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UNIVERSITY NEWS BULLETIN

ISSN 0229-2378

Volume 28 Number 10

84 03 08

March came in like a lion at Guelph, bringing a winter beauty to campus trees and buildings. There was an unconfirmed rumor that a tulip was up near the laundry building during the mild spell in February, but skeptics gritted their teeth and wished Guelph had an affiliated campus somewhere in the heart of Florida.

Welcome to our campus College Royal & University Open House

College Royal and Open House weekend activity swings into action Friday, March 9

at 5 p.m. with the mutt parade in the Athletics Centre to be followed at 6 p.m. by the dog show. The mutt parade for dogs in costume is a new event. The dog show

itself features dogs of all shapes and sizes with demonstrations by working sheep dogs,

seeing eye, field, sled and police dogs. Presi-dent Burt Matthews will be a judge.

The official opening of Open House weekend is Saturday at 1 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall. Sandy Cushon, host of the CBC-TV show, "Country Canada" will officiate. Events over the weekend will feature a smorgasbord of activities from chemistry magic show to fashion shows and dance displays. A juried art show is hung in the McLaughlin Library and the Ontario Heritage

Foundation Stewart and Letty Bennett Collection of Canadian and European art of the period from 1860 to 1930 is on display at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

Every College has a variety of events. The OAC, for example has displays on bee-keeping, animal nutrition and resource management to name a few, a home beer brewing competition and an exhibit on gardening. Visitors to the Colleges of Arts

and Social Science will have an opportunity to test their knowledge of Italy in the book

contest, sample French cheeses or visit the

Psychology Society's magic show of visual illusions or the rat maze cafe.

College of Family and Consumer Studies visitors can lunch at Flapper's, the School

of Hotel and Food Administration restaurant or discover the world of a child in the pre-school.

The College of Biological Science invites visitors to handle marine animals in the

"touch me" tanks, have their blood typed

and look at their own chromosomes.

The OVC visitors will have a chance

to see live surgery on video, visit the anatomy museum and the petting zoo in the breeze-way where small animals will be for the

enjoyment of small people.

The College of Physical Science's com-puter displays are always popular with kids of all ages who can view the latest in micro-computer equipment or enjoy computer games. The Department of Microbiology

will test tap or well water supplied by visitors who may also visit the University Observatory,

and enter the paper airplane competition. Further details of the program are on

the back page of tBulletin.lletin.0

Unwieldly Canada needs nation-wide representation Ungovernable until it does, says Stanfield

Despite the worst blizzard of the winter, a standing room only audience heard The Hon-orable Robert Stanfield deliver the 1984 Ronald Ritchie Lecture, "Is Canada Ungovernable?"

The former premier of Nova Scotia and Joe Clark's predecessor as leader of the Opposition, thinks the answer is "yes", — if government is perceived as an imposition of wills.

"Tensions are not primarily between governments," he said. "They arise from an absence of common national purpose and a primary concern for regional interests and aspirations with deep historical roots. These concerns can not arbitrarily be overridden

except at great price."

This is a problem that is not to be solved by giving more power either to the federal

government or to the provinces, he said. He called for the strengthening of institutions which reflect the diversity which we like to

think of as one of our national assets.

He said one possibility is a reformed

Senate with representatives elected on a re-

gional basis. However, he saw little hope from this direction. "It would be difficult

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Guelph & Waterloo set up MIRCEN The recent establishment of the first Canadi-an UNESCO-sponsored Microbiological Resource Centre (MI RCEN) at the Univer-sities of Guelph and Waterloo will have important implications for the Third World.

The Centre, one of 12 such establish-ments around the world, is designed to promote applied microbiology and biotech-nology to Third World development. There

are now six centres in Third World countries

and six in North America, Europe and

Australia. Dr. Dennis Howell, former OVC Dean

and now the University's roving ambassador

for international projects, will act as co-ordinator, for the Guelph-Waterloo Resource Centre. Dr. Howell is also chairman of the UN's International Cell Research Organization (CRO) panel for applied microbiology and biotechnology, a body instrumental in estab-lishing the network which involves some of the world's most eminent microbiologists.

The Centres act as reservoirs for micro-bial culture collections so they can be made available to Third World countries. Of parti-cular concern is the rhizobial bacteria which work in symbiosis with legumes to fix atmos-pheric nitrogen in root nodules. The legumes — such as pigeon peas and soybeans —function as biofertilizer factories and can be intercropped with plants, such as corn or grasses, that do not have the capacity to fix

nitrogen, thus increasing yields and cutting down the need for expensive chemical nitrogen fertilizers which are often difficult

to obtain in developing countries. Several of the Centres are working on

inoculating legume seeds with Rhizobia to

There is no winning side to the argument about the quality of food on campus but

there is something that can be done, says School of Hotel and Food Administration student, Paul Buchanan, who has been on the

Food Services advisory committee for two

and one-half years.

"If you make people aware of the routes, they can bring up their problems with Food Services," he says.

The Food Services advisory committee exists to provide a forum for unbiased repre-sentation to review Food Services policies and operations. It is made up of various sub- committees dealing with such issues as pricing, finances, communication and menu-planning.

The committee is made up of represen-

tatives from residence halls, Department

of Residences and inter-hall councils. Other members are Chris Naese, Food Services ombudsman, Gary Round, head of Food

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produce higher levels of nitrogen fixation,

while the Microbiological Resource Centre in Brisbane, Australia, maintains an important culture collection and houses the master copy of the world directory of collections of cultures of micro-organisms, supplying the latest information on the microbial gene pool for researchers around the world.

Dr. Howell explains that the Centres also develop training courses and workshops for Third World personnel. Guelph has

already been involved in four overseas work-shops in diagnostic veterinary microbiology and plans are under way for a further session of Waterloo has been similarly involved in biotechnology workshops and one is planned for this summer.

Some new research projects in micro-biology and biotechnology are expected to be generated at Guelph and Waterloo with

funding from international agencies. In addi-tion, the two universities will help develop a computer conferencing network, considered

essential for spreading biotechnology informa-tion from the developed to the developing world.

Discussions are also taking place on a

Canadian-funded project designed to facili-

tate biotechnological programs between the Guelph-Waterloo Centre and the MI RCENs in Guatemala, Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America. Dr. Howell will be having planning discussions on this proposal in Buenos Aires at the end of March.

Dr. Howell explains that the new Centre will draw on existing strengths at Guelph and Waterloo and will not involve any new physi-cal facilities. ❑

Services, Paul Clark, manager of operations, and Bill McNaughton, manager.

The biggest complaint the committee

gets, says Mr. Buchanan, is that prices are too high and that the quality is poor. Food Services tries to keep prices down, he says,

and the quality will never compare with home cooking.

"The committee is aware that people are complaining," he says, " and there is al-ways room for improvement. The best way to achieve that is through people expressing their views."

This can be done by attending dining hall meetings, held every second week in Lambton Hall Fireplace Lounge, on Tuesdays at 5:45 p.m. and Prairie Meeting Room on

Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m., or by contacting a member of the Food Services advisory committee or the Food Services ombudsman, Ext. 2249.❑

Stanfield Continued from page I.

Mr. Stanfield, left, with President Burt Matthews.

to pass the necessary constitutional amend-ments, individuals with political aspirations would be unlikely to submit themselves to the electoral process to become members of a powerless chamber, and the House of Commons would be reluctant to surrender any of its present powers," he said.

Mr. Stanfield's talk took on a more optimistic note when he spoke of the pros-pects for the national political parties to become more truly representative of all parts of Canada.

The Liberals have remained in power all these years primarily because they have enjoyed a broad electoral base, he said. "Their grasp on the reins of power has

been weakened by recent elections which wiped them out in the West as decisively as the Progressive Conservatives have long been excluded from Quebec."

Canada, the former premier believes,

will remain ungovernable until one of the

parties succeeds in achieving nation-wide representation. "This will not happen until the people of Quebec come to believe that the

Conservatives in Ottawa are genuinely sensi-tive to their needs, or the voters of western Canada come to believe that the federal Liberals are sensitive to theirs."

Canadians are not wracked by ideo-

logical differences, Mr. Stanfield insisted.

"We are moderate, pragmatic people who are prepared to settle for less than everything

we want. We find it relatively easy to compromise. It is only when a region per-ceives the federal government to be utterly insensitive to its needs that tensions arise." ❑

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Home cooking it isn't, but Food Services is trying!

Former president to head study of NSERC's granting policies

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council is undertaking a study of its granting policies. A special task force is to examine and report on the infra-structure needs of Canadian universities for research in the natural sciences and engineer-ing, as well as the degree to which current NSERC granting policies meet those needs.

The seven-member task force is headed by Dr. William Winegard, Guelph's former president. Other members are: Dr. A.N. Bourns, visiting research officer, NSERC; Dr. A. Caille, director, department of physics, Universite de Sherbrooke; Dr. J.J. MacDonald, executive vice-president, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia; Dr. N. Morgenstern, department of civil engineering, University of Alberta; Dr. J.E. Phillips, department of zoology, University of British Columbia, and, Dr. J. Wright, manager, materials processing laboratory, Xerox Research Centre. Secre-tary is M.L. McArthur, assistant awards officer, (Strategic Grants), NSE RC.

NSERC Chairman, Dr. Gordon MacNabb, says the study will be used in preparing the Council's second five-year plan. Major infrastructure grants from NSERC received at Guelph have included the scanning trans-mission electron microscope, shared with a number of other western Ontario universities, and the array processor that enables high-speed number crunching by the mainframe computer.

Dr. Winegard says the task force will study in detail a sample of 19 representative universities across Canada as a basis for its conclusions and recommendations. Ontario universities included in the study are Lake-head, McMaster, Toronto and Ottawa. Other universities may make a submission to the

task force if they wish.

The study will include an assessment of the present state of infrastructure for re-search in the natural sciences and engineering,

CSA elections March 9

Candidates for the Central Student Association elections will be campaigning across campus until Friday, March 9. An all-candidates meeting will be held in the University Centre courtyard Thurs-day, March 8 from noon until 1 p.m.

The candidates are: for CSA presi-dent, Stuart Campbell, Michael Davidson, Bruce Johnston, John King and Robert Norrish; for vice-president, external, Jonathan Harper, Andre Lyder and James Ryan.

Joanne Bruce is the new vice- president, academic by acclamation. ❑

including maintenance and technical services. It will also examine the effectiveness of the current NSERC infrastructure grants program, as well as the effectiveness and economy of centrally-operated and centrally-funded equipment maintenance and technical ser-vices. Members of the task force will also examine and report on the division of respon-sibility between the provinces and the federal government for providing necessary support services for research. These studies will per-mit the task force to advise on the role that NSERC should play in support of research in Canada, and on the level of funding needed. ❑

BMW commission The following are the terms of reference for the

Commission on the Future Development of the Uni-

versities of Ontario, released by the Ontario Govern-

ment February 2.

The Commission's task will be to present to the

Government a plan of action to better enable the

universities of Ontario to adjust to changing social

and economic conditions. The Commission should

proceed on the basis that annual increases to the real

public resources provided to the universities will

reflect the desire to protect the integrity of the uni-

versities, to strengthen their ability to contribute to

the intellectual, economic, social and cultural founda-

tions of society, as well as to reflect the Govern-

ment's policy of fiscal restraint and prudent manage-

ment of public funds.

Without restricting the scope of the activities of

the Commission, its review should include the

following:

1. To develop an operational plan which, without

reducing the number of universities in Ontario

provides for more clearly defined, different and

distinctive roles for the universities of Ontario in

order to maintain and enhance the quality of univer-

sity education by ensuring the appropriate concen-

tration of academic strengths in areas of intellectual

and social importance, including:

• consideration of the designation of specific

universities as centres of specialization with a view

to preserving and developing further a calibre of

teaching and research of national and international

excellence;

• consideration of the technological advances

in the delivery of university education to geographic-

ally remote areas as well as the cost effectiveness

that such technology may bring.

2. To address the issue of accessibility to univer-

sity level education in the context of economic

realities and in the context of a differentiated univer-

sity structure including:

• consideration of the importance of new pat-

terns of credit study which embrace the concept of

life-long learning, including part-time and recurrent

education;

• consideration of the need for, and form of,

general and specific entrance examinations to the

Ontario university system;

Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Foundation, John White, left, joins Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Director, Judith Nasby and President Burt Matthews at the official opening of the inaugural exhibition of

the Ontario Heritage Foundation Stewart and Letty Bennett Collection last Friday.

terms of reference • consideration of the need for a process where-

by adjustments can be regularly made to the

resources allocated to professional programs such as

education, law, medicine, dentistry, etc., and to the

level of enrolment in these programs to respond to

changing labor market requirements.

3. To address the method of distribution of uni-

versity operating grants with a view to ensuring an

adequate and measurable basis for public account-

ability while enabling the universities to remain

autonomous in the governance of their affairs and

ensuring that their responsibilities as institutions of

higher education are discharged with integrity. The

method of distribution should be sufficiently flexible

to permit adjustments from time to time in response

to the ongoing evolution of the new university

structure and include consideration of:

• appropriate ways to encourage faculty renewal

and replacement;

• funds necessary to facilitate faculty renewal

and adjustments arising from the Commission's

recommendations;

• the appropriateness of program weights as one

of the determining factors for funding distribution

requirements;

• the possible separation of research funding

from instructional funding to ensure a harmonious

blending of provincial and national objectives in

research carried out in universities;

• the distribution of provincial capital support

and the role of private sector support in the main-

tenance and enhancement of the physical structures of the system;

• appropriate tuition fee policies that reflect on

the one hand accessibility policies recommended by

the Commission and on the other equitable levels of

student contribution with respect to the overall

cost of the university system.

4. To consider the need for mechanisms for

regulation, co-ordination and the provision of advice

to the Government, and in particular to clarify the

role of the Ontario Council on University Affairs

in the context of a new and differentiated university

structure.

5. To report its plan of action to the Minister of

Colleges and Universities by November 15, 1984.❑

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Professor N. Ross Bulley, department of bio-resource engineering, University of British Columbia, was a visiting professor in the School of Engineering. In his address, "Use of Super Critical Fluids in Extracting Biological Material," he discussed research work with extracting oil from canola and gave several other applications in the food and biotech-nological industries. With Prof. Bulley are School of Engineering professor G.S. Mittal, left, and Food Science professor, J.M. de Man, right.

BRIEFLY

CRAFTWORKS '84 is accepting work in clay,

glass, metal, fibre and wood for its juried exhibition

May 3 to May 22. Up to three works may be sub-

mitted by artists in Wellington, Waterloo, Wentworth,

Halton and Dufferin counties with an entry fee to the

Guelph Arts Council Centre, 21 King St. between

April 16 and April 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Craftworks '84 will be on display at Claysmith

Pottery, 28 Wilson St., Guelph. For further infor-

mation and entry forms, telephone 836-3280.

A PUBLIC LECTURE on "Politics and Time'

will be given by Professor James M. Buchanan,

Director, Center for the Study of Public Choice,

George Mason University, Wednesday, March 14

at 4 p.m. in Room 227, MacKinnon building.

Prof. Buchanan is a short-term Distinguished

Visitor in the Department of Economics.

"BIRD SONGS AND CALLS" is the topic

of discussion at the Guelph Field Naturalists' meet-

ing, Thursday, March 8 at 7:45 p.m. in the

Arboretum Centre. Professor Sandy Middleton,

Zoology, is the guest speaker.

The Annual Robin Hike is Saturday, March 10

at 9 a.m. Meet in the OVC parking lot. For more

information, call 836-3858.

"CLOSET VIDEO" will be presented by the

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre featuring the work

of Guelph artists Teri Chmilar and Kate Wiwcharuk.

On Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11

Ms. Wiwcharuk will discuss her tapes from noon

until 5 p.m.

THE TOPIC FOR THE "Theology from

Experience" series is "Jesus and the Political Move-

ments of His Day." Fr. Jean Mark la Ponte, S.J.,

will speak on Monday, March 12 in the University

Centre Room 335 at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the

University of Guelph Catholic Community.

A ONE -DAY FORUM to examine the challenges

to be faced in the next five years by labor, business,

industry and education will be offered Wednesday,

April 18 in the Physical Sciences building from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is presented by the Guelph

Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with the

University of Guelph, Wellington County Boards of

Education, Guelph Labor Council and Conestoga

College.

For further information, call 822-8081.

THE CIVIC ORCHESTRAL Association is

presenting a Royal Dinner-Concert Evening featuring

dinner at one of five Guelph restaurants and a concert with Canadian soprano Stephanie Bogle and guest

conductor Lee Hepner for $15 Thursday, March 15.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. in War Memorial

Hall. For details, contact Dr. Stanley Saunders,

Ext. 3127.

"LA NUIT AMERICAINE," a film by

Francois Truffaut will be presented March 12 at

8 p.m., Room 442, University Centre. Tickets are

$2 or $1.50 for members of the French Club.

BIRD HEALTH DAY will be held on campus

Saturday, March 17. The day features Dr. Bruce

Hunter, Clinical Studies, and two other specialists

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in avian medicine, Dr. Dean Axelson and Dr. Mike

Taylor of the Links Road Animal Clinic in Willow-

dale. Details: Ext. 3956.

"PERSONAL INCOME TAX Preparation"

is a one-day course at Guelph Saturday, March 10.

Andrew Smart will discuss many tax-planning strate-

gies with comprehensive directions on filling out the

1983 general T1 form. Details: Ext. 3956.

FACULTY CLUB MEMBERS are invited

to dance to the music of Tamarack, Friday, March 16

from 8 p.m. until midnight at the Faculty Club, level

5, University Centre.

APPLICATIONS ARE BEING accepted for

the Peer Helper positions within the Counselling &

Student Resource Centre. Twelve students will be

employed for five hours per week, beginning in

September. The position will begin at the Connec-

tion Desk, answering student inquiries and pro-

viding information about campus and community

resources. After the first semester on the job,

students will be able to expand into other positions.

Please apply if you are a University of Guelph

student in your third or fourth semester, have good

communication and human relation skills, high

energy levels, enthusiasm, enjoy working with people

and are interested in making a commitment to the

Counselling & Student Resource Centre for three or

four semesters.

A detailed job description and application pro-

cedures are available at the Connection Desk, Coun-

selling & Student Resource Centre, level 3, University

Centre. Application deadline is March 15.

"PERSPECTIVES ON Planning Education"

the ninth annual Student Planning Conference,

co-sponsored by the students of University School

of Rural Planning and Development, University of

Guelph and the School of Urban and Regional

Planning, University of Waterloo, will be held Friday,

March 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in The Great

Hall, Conrad Grebe! College, University of Waterloo.

The keynote address by Lawrence Susskind, M.I.T.,

is "When Planning Succeeds and When Planning Fails:

What needs to be Unlearned and Relearned."

For further information, contact Charlie Murphy

or Jo-Anne Rzadki, Ext. 8363, USRP&D.

AGRICULTURAL ALTERNATIVES is pre-

senting a day-long conference entited "Regenerative

Agriculture: The Soil" to be held Saturday, March

17 at the Arboretum Centre. Speakers will be Law-

rence Andres, Dr. Eric Beauchamp, Dr. David Patri-

quin and Dr. Stuart Hill. Lunch at East Fireplace

Lounge will be followed by afternoon workshops.

For information and registration contact Kathleen

Zimmerman, Box 630-543, U of G, 821-8929

(8 to 11 p.m.).

THE THURSDAY NOON hour concert

features Chrysolith with Rebecca Flannery, harp, and

Diane Kern, flute, Thursday, March 8 from 12:10

p.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in

Music Room 107, MacKinnon building.

Program I at 12:10 p.m. will include Mozart's

"Sonata No. 3 in A major, K.V.12;" "Danse Lente"

by Joseph Jongen; " "Six Studies in English Folk-

Song" by Ralph Vaughan Williams; and "Naiades,

Fantasy-Sonata" by William Alwyn.

Program II at 1:10 p.m. will consist of "Two

Medieval Dances" by Michael Amorosi; "Sonata in

C major" by Boccherini; three works by Faure:

"Berceuse, Op. 16," "Morceau de Concours," and

"Sicilienne, Op. 78;" and "Sonata in G minor" by

J.S. Bach.

Professor Ed Janzen, Chairman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, presents graduate student Don Stephenson with the annual Demonstrator Award. A cash prize was also awarded to Barbara Ruhl (absent) for excellence in supervising undergraduate laboratories.

COMING EVENTS

Arboretum - MAPLE SYRUP EXHIBIT, weekends until April 1. Concert - LIONA BOYD, Friday, March 16, 2000, WMH, tickets at UC box office. Faculty Club St. Patrick's Day Party - TAMARACK, Friday, March 16, 2000, Faculty Club, level 5, UC. Conference - REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE: THE SOIL, Saturday, March 17, 0900, Arboretum Centre. Recital - ADAM FELLEGI, Hungarian pianist, Wednesday, March 21, 1100, MacK107. Psychology Lecture - DOGS IN THERAPY AND THERAPY IN DOGS, David Hothersall, Ohio State, Friday, March 23, 1600, MacK117A.

Chemistry & Biochemistry holds first annual awards dinner

The Department of Chemistry and Biochem-istry, along with the Biochemistry/Chemistry Club, held its first annual awards dinner at the Col. John McCrae Legion Hall in Guelph.

Following a well-attended buffet dinner, awards and scholarships were presented to first semester, in-course and recently gradu-

ated students.

The following awards and scholarships were presented:

College of Physical Science Awards —semester 6 and 7: Kevin Wang.

Entrance Scholarships — University, Steven Wong; McArthur Humphries, Kevin

Wood; Alumni Association, Catherine French, and E.B. MacNaughton, James Noel.

Honors Applied Chemistry Scholarship — Michelle Moore.

Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award — 1983 winners: Chemistry, Margaret Hyland; Biochemistry, Susan Bishop Graham, and Applied Chemistry, Nancy Hall.

Chemical Institute of Canada Silver Medal and Prize — Kevin Wang.

Demonstrator Award — Barbara Ruhl, and Don Stephenson.

Chemistry/Biochemistry Undergraduate Awards — Prize for top grades in Chemistry 19-100 — Scott Jermey, Christopher O'Callaghan, and Dirk Vanderwalt.

Prize for Excellence in Chemistry 19-100 — Twelve top students in W'83,

S'83, F'83 semester; Kent Ackerman, Yee

Lai Chan, Donna Fackoury, Scott Jermey, Matthew Kingswood, Walter Kozar, Jennifer Lazer, Chun Wah Lin, Ellen Morito, Deborah Nunn, Christopher O'Callaghan, and Dirk Vanderwalt.

Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry — Susan Post, and,

Weston Research Centre Book Prize —Dwayne Barber.

The organizers of the awards dinner were Greg Lawrie, Lois Found, Graham Rattray and Professor Elmer Alyea. ❑

James Noel, left, winner of an E.B. MacNaughton Entrance Scholarship is congratulated by Prof. MacNaughton. Four Entrance Scholarships honor Prof. MacNaughton's 11-year term as Dean of CPS.

Recipients of the Prize for Excellence in Fundamental Chemistry (19-100)

included, (back row) Matthew Kings wood, Kent Ackerman, Scott Jermey and

Christopher O'Callaghan and (front row) Joe Kozar, Yee Lai Chan and Jennifer Lazar. They are with Professor Elmer

Alyea who organized the awards dinner.

Armchair tour of English country homes Chatsworth, Longleat and Blenheim Palace conjure up visions of exquisite landscaping, incomprehensible wealth and a world of tranquility long gone. On Saturday, April 28, and Saturday, May 5, Heather Clemenson, author of English Country Houses and Landed Estates, will speak about this fascin-ating aspect of England and its history at a Continuing Education Saturday short course.

Who were the owners of these fine

estates and houses? What was the estate system? Who were the creators of these magnificent buildings and landscapes? These

are some of the questions Ms. Clemenson will discuss April 18, when she presents an historical perspective on the subject.

"Architecture, landscape architecture, economics, land law, planning and politics

are some of the subjects we will touch on,"

she explains. "With the aid of slides and films, I hope to give the group a greater appreciation of the development of these estates and houses which have been described as the greatest contribution made to England

by the visual arts."

On May 5, she will focus on the more current history of these houses and estates, considering their various fates, ranging from destruction to preservation by private owners and the National Trust.

For armchair travellers and potential visitors to the U.K. the day ends with sug-gestions for places to visit on and off the beaten track.

Details: Continuing Education, Room 103 Johnston Hall, Ext. 3956. ❑

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Self-sufficiency for trout farmers of Costa Rica

Campesinos harvesting trout from dugout pond.

Campesinos processing newly-harvested trout.

Professor Gerald Bloomfield, Geography, presents copy of his recent publication New Zealand: A Handbook

of Historical Statistics to Chief Librarian, Mrs. Margaret Beckman. Published by J.K. Hall & Co., Boston, as part of its International Historical Statistics series, Prof. Bloomfield's work is organized into such diverse sub-ject areas as; land use, population, social conditions, labor force, overseas trade, the private sector and finance. Earlier, he also presented the Library with a copy of Urban Growth and Local Services: The Development of Ontario Urban Municipalities to 1981, co-authored by Elizabeth Bloomfield with Peter McCaskell.

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A Guelph biologist has made a significant contribution to the establishment of a rain-bow trout farming scheme in the mountain-ous regions of Costa Rica. Professor Hugh MacCrimmon, Zoology, attributes the success of the project to low capital investment, simple technologies, creative ideas and local enthusiasm.

The Canadian International Develop-ment Agency (CI DA)-sponsored project is a joint undertaking of the University and the

Costa Rican government. Prof. MacCrimmon, who is director of the program, works with a Costa Rican counterpart, Herbert Nanne.

The aim is to improve the welfare of the campesinos — local peasant farmers — by extending their agricultural base to include fish production on their small highland hold-ings. The farming project is turning previous-

ly untapped water resources, solar energy and

low-cost feeds into high quality protein of

immense social and economic benefit to many ambitious Costa Ricans.

While the project had its beginnings in 1974 under the initiative of Prof. MacCrimmon and Mr. Nanne, who came to Guelph for the first meeting, CI DA funding was not provided until 1979. Since that time, a viable and growing trout farming industry has been created. Prof. ,MacCrimmon explains that rainbow trout ova are incubated in quantity at a small high elevation hatchery and fingerlings are distributed at modest cost to campesino fish farmers living at elevations above about 2,000 metres. These fingerlings are grown to market size in earthen dugout ponds which are readily prepared by the campesinos them-selves.

are sold to retail stores and restaurants in the San Jose region of Costa Rica, but Prof. MacCrimmon expects that as production increases, exports to world markets at com-petitive prices will become practical.

He points out that the biotechnology being developed for Costa Rican trout farming would seem to have general applica-

tion in increasing protein production capa-bility in the tropical highland regions of many Third World countries. Phase II of the Costa Rica plan, to begin shortly, is designed to make the campesinos self-sufficient in trout farming and marketing by 1988.

The project is administered at the University through the Centre for Internation-al Programs. ❑

Roger Boshier

Professor Roger Boshier of the Department of Adult, Administrative and Higher Education, University of British Columbia, will be a visiting professor in the Extension Educa-tion Section of the School of Agricultural

Economics and Extension Education from March 12 to March 19.

Prof. Boshier's undergraduate and

graduate degrees are from Victoria Univer-sity of Wellington, New Zealand. He has

been a faculty member at UBC since 1974. His research and teaching interests are prin-cipally in the areas of the psychological

dimensions of adult learning, adult educa-tion research methodology, prisoner educa-tion and the future of adult learning.

Prof. Boshier will be giving several

seminars, holding private consultations with Extension Education faculty members and graduate students. On Thursday, March 15 he will give a public address entitled, "Pro-action for Change: The Future of Adult Education" at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101, Agricultural Economics and Extension

Education building. For details, contact Professor Jim Shute, Ext. 3973. ❑

Prof. MacCrimmon points out that the project has expanded to 57 farmers. An organization has been formed for the co-operative growing and marketing of trout by 40 campesinos in the Santa Maria valley. All the farmers, however, receive advice

at each stage of development and marketing from biologists trained by the project.

He explains that the rainbow trout are grown on low-cost agricultural feeds at selected temperatures with a resulting high rate of food conversion. Specialized tech-nologies being developed for tropical trout production make marketing possible as early as seven months with highly favorable net profits. Currently, most of the trout

University C+nada FACULTY and STAFF ACTIVITIES

Professor M. Andersen, Languages and Lit-eratures, read from her published and unpub-lished texts at the Librairie L'Androgyne in Montreal.

Jean Hill, Library, convened a session "VDT Ergonomics: Application to the Library Environment;' at the recent Ontario Library Association conference in Toronto. Professors R.D.G. Webb, School of Human Biology, and M.L. Matthews, Psychology, were speakers at the session.

Bernard Katz, Library, spoke at a recent meeting of the Wellington County Health Library Network on "Copyright: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."

He also spoke on "Copyright Legislation and the Archivist" to a meeting of the Toronto Area Archivists' Group in Toronto.

Professor George Leibbrandt, Mathematics and Statistics, gave the Liouville's Solutionslks: "Do Liouville'sSolutions Posses Topo-logical Charge" at the conference "Wave Phe-nomena: Modern Theory and "Aspectstions" in Toronto and"Aspects of Soliton Behavior" at the annual meeting of the CAP held in Victo-ria, B.C. He also presented seminars at Laval University on "Covariant and Non-covariant Gauges in Quantum Gravity," and, at York Univ-ersity on "How Good is the Physical Gauge in Quantum Gravity?"

Professor R.E. Lenkinski, Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently gave an invited lec-ture, "NMR Studies of A driamycin" at the Har-vard Medical School NMR Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston.

Professors Peter Leppman, Andrew Winston and Michael Sabot, Psychology, recently appeared on the "Cherington Show," CHCH-TV, Hamilton. Their presentations were about sui-cide, smoking and adoption, respectively.

Professor David Piggins, Psychology, recently gave a talk and demonstrations on

Duda, P.D., 1983, "The Laterality of Face

Recognition: Implications for the Study of Normal and Pathological Brain Function," in P. Flor-Henry and J. Gruzelier (eds.) Laterality

and Psychopathology, vol. 6, Amsterdam: Elsev-ier, 1983, pp. 401-427 (Psychology).

Eng, R.Y.N., M.J. Tsujita, B. Grodzinski and R.G. Dutton, 1983. "Production of Chrysanthe-mum Cuttings Under Supplementary Lighting and CO2 Enrichment," HortScience 18(6): 878-879 (Horticultural Science).

Milne, C.P., Jr. 1983. "Polarization of the Honey Bee Gynadromorphic Blastoderm," Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 25(6): 561-566 (Environmental Biology).

Prescott, J.F., M. Travers and J.A. Yager-Johnson, 1984. "Epidemiological Survey of Cor-ynebacterium equi Infections on Five Ontario Horse Farms," Can. J. Comp. Med., 48:10-13 (Prescott and Travers, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology; Yager-Johnson, Pathology).

Stephens, L.R., P.B. Little, B.N. Wilkie and D.A. Barnum, 1984. "Isolation of Haemophilus somnus Antigens and Their Use as Vaccines for Prevention of Bovine Thromboembolic Meningoen-cephalitis," Am. J. Vet. Res., 45(2): 234-238 (Stephens and Little, Pathology; Wilkie and Barnum, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunol-ogy).

"The Brain and Behavior" at Ponsonby Public School for Grades 6 and 7.

Carole Reed, admissions co-ordinator for international students, Office of the Regist-rar, gave a presentation at the Ontario Univ-ersities Registrar's Association workshop held in Toronto. Miss Reed discussed the elements of the Test of Spoken English being used at Guelph.

Peter Tron, Associate Registrar, Admissions, Office of the Registrar, gave a presentation at the same workshop about the Office's on-line system. Both speakers were asked to give a similar presentation in Hali-fax this June.

Dr. G. Sumner-Smith, Clinical Studies, was the director of the Arbeitsqemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen Basic Course on Internal

Fixation of Failures recently in Davos, Swit-zerland. Papers presented at the course were "B iomechanics of Bone in Relationship to Frac-ture and Fracture Treatment," "The Dynamic Compression Plate," and "Basic Remarks of Plate Fixation."

Dr. Sumner-Smith was also an invited speaker at the Advanced Course where he pre-sented papers on "Fractures Near to Joints," "Arthrodesis of Large Joints" and "Fractures Due to Metabolic Disease."

Professor J.M. Wood, Chemistry and Bio-chemistry, gave an invited lecture at the microbiology department, Macdonald College of McGill University, as part of the series, Bioenergetics and Membranes. The title was "The Enzymes of Proline Transport and Oxida-tion in Escherichia coli K12: Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Membrane Enzymology."

Professor D.M. Woolcott, Family Studies, spoke on "A Program Planning Model for Health Promotion" at a seminar, Health Promotion for Wellington-Dufferin, sponsored by the Welling-ton-Dufferin District Health Council and held in Orangeville.

For Sale: Quebec heater, 822 - 1098; sofa,

chair set, teak tables, 821-8297 after 1800; baroque pearl necklace with matching bracelet and earrings, 14 kt. gold clasps, with knotted silk, 822-9474 after 2100; cello, box 65-6366; 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit, electric guitar and amplifier, 821-5635; pine queen size poster bed, chest and dresser, 836-1258 after 1700; black Persian lamb fur coat, 822-3826.

Wanted: Children's bike for 7-year-old, 822-6567 of ter 1800; small house or large apart-ment in a house to rent, downtown area, 823-5768 after 1730; patio umbrella and table, dresser for girls room, table saw , 822-0542; studio/living space for May-July to rent for sessional artist, prefer rural setting, contact Marlene, 2413; cat cage, 837-0257 after 2100; baby carriage and crib, 836-3029.

Available: Babysitter, 822-6956; typing and word processing - theses, reports, resumes, 823-5437 or 821-8234.

For Rent: For summer sublet: one bedroom apartment, 823-2412.

Lost: Gold wire loop earring in UC, Friday night, March 2, contact Mary, 2427.

Reduced 1984 Budget

The 1984 budget for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will be substan-tially reduced because of non-renewal of $5.9 million, originally allocated for Canadian studies and research programs, says a press release from the Social Science Federation of Canada.

Communications Minister Francis Fox announced recently that the SSHRC budget would be increased by $2 million in 1984-1985 but this does not account for the regular five per cent inflation factor applied to the Coun-cil's base budget, says SSFC.

"The total amount of money which will be available for research in the social sciences and humanities in 1984-1985 will be $1.2 mil-lion less than the amount available in 1983-1984," says the SSFC press release.

The SSHRC is the federal government agency responsible for funding research and scholarship in the social sciences and humani-ties. In many areas, it is the only source of research funds for university-based research-ers.

Rooms by the Night

The University of Waterloo is renting clean, comfortable and convenient rooms in Village 1 hotel-style this season, the first time nightly rentals have been offered except in the summer. Accommodation is $18 a night, $105 a week and $375 a month.

Village 2 is generally open during the summer as a motel. It is operated by David Reynolds, manager of University Waterloo's Village 2 conference centre.

Western to Build $5 Million Residence

More than $2.5 million has been pledged toward the construction of a proposed $5 million stu-dent residence at the University of Western Ontario.

The Senate Committee on Student Housing committed $550,000 from its budget to build the new residence and another $2.5 million will be raised by Foundation Western.

The university will borrow the remaining $2.5 million for the building's construction, subject to approval by the Board of Governors.

The 300-bed residence primarily will house first-year students. Basic design of the building will incorporate a series of suites, including four small bedrooms sur-rounding a central core area which would be a combination living room, dining room and food preparation area. Four people would be housed in each suite.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Administrative Co-ordinator, Clerk HI, Housekeeping Department. Salary range: $306.99 - $437.74. Job rate (level 5): $353.75. Assistant in Agriculture and Field Studies (Temporary full-time over 12 months). Salary range: $19,910 - $29,864. Normal starting range: $19,910 - $23,892. Administrative Secretary, Analysis and Planning. Salary range: $281.51 - $403.41. Job rate (Level 5): $324.88. Open to on-cam-pus employees only. Secretary, Alumni Affairs & Development. Salary range: $248.95 - $349.98. Job rate (Level 5): $284.12. Radiology Technician, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, temporary full-time (March 19/84 to November 5/84). Start: $395.25. Agricultural Assistant, Large Animal Clinic, temporary full-time (March 3/84 to April 15/84) Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Start: $353.64 ($9.43/hour).

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UNIVERSITY NEWS BULLETIN

Next Week at Guelph THURSDAY, 84 03 08

Worship - CATHOLIC MASS, 1200, chapel, level 5, UC; THIS WE BELIEVE SERIES, 1700, UC332; CHINESE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1900, CM160. Staff Development - CPR HEART-SAVER LEVEL, Norm Hinds, 0830, Ext. 3058 to register. Concert - CHRYSOLITH: REBECCA FLANNERY AND DIANE KERN, harp and flute, 1210 and 1310, MacK107. Graduate Student Seminar - PATHOGENESIS OF CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI PNEUMONIA IN FOALS, C. Zink, 1110, Path220. Apiculture Club - VARROA MITES: THEIR POTENTIAL THREAT, film and discussion, 1710, Graham Hall, Room 200. Cheese Sale - 1330, FS125. Continuing Education - MYSTICISM: LECTURES ON THE INWARD PATH, Paul Hourihan, 1930, Ext. 3956 to register. Faculty Association - EXECUTIVE MEETING, 1200, Faculty Club Board Room. Visiting Professor - THE THEORY OF ZERO SETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO DIFFERENTIABILITY OF LIPSCHITZ MAPPINGS, Dr. J.P.R. Christensen, U. of Copenhagen, 1500, PS202. Planning Meeting - CHILD CARE CONCERNS GROUP, 1200, UC332.

FRIDAY, 84 03 09

College Royal - MUTT SHOW PARADE, 1700, Athletics Centre; DOG SHOW, 1800, Athletics Centre; CURTAIN CALL, 2000, War Memorial Hall; FASHION SHOW, 2000, Peter Clark Hall. Worship - MUSLIM PRAYERS, 1200, chapel, UC level 5; CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1200, Johnston Hall 157A; CHINESE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1900, CM160. Faculty Club - PAUL HOCK, piano, 1630-1930, Faculty Club, level 5, UC. Soc/Anthro Faculty Graduate Student Seminars -ETHNICITY AND CLASS IN MEXICO, Prof. Franz Schryer, 1500, MacK132. Staff Development - CPR HEART-SAVER LEVEL, Norm Hinds, 0830, Ext. 3058 to register.

SATURDAY, 84 03 10

College Royal - UNIVERSITY OPENHOUSE, 0900-1700; FLY DAYS, tickets in University Centre booth; LIVESTOCK SHOW, 0900, Athletics Centre Arena; SEED AND FORAGE SHOW, 0900-1700, Crop Science 121; JURY ART SHOW, McLaughlin Library; FLOWER ARRANGING COMPETI-TION, 0900-1400, display 1400-1700, Horticulture building 124; MAPLE SYRUP EXHIBITION, 0930-1500, Arboretum; SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING EXHIBITION, 1000 and 1430, pool, Athletics Centre; CHEMISTRY MAGIC SHOW, 1000, 1400 and 1600, Chemistry 200; ALUMNI TOURS, for alumni who have been away from campus for some time, meet at University Centre balcony lounge, 1100; PERFORMING DANCE GROUP, jazz, modern & Highland, 1100, Athletics Centre; CAMPUS BUS TOURS, free buses on the half hour from 1100-1600, meet at University Centre main entrance, (no 1330 bus); OFFICIAL OPENING, with Sandy Cushon of CBC's Country Canada, 1300, Peter Clark Hall; RESIDENCE TOURS, 1300 and 1500, meet at residence display in University Centre main floor lounge; STUDENT SQUARE DANCE COMPULSORIES, 1330, Athletics Centre gym; CAT SHOW, 1400-1700, Physical Science 105; FASHION SHOW, 1430 & 1630, Peter Clark Hall; AWARDS PRESENTATION, 1830, Athletics Centre gym; STUDENT SQUARE DANCE OPTIONALS, 1930, Athletics Centre gym; CURTAIN CALL, 2000, War Memorial Hall, tickets at Central Box Office or at the door; MEDIEVAL DISPLAYS, snacks, artwork, armour, fighting, dancing, singing, sponsored by Society for Creative Anachronism, 1130-1330 & 1430-1630, West Balcony, Athletics Centre; ART SHOW, Ontario Heritage Foundation Stewart and Letty Bennett Collection of Canadian & European Art, 1860-1930, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Continuing Education - PERSONAL INCOME TAX PREPARATION, Andrew Smart, 0900, Ext. 3956 to register. Worship - CHINESE CHRISTIAN PRAYER, 0900, CM160. Arboretum - MAPLE SYRUP EXHIBIT, Arboretum.

The News Bulletin is published weekly by the University of Guelph's Information Services, level 4, University Centre. Deadline: noon Thursday. Executive Editor - Sandra Webster. Copy Editor - Pat Chapman. Contents may be quoted or reproduced. Telephone 824-4120, Ext. 3864.

SUNDAY, 84 03 11

College Royal - UNIVERSITY OPEN HOUSE, 1100-1700; FLY DAYS, tickets at booth in University Centre; OLD MACDONALD'S FARM, 1100-1700, old dairy barn; SEED AND FORAGE SHOW, 1100-1700, Crop Science 121; PERFORMING DANCE GROUP, jazz, modern & Highland, 1100, Athletics Centre; FLOWER ARRANGING DISPLAY, 1100-1700, Horticulture building 124; WOODSMEN COMPETITION, 1100, outside Athletics Centre; FREE CAMPUS BUS TOURS, buses leave main entrance University Centre on the half hour from 1100-1600, (no bus at 1330); ALUMNI TOURS, for alumni who have been away from campus for some time, meet in University Centre balcony lounge, 1130; ALUMNI SQUARE DANCE, 1300, Athletics Centre gym; RESIDENCE TOURS, 1300 and 1500, meet at residences display in University Centre main floor lounge; FASHION SHOW, 1430 & 1630, Peter Clark Hall; CHEMISTRY MAGIC SHOW, 1300 & 1530, Chemistry 200; CAT SHOW, 1400-1700, Physical Science 105; ART EXHIBIT, Stewart and Letty Bennett Collection of Canadian and European Art 1860 - 1930, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1200-1700; MEDIEVAL DISPLAYS, snacks, artwork, armour, fighting, dancing, singing, sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism, 1130 -1300 & 1430-1600, West Balcony, Athletics Centre. Worship - CATHOLIC MASS, 1000, PCH; ANGLICAN/UNITED CHURCH, 1030, UC441; CAMPUS CHURCH SERVICE, 1015, PS105. Arboretum - MAPLE SYRUP EXHIBIT, 0930, J.C. Taylor Nature Centre. International Cinema - BLACK ORPHEUS, 2000, PS105.

MONDAY, 84 03 12

Theology from Experience - JESUS AND THE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF HIS DAY, Fr. Jean Mark la Porte, S.J., 1930, UC335. Visiting Professor - SURVEY ON DENSITY QUESTIONS IN THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF MOMENTS: RESULTS AND OPEN PROBLEMS, Dr. J.P.R. Christensen, U. of Copenhagen, 1400, PS121.

TUESDAY, 84 03 13

Worship - CATHOLIC MASS, 1700, chapel, level 5, UC; THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION, 1700, UC332. Chess Club - 1900, UC335. Our World - TO SING OUR OWN SONG, 1210, UC442.

WEDNESDAY, 84 03 14

Worship - ANGLICAN/UNITED EUCHARIST, 1210, chapel, level 5, UC;

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE CLASS, 1700, UC334; IMMANUEL FELLOW-SHIP, 1900, AS141; CATHOLIC MASS, 1200, MacK119. Chess Club - 1900, MacK034A. Staff Development - COMPUTER CONCEPTS, Madge Brochet, 1330, Ext. 3048 to register. Biochemistry Seminars - THE EFFECT OF TUMOUR PROMOTERS ON PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOR METABOLISM IN LYMPHOCYTES, Alan Mellors, 1200, PS222. Visiting Professor - HARMONIC ANALYSIS ON SEMI-GROUPS, THEORY OF POSITIVE DEFINITE AND RELATED FUNCTIONS, Dr. J.P.R. Christensen, U. of Copenhagen, 1500, PS313.

THURSDAY, 84 03 15

Worship - CATHOLIC MASS, 1200, chapel, level 5, UC; THIS WE BELIEVE SERIES, 1700, UC332. Chemistry Seminar - ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE RATE OF GAS ADSORPTION AND THE RATE OF A CHEMICAL REACTION, Dr. C.A. Ward, U. of T., 1500, CM260. Concert - HOEBIG TRIO, violin, cello and piano, 1210 and 1310, MacK107. Graduate Student Seminar - TOXICITY STUDIES IN FISH EMBRYOS, I.R. Smith, 1110, Path220. Apiculture Club - BEEKEEPING IN MAINLAND CHINA, Zhi-Yong Huang, 1710, Graham Hall, Room 200. Concert - UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH CIVIC ORCHESTRA, 2000, WMH.

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