the Public Service Commission in 1978.

He was vice-president of the Canadian Political Association, Ottawa, from 1978 to 1979 and has been invited by the Royal Society of Canada to be speaker for its special symposium in November. 0

Helen Sudbury, CSS '73.

Helen R. Sudbury, CSS '73, has been appointed to the University's Board of Governors.

A Registered Nurse, Helen graduated from the Toronto East General Hospital in 1950. She resumed her academic studies at the College of Social Science, receiving her B.A. in 1973, then attended the University of Toronto and obtained a Public Health Nursing Certificate.

Helen lives in Guelph and is well known locally for her active participation in the Guelph Spring Festival.

She and her husband, Jack, a Guelph businessman, have a family of four, two of whom have an affiliation with the University. Carolyn (Sudbury) Minaker, Arts '78, won a fellowship to the University of Calgary where she will complete a Master degree . Christina is an Arts student at Guelph .

Helen and Jack are avid sailors and members of the R.C.Y.C., Toronto, where they participate in competitive racing. 0

Senate Committee Seeks Alumni Responses

The University's Senate Committee on Liberal Education has requested comments from individuals, academic committees and administrative bodies on its seven-page working paper entitled Liberal Education at Guelph: a Discussion Paper.

Mailed to faculty , professional staff and student and alumni groups earlier this summer, copies of the report may be obtained by writing to the Office of the Secretary of Senate, Level 4, University Centre, Unive~sity of Gue lph , Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I, or by phoning (5 19)-824-4120, Ext. 2114.

The Senate Committee seeks responses from alumni by mid-October. Opportunities for representat ions to the Committee, and for open debate, will be provided once the Senate Committee has examined written submissions. A report containing recommendations is expected to be submitted to Senate for consideration during the winter semester of 1980.

The report sets out the Committee's view on the aims of a liberal education, the value of such an education and the measures which might be adopted by the University to help achieve the aims within the existing undergraduate programs.

According to the Senate Committee's Chairman, philosophy professor Doug Odegard, the working paper is designed solely to focus discussion in the community on central issues and to set forth a position which will elicit responses to the draft proposals contained in the paper. Professor Odegard hopes that students in particular will read the paper and forward submissions.

The 1972 Report on the Aims and Objectives of the University emphasized the importance of a liberal education in its undergraduate programs. The Committee on Academic Priorities, in its five-year plan covering the period 1978-1983, reaffirmed the importance of a liberal education, but it felt that more should be done to incorporate such a priority in the University's programs. As a result, Senate created a special committee in February, 1979, to study the nature and quality of liberal education at Gue lph and to

recommend changes where appropriate. A liberal education can be usefully

defined in terms of its aims, according to the report. "We take 'liberal education' to mean an education which has as aims the development of an overall intellectual excellence, the development of sophistication in moral judgement, and the development of sensi tivity in aesthetic appreciation," it says.

Addressing itself to the value of a liberal education, the Senate Committee notes that the development of intellectual, moral and aesthetic capabilities of a student is something worth doing for its own sake and that it can be done within the educational practices to be found at the University.

Students who have a liberal education obtain several potential benefits, says the report. They can derive pleasure from a broader range of activities, work more effectively at expanding the general frontiers of their own understanding, be more flexible in their approach to problems and respond more efficiently to change. They also can communicate more easily with individuals from outside their own profession and they can be better moral agents which, continues the working paper, is particularly important in a society where we must frequently trust the moral judgements of others.

Three ways to promote a liberal education at Guelph are proposed in the working paper.

First, a University-wide core of units of study would be introduced which is specifically designed to support the aims of a liberal education. Each unit would particularly address the methodological, historical and moral dimensions of its discipline, pay attention to writing skills and, where relevant, ensure an adequate understanding of the contributions of mathematics.

Second, existing specialist programs would be retained, but they would be modified where possible to support liberal aims.

Third, senior units of study, which involve integrating specialist background provided in part by the liberal core, would be introduced. 0

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Gib Chapman.

New Coach Gilbert 'Gib' Chapman, Director, Department of Athletics, has taken over the reins as head coach of the Basketball Gryphons. He brings an impressive record to his newly acquired activity.

Gib's coaching career began at the high school level in Maine, in 1957, when his squad built up a 21-1 record and went on to become state finalists at the Class A level. He then took over another high school team, in New Brunswick, where his team had 17 wins against five losses and was the provincial runner-up .

Moving up the ladder to the university level, he then coached Maine's Ricker College to 107 wins and 30 losses with six consecutive Northeast College Conference championships.

Returning to Canada, he coached at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, where his teams had a 128-26 record including four league championships, two Naismith championships, three CIAU final berths and a CIAU championship in 1970-71.

Gib's record of player development speaks for itself. He coached six All­Canadians; the only OAU player to ever play in the NBA in Brian Heaney; five CIAU national championship tournament all-stars; 14 all-conference (AUAA) and 12 all-conference players (NCC). He was also assistant coach for the Canadian National Men's Basketball team in 1972-73 and 1973-74.

National offices held by Gib include a stint as CIAU liaison officer to the Canadian Amateur Basketball Association from 1969 to the present, and two years as University Division Director and Chairman of All-Canadian Team Selection, National Association of Basketball Coaches of Canada from 1970-72.

Gib was named Atlantic University Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 1968-69 and 1970-71, and as Canadian University Coach of the Year the same season. In 1976-77, he was presented with an Honor Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches of Canada. D

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Action On Disinvestment All corporations in which University of Guelph funds are invested were sent, either directly or through the Pension Fund, a letter expressing the concern on campus about the apartheid policy in South Africa. This action was approved by the Board of Governors at its June 21, 1979 meeting. It followed consideration of a recommendation by Senate that the University divest itself of investments in b~nks and corporations presently operating in South Africa.

The Board also decided no action would be taken at this time to implement a program of disinvestment in banks and corporations operating in South Africa. The Board's resolution stated that its overriding responsibility is to seek the maximum possible return for the Pension Trusts Investment Fund and other University investments, bearing in mind the need for prudence.

The two resolutions were adopted by the Board of Governors following full consideration of the issue of social responsibility in University investment. The Board recognized that many Canadians find the apartheid policy of South Africa repugnant.

It also recognized that there are differences of opinion on how the distaste for this policy should be translated into action. Some people want complete dissociation from any organization operating in South Africa. Some suggest symbolic dissociation and others suggest working with organizatfons operating in South Africa in an effort to improve the condition of the people subject to the South African government's racial policies.

With respect to the University's choice of a bank that meets its business needs and does not have any connections with South Africa, the Board noted that there are no obvious alternatives in the Guelph area. D

Bill To/ton, OA C '36.

Herb Wright ovc '38.

John Bowles, CSS

Elected to Senate Following the annual election for three the nine alumni seats on Senate of the University, Charles E. (Chuck) Broadwell OAC '54; William G. (Bill) Tolton, OA '36, and Dr. Robert H. (Herb) Wright, OVC '38, have been elected to replace those who have fulfilled their three-year terms.

John W. Bowles, CSS '72, had the next highest number of votes and will si on Senate until August 31, 1980, completing the unexpired term of M. Gretchen MacMillan, CSS '70. Her resignation from Senate was received following her enrolment as a student at the University which makes her ineligib to sit as an alumni Senator.

John Bowles, lives in Toronto and Director, Public Relations, with the Toronto Dominion Bank. He is a formd editor of the Guelph Alumnus, and is currently a member of its Editorial Advisory Board.

Chuck Broadwell, lives in London. Ontario. He has been Manager of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Boa since 1968 and is involved in trade missions, trade fairs, conferences and conventions on a world-wide basis. He an active alumni volunteer.

Bill Talton lives in Streetsville. In

semi-retirement since 1975, he is a part;......;==-.==~ time research librarian at the Ontario Agricultural Museum at Milton. Curre editor of the O.A.C. Alumni News, he h held that position since 1969.

Dr. Herb Wright lives in Dundas. practice for 35 years, and proprietor d Dundas Animal Hospital , he retired in 1975. He has served as secretary of his class since graduation . D

Jack Noble, OA C '13, and Mike Dewan, OA C '22, were sawing it off in fine style. The lecturer made his point but Tom Jones, OAC '19, and John Griffiths, OA C '22, missed it.

Alma Mater Fund Ahead

Gifts to the 1979 Alma Mater Fund have passed the $120,000. mark as a result of broad support from alumni, faculty and staff in the advance Campus Fund and Century Club campaign divisions, according to Campaign Chairman Mabel Sanderson, Mac '31.

"With early returns 9.7 per cent ahead of the 1978 total at the same time, I am confident that the objective of $260,000. will be achieved," she stated. "The general campaign is now under way and I'm appealing for the continued support of all the past donors and invite new contributors to put us over the top."

All gifts are allocated to on­campus projects and receipts are issued for tax purposes.

Candid Camera caught them napping at

Alumni Weekend "Bram" Bramhill, OAC '13, was just "closing his eyes?"

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This year's Homecoming committee has planned an action-filled weekend that will be attractive to both alumni and students. The traditional on-campus parade of floats will kick-off the two-day affair at 6:00 p.m. on Friday October 12. Entrants are requested to register with Liana Leppingwell at (519)-824-4120, Ext. 8327. Entry fee is $10.00. Floats should be in place by 5:00p.m. The parade will be followed by an Oktoberfest Bio-Bash in Peter Clark Hall and a student concert in the Athletic Centre.

One of the more nostalgic events on Saturday, October 13, will be Open House at Raithby House. Former tenants and members of the Alumni Office who occupied the house from 1966 to 1974 will be on hand to greet visitors. Presently, Raithby House houses the Office for Educational Practice. It has been substantially refurbished both inside and out and everyone is invited to visit between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

The Guelph Gryphons will take on the McMaster Marauders at Alumni

Plan to be

There October 12 & 13 Stadium in the afternoon . Plan to meet the Gryphon's new head football coach, Tom Dimitroff, and the players, in the Faculty Club following what we promise will be an outstanding display of the use of brains and brawn.

Saturday evening, plan to attend the Alumni Reception and Dinner-Dance in Peter Clark Hall. Presentations of Alumni Awards will follow the dinner and then you can dance the night away to the music of Tradition.

The Homecoming Ball has been revived and will take place Saturday night at the Athletic Centre. The Centre will be decorated to represent a scene from that collection of ancient stories, Arabian Nights. Continuous dancing to the strains of the Toronto Habour Band and Johnny Downs' Orchestra will continue until the wee hours of the morning. Dress will be semi-formal. Take your pick . There are plenty of events to interest everyone. We hope to see you at Homecoming. Order your tickets early and use the handy order form below. 0

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Please send the following tickets:

__ Buffet luncheon @ $4.50 per person __ Football Game @ $2.00 per person __ Football Game@ $1.00 per student ............... .. . __ Barbecue @ $4.50 per person ..................... . __ Barbecue dance @ $5.00 per couple ........................................... . __ Barbecue dance@ $3 .00 per person .................. . __ Alumni dinner-dance @ $10.75 per person .. __ Alumni dance only @ $2.00 per person __ Homecoming Ball @ $14.00 per couple

Total Amount$: ___ _

Please make cheque or money order payable to the University of Guelph Alumni Association

Program

Friday, October 12 6:00p.m. PARADE OF FLOATS AROUND CAMPUS Assembly area - East Ring Road.

7:00p.m. ALUMNI ICE HOCKEY MATCH-WOMEN Campus Arena.

8:00p.m. STUDENT CONCERT Athletic Centre .

8:30p.m. HOMECOMING OKTOBERFEST BIO-BASH Sponsored by the College of Biological Science Alumni Association . Peter Clark Hall, University Centre Admission : $1.00 at the door.

8:30p.m. ALUMNI ICE HOCKEY MATCH-MEN Campus Arena. Followed by a reception at the Faculty Club, Level 5, University Centre .

Saturday, October 13 9:00a.m. FOOTBALL ALUMNI BREAKFAST Victoria Park Golf Club.

9:30a.m. GENERAL ALUMNI JOG Start at the Athletics Centre.

10:00 a.m. ALUMNI FIELD HOCKEY Corner of South and East Ring Roads.

10:30- 12:00 noon OPEN HOUSE AT RAITHB HOUSE View the restorations - everybody welcome.

11:00 a.m. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, HUMAN KINETICS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Human Kinetics Building.

and return no later than Friday, October 5, 1979 to: 1979 HOMECOMING, Alumni Office, 30 Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N I G 2W I

I of Events

11:00 a.m.

ANNUAL BRUNCH AND GENERAL MEETING HOTEL AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Macdonald Stewart Hall.

12:00 noon BUFFET LUNCHEON FOR EVERYONE The Whippletree, Level 4, University Centre.

2:00p.m. HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME McMaster Marauders v.s. Guelph Gryphons, Alumni Stadium.

4:30p.m. RECEPTION AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Room 442, University Centre.

4:30- 6:00 p.m. FOOTBALL PLAYER'S RECEPTION Faculty Club, Level 5, University Centre.

6:00p.m. RECEPTION AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Room 103, University Centre .

BARBECUE PARTY AND DANCE Gryphon Room, Alumni Stadium.

6:30p.m. ALUMNI RECEPTION AND DINNER DANCE and PRESENTATION OF 1979 ALUMNI AWARDS Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Peter Clark Hall, University Centre. Dancing to Tradition.

8:00p.m. HOMECOMING BALL "Schaherazade" - 1001 Arabian Nights. Athletic Centre. Dancing to Toronto Harbour Band and Johnny Downs' Orchestra. Snacks will be served.

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General Information Accommodation will not be available on campus during Homecoming Weekend. Alumni requiring accommodation should make their own arrangements. As the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest will be taking place at this time, reservations as early as possible are advised . For your convenience a list of motels in Guelph follows :

Biltmore Motel College Motor Inn Parkview Motel Woodlawn Motel Holiday Inn

(519) 822-9112 836-1240 836-1410 836-5850 836-0231

Free parking is available on campus from 5:00p.m. Friday evening until Sunday evening. Beware of "tow away" zones. The Whippletree will be open at noon on Saturday for the special buffet with reserved tickets. It will be open, as well, on Saturday evening by reservation. It will be licensed both at noon and in the evening. For evening reservations call 824-4120, Ext. 3500. The Brass Taps, Level 2, University Centre will be open continuously from noon on Saturday for snacks and beverages. Alumni identification may be required.

"Horsing Around" University of Guelph Alumni Association committees are constantly dreaming up new program ideas to attract alumni participation. "Horsing Around with Guelph Alumni" is their latest creation and we think it's a winner!

Planned for Saturday, September 29, the event will be both interesting and enjoyable, not only to those with an interest in horses, but also to those who appreciate a Saturday outing in the fall to view breath-taking autumn colours. Cost per person for the outing is $16.00.

Buses will leave Guelph and Toronto for Grey Stone Stables near Campbellville where, after refreshment, a dressage show will be presented by Betty Jean Hutton and her students.

An unhurried bus ride through the riotous colour of the Caledon Hills will end at Glen Williams where, at lunch­time, a country-style "church supper" will be provided at St. Alban's Anglican Church. On to Terra Cotta, the group will be invited to quietly browse through

boutiques and pottery and gift shops. The next stop will be at "Tralee", a

farm veterinary clinic near Mono Mills, owned and operated by Dr. George Cormack, OVC '49. After a tour of the clinic, a collection of carriages and horses will be displayed. Carriage rides may be arranged.

As a special bonus, Thelma Stewart, a grape grower from the St. Catharines area, and two other members of the Grape Growers Action Committee will talk briefly about the newer varieties of grapes.

A wine and cheese tasting session will end the program and then it's back onto the busses for home.

We are grateful for the arrangements made by Dr. Stan Ward, OVC '36, Dr. Cormack and others.

Because of limited facilities, the number of participants may not exceed 140 so, to avoid disappointment, we would suggest you register for "Horsing Around with Guelph Alumni" as early as possible by using the reservation form below.

RESERVATION FORM "HORSING AROUND WITH GUELPH ALUMNI"

COLLEGE NAME: (Please print)

& YEAR ....... .. .. .. ... ........ .... ...... .... .... ...... .. .

MAILING ADDRESS: .......... .. ........... .. ... ......... .. ..... .. ...... ..... ... .............. .... ....... ..... .. .. ....... .. ....... .. ..

POSTAL CODE: ........................................ TELEPHONE NO:

NUMBER OF TICKETS REQUIRED@ $16.00 each .. .. ..................... .. .. .

Enclosed is my cheque for$ .... ...... ....... .. . ..

Please make cheque or money order payable to the University of Guelph Alumni Association. Mail reservation to: HORSING AROUND, Alumni Office, Level 4, University Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N I G 2W I

What Do You Think? Now that you've read your Guelph Alumnus from cover to cover, it's time to answer a question.

What differences did you notice between this issue and recent previous issues? More pages? Right! In fact double the usual number. "Well," you might say, "that's to be expected for a combined Summer/ Fall issue".

True, but is it twice as thick as the regular issue? No, you're right, it's not; the paper is thinner, 45-pound stock compared to the 70-pound you've been used to.

More pages and thinner paper; two visible changes. There's another change which is not quite so visible. This issue was printed on a WEB press using roll paper-not on a sheet-fed press as before.

Well, I guess what we're up to is very obvious by now. We've cut printing and postage costs. What with rapidly escalating paper prices and mailing rates we had to. The financial CRUNCH is on! And it's affecting universities across the country.

We've printed two for the price of one and mailed two for just 2¢ more than the mailing price of one. Now that's what you call economy.

We feel we've taken the right step. What do you think? Ed.

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an alumnus has moved, please not1fy the Alumn1 Oll1ce. Untverstty of Guelph N1G 2W 1, SO that thiS magazme may be forwarded to the proper address .

21 O.A.C. Alumni Association Annual Golf Tournament,

13-14 Homecoming Annual Meetings, Human Kinetics, HAF A, Social Science and University of Guelph Alumni Associations

8-17 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto 3 Application deadline

for Winter Semester 22-24 Alumni Winter Carnival,

Huntsville