Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Fall 1978

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

GUELPH ALUMNUS fall 1978 Volume II Number 4

UNIVERSITY Of GUELPH AL M I ASSOCIATIO

HONORARY PR ESIDENT Profe ssor Do nald F Forsler

PRESIDENT W Ken Bell CBS 73

PAST PRESIDENT Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac 35

SENIOR VICE- PRESIDENT Janice (Robertson) Pa rtlo w Art 70

VICE-PRESIDENTS Mary Budd Arts 72 Dr Th omas DeGeer OVC 54 Pelt r McMullen CPS 76 Judie (Earle ) Meredilh Mac 6 1 Richard Mocc ia CBS 76 Jack Palmer O AC 38 AI Wi se CSS 74

SECRETARY Robert Esch CPS 70

DI RECTORS Ewart rberry OAC 44 Dr Norman Hawki ns OVC 57 Pal (Honey) Lonergan CSS 68 Andy McCa mmon Art s 72 Elaine Mc Cann CSS 77 Debbie Mc Lellan CPS 76 Ambrose Samul ski CBS 73 Tom Sawyer OAe 59 A amp 64 Dr Geoffre y Sumner-Smith MSc OVC 69 Jane (Vo llick) We bsler FACS 75 Jac kie (Wemyss) Wrighl CBS 74

XmiddotOFFICIO DIRECTORS John K Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni AITairs and Development Richard Beko lay CBS 77 Presidenl Graduale Students Association Dr Harvey Grenn 0 C 58 President OVC Alumni Association Brad Hicks CBS 73 PresIdent College of Biological Selene Alumni Association Michael James CSS 72 President College of Social Seienee Alumni As_lationi Carol McAu lay President University of Guelph Cenlral Students Association (UGCS J Palricia (Shier) Mighton OA 64 President OAC AlumnI Association Elizabeth (Mac Naugh ton) Sandals CPS 69 President CoUeg of Physical Seienee Alumni Association Michael treib Am 69 President College of Arts Alumni Association Ruth (Woods) Wil so n Mac 62 President Mac-FACS Alumn i Association

TR EASURER Jim J Elmslie

AS SOCIATE SECRET AR Y Rosemary Clark l ac 59

The Guelpb Alumnus is publ ished by Ihe Department of Alumni Affairs and De velopment in co-operalion wit h the Department of lnfonnation Uni versi lY of Guelph

The Edilorlal Commillee is compri sed of Edil ormiddot Derek J Wing Publications Officer rt Direclor-Erich H Barth John K Babcoc~ OAC 54 Direclor of Alu mn i Affairs and Developme nt Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assislant Direclor for Alumni Programs Palricia G Orr Deve lopment Offi cer Douglas Waterston Direc tor of Infonn ation Don ald W Jose OAC 49 Assistanl Direclor of Information

The Editorial Advisory Board of the Univers il Y of Guelph Alumni Associati on is comprised of W Ken Bell CBS 73 hairman Dr Allan Auslin Dr Donald A Barnum OVC 41 John Bowles CSS 72 Robe rt Mercer OAC 59 Glenn B Powell OAC 62 James Ru sk OAC 65 Sandra WebSle r Arts 75 Ex-Officio John K Babcoc k OAC 54 Oli ve Thompson Mac 35

Undeli vered copies shoul d be returned 10 Ihe Depart me nt o f Alumni Affairs and Deve lopmenl UniversilY of Guelph Guelph Ontario N IG 2W I

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AnatolllY of a Freshlllan by Ann Middleton

Meet the c lass of 82 There are Joanne and Bruce Jose and Natalie and 2 548

others They make up a group of freshmen wi th a wide variety of acade mic interests and ext racurricular involvements

Short of do ing 2 552 int rv iew (and produc ing a SOO-page Guelph Alumnus) it s impossible to introduce yo u to them all Some fi gures and a few gen ralizations will however give a litt le of the flavour of the group that started classes Septe mber 8

Department of Information writer Martha Le ibbrandt talked to Joanne Bruce

Jose and Natal ie and many other students during regis tration She was impressed by their maturity and the dcpth of tho ught that went into their decisions to come to the Uni versity of Gue lph They pored over uni vers ity cale ndars studied programs and quizzed teachers friends and people in the professions before dec iding on G uelph Many of them vi sited the campus and were attracted by the small-town atmosphere of Guelph

I wont feel lost he re was one comment

I m from Toronto and I like the small close ly-knit campus

Guelph has the bes t course for me was a comment made by students in bee-kee pi ng child studies and landscape architecture

I researched all the angles and Gue lph came out on top from a young man interested in busi ness and economics

Joanne and Bruce Jose and Natalie are members of a class that is more than half female a ratio mirrored in the overall stud nt body at Guelph Fifteen per cent of the freshman cl a~s arc Ontario scholars Grade 13 students whose average marks were 80 per cent or better

There are J28 mature students in the fres hman class and the Universitys unique programs continue to attract students from

78 style around the world This year s c lass includes 112 Canadians from other prov inces and an eq ual number of fore ign students 15 of them Americans

International student advisor Don Am ichan d says the make-up of the fo re ign stude nt body is chang ing since differen ti al fees were introduced in Ontario last year Higher fees make for a g roup of freshmen who are sc holarship holders or the sons and dau ghters of prosperous families

As in othe r years the majority of our fresh men came from southern Ontario with a strong contingent from Wellington County T his year we ll ove r 100 stude nts from the G uelph area are enrolled in Semester I

Members of the class of 82 (or 81

cont d on page 4

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should they opt for a three-year program - a de cisio n th at doesnt hav e to be made in Semester I) are divided among nine degree programs th e largest number o f them in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts programs Semester 1 enrolme nt s in these progra ms at Guelph reflect a national trend away from the Arts Thi s year 553 fre shmen are enrolled in Arts with 679 in Science a reversa l of last falls stude nt priorities

The 397 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture student s make up the ne xt largest group followed by the 249 Bache lor of Appl ied Sc ience student s The remai ning fre shme n are in five programs 109 in Bac hel or of Commerce 78 in Human Kinetics 56 in Engineering and 34 in Landscape Architecture The two-year Associate Diploma in Agriculture prog ram has 179 fre shmen The 120 first year veter inary medicine students and about 100 unclass ified freshmen make up the total of 2552

The di versity of interests that led Joa nne and Bruce Jose and Natalie into a variety of academic endeavours carries over to the ac tiviti es of their ou t-of-class hours The y may spend their spare time in mad momentum or in quiet contemplation The opport unities for either activity are numero us with a wide choice of clubs and many athletic possibilities Organi zed athleti cs on campus boggle the mind as well as the body

The freshman has a choice of fi ve co-ed intramural leagues Last year there were 110 co-ed volleyball teams alone Bruce and Jose also have a choice of le ague sports like softball an d curling while Joanne and Natalie can become involved in leagues th at include soccer and ice hockey to name just two

Intramu rals howe ver are only a drop in the buc ket The fre shman has a choice of fitne ss courses that include everything from aq uati cs to weight lifting dance classes canoe ing scuba diving karate arc hery and

water polo instruction In fact the athletics facilitie s are so busy that hockey games are sched uled for the middle of the night and swimming lessons take place as late as midnight

Students see kin g a wide varie ty of extracurricular ac tivities ensure continued support of volunteer socia l se rvic e act ivi ties in the community Curtain Cal I profession al clubs and numerous other student organizations

When Joanne and Bru ce Jose and Natalie are not in class library or lab swimming pool or club meeting you may find them in Centre Six the ground floor of the University Ce ntre with coffee cup in hand and conversation fl ouri shing Or you may find them in a residence room involved in the campus hi-jinks th at have been a part of Guelph life since the first cow was cajoled up the steps of Mac Hall

The great majority of fre shmen choose residence life 1800 of them are housed in double trip le and quadruple roo ms across the campus Wi th the exception of a few small rooms in the south residence sing le rooms are re served for senior students

The remaining freshmen live off-campus generally on thei r ow n unle ss the yve made up a group from a home town or rural area But someti mes freshmen along with other students have company when the y arri ve at the Uni versi ty Barbara Hodsdon of Off-Campus Housing has placed several dogs cats the odd horse and one foal in accommodation She also found a home thi s fa ll for a student and her piano - but only with great difficulty On the list of desirable tenant s pianos rank somewhere be low cats but a level above horses with foal

So there yo u ha e them the class of 82 - music lovers water polo players Aggies and Artsies actors and animal lo ve rs Youre bo und to bump into so me of them the next time yo ure on campus Be sure to stop and say hello 0

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Riel or Bogus (regardless - it may be worth $1000) by Ann Middleton

A piece of reddish brown paper the size of been commi ssioned by Metis leader Louis the current 14-cent Canadian stamp is Riel fo r the M eti s republic he hoped to tucked aw ay in McLaughlin Librarys vault found in western Canada providin g an enigma for stamp co llectors Riel of course was defeated and the The Riel Essay as it is called may have Meti s republic never came into being

Howe ver the essay (stamp co llectors term fo r a trial de sign) feature s the biling ual

in scription Republique Canadienne shyCa nadian Republic enc ircling the head of Libert y

B iomedical sc iences pro fesso r Peter Mann a keen philatelist learned about the

exis tence of the stamp which has been in

the Un ivers ity S collecti o n s ince the mid- sixti es about three years ago He did

some re search on th e essay befo re it was di splayed in the 1975 Guelph Stamp C lub s annual exhibiti o n

The searc h fo r information was ne ither

s imple nor very rewarding What Professor

Mann di scovered led him to the conclusion

that the essay is probably phon y He wrote

an article o n the subjec t entitled Riel or Bogus for an inte rnal libra ry publicati o n

at the time expl aining that two prominent Canadian phil ateli sts described it as bogus hav ing no connection with either Ri e l or the

Riel Rebellio n They do ubted it w as even a

pos tage stamp essay

Certainl y the pic ture is crudely drawn and the printing o f poor qu a l ity The de signs

were printed on a sheet of paper and cut

apart accounting for the unperforated edges Profe sso r Mann sa id he doubted th at they could have been produced by any of the

Ne w Y ork printers who were turning out

good qu alit y stamps by the latter part of the last century

T o ronto phil atelic auc tio neer J N

Sisso ns has serio us doubts about the authenticit y of what he de scribe s as the so-called Riel Essay in his catalog ues but he has so ld at le ast two of the five or s ix

believed to e xis t He estimates the current value at up to $1 000

Authentic o r not the essa y is an

interesting foo tno te on the hi story of western Canada and o ne of two connections the

University of Guelph library has with Riel bull A summo ns for a ju ro r to appea r at the tri a l of The Queen vs Louis Riel o n July 20

1885 is housed in the rare boo k room Tried

for h ig h treaso n Riel was se ntenced to de ath and fin a lly han ged o n November 16 1885 si x months after hi s forces were

defeated at the Battle o f Batoche Saskatc hewan 0

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One of the three faxes at the station Reddy wasn t at all camera shy

PelUnia the skunk and lead hand Hugh

Belcher are old friends

Agricultural assistant Jim Conroy clocked George in at a hefty 340 pounds

At the mink ranch lead hand Hugh Belcher uses leather gauntlets to handle one of his charges

oves Eramosa

bull

by Don W Jose OAC 49

Many alumni will remem ber well the O nta rio Veterinary College fi eld station on the Gale farm on Edinburgh Road at the back of the dairy bush Unfortunatel y the inevitable growth of the city eventually made that location unsuitable for hou sing animals and the decision was made to relocate the O VC facilities well beyond urban sprawl

As a result a 200-ac re farm was purchased in E ramosa Tow nship and modern animal housing facilities constructed T hese have now been in use for two years In a

distinct change of role the former Gale farm now pro vides the site for a large ultra-modern shopping centre meeti ng the needs of the people of G uelph and district

The new location a dozen or so miles from the campus is not as convenient for faculty members but the site ensures a good many years of use free from the encumbrance of encroaching residential development In addition the ne w 200-acre site with animal facilities located well inside the perimeter will ensure adequate

border barr iers The Eramosa field stat ion pe rforms two

basic function s It provide holding facilities for animals until the y may be required in o n-campu s labora tories for research and it affords a locatio n where many no nshyinfectious ex perimental projects may be carried o ut

The s ta tio n co ns is ts of three separate sect ions The main building provides 20000 square fee t of space for many kind s of animals ran ging from mice to cattle and including sheep swi ne and pon ies A long ce ntra l corridor has a number of wings running off it some used for research and some for holding animals fo r use el sewhe re

T he fu r-bearing animals are hous d in a second secti o n well removed from the mai n building The feed preparation roo m has adjacent freeze r storage for fre sh feed The cage areas house mink skunk s and smaller numbers of other spec ies

The third section the dog-ho lding building provides two wings of hygienic runs together with facil ities fo r care and

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Eram osa Field Station superviso r Lyle Maltby CelJl ra l Labo ratory Animal F aeilit) coordinator Professor Jim Schroder OVC 42 and facility clerk Pal Parkinson

Field Station

grooming of the animals All dogs purchased by the Univers ity are received here and held in quarantine fo r he alth check-ups and vaccinations before being taken to the main campus for researc h or teaching

Concern for the animals in its care has always been paramount at OvC and recent Ontario legislation has established provincial standards in k eping with tho~e followed at ove As a matter of fact Dr Jim Schroder OvC 42 Coordinator Central Laboratory An imal Facility comments that under current law animals are better protected than some children

Flexibility is th key word in planning a fac ility such as that at Eramosa says Professor Schroder Relatively simple building plans such as were emphasized at Eramosa prove much more flexible in the long run to meet changing needs whereas more complex plans to me t very specific conditions would prove less adaptable

Professor Schroder gives high praise to the Universi tyS planning group in Physical

Reso urce s for the creative way in which they worked with the architect faculty and staff in planning the Eramosa facilities They made sure of ple nty of input at the initial stage s f rom all the people concerned and thu e nsured a ve ry efficient facility

Foreman of the eight-man crew th at looks after the ani ma ls at the Eramosa field station Ly le M altby has spent seven years car ing for research animals on cam pus Most of the crew have long records of serv ice shylead han d Hugh Be lcher soon to ret ire has spent nearly 25 years caring fo r ove s fur-bearing animals Mrs Pal Parkinson looks after the one-person office for the field station She and her hu sband G eorge operate a IOO-acre mink farm in Eramosa township

Professor Schroder pays high tri bute to the late Dr Don Ingram OVC 52 for his le adership and to the slat ion staff whose care of the animal s plays such a key ro le in the smooth and efficient functioning of the Eramosa field station 0

Mother and daughter - and a wide contented smile

Dr Bruce Wilson OVC 65 and a pulmonary lavage wi th technicians Beverly Be uckert and Judy Sheppard OAC 75

Animal alendant Robert M unden grooms a patient pony

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Human Kinetics Alumni Association meeting

scene at

Homecoming weekend

Touchdown at the Homecoming football game Final score - Guelph 29 MacMaster 22

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The alumni field hockey team that challenged the U of G Varsity learn

Yea Gryphons

Alumni Dinner Dance

bull

OAC 68A reunion

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OAC bullIn

Jeann ie and Ben Va nden berg both OAC 77 and hubb le-bubble pipe

There could ha ve been 10 ex tra ac res of sweet corn tassel wav ing gen tl y in the summer breezes of Pu linc h township in 1977 - but there wasn t

A pho ne call in May did it in - a phone call to Bert Vande nberg OAC 77 who had grad uated from the 8 Sc ( AgL ) progra m in Crop Sc ience in April

T he call was from Professo r Jack Tan ner OAC 57 Chairman Department of C rop Science

And the world turned upside do wn recalled Be rts wife Jeannie (McLeod) OAC 77 There we were p lanning to be married later in the yea r bot h e nroll ed with C SO and wai ti ng fo r a job overseas ready with fert ili zer and seed corn for planting on my parents fa rm - and Jack Tanner phoned to advise Bert of a job open ing in Sa udi Arabia

Be rt applied was accepted on a two-year contrac t as an agricul tur ist by MacLaren Interna tio nal Lim ited agricu ltural resource deve lopment consultan ts was married to Jeannie I 0 days afte r the mag ic pho ne call and the n fle w to Saudi Arabia shyal one Jeannie completed the eight h se mester of the BSc ( Agr ) program in Pl ant Protection during the spring se mester and joined Bert in Saud i Arab ia in July

For J ann ie and Be rt wh o had bo th completed the M inor in Inte rnatio na l Agr ic ulture the cha nce to become ac ti vely in volved in international agri culture was a

Jeannie and Bert lunching in experimental alfalfa field wirh Katherine wife of Mike Masca ll OAC 77

Joint dream come true For it to happen so soo n foll owing grad uation was the ici ng on the cake

To thei r credit Un iversity of G uelph alumni have been in vol ved in the

Vandenberg success story fro m its

beginning Jeannie was the reci pient o f an O AC Alumn i Found ati on Ent rance Scholars hip and later she and Bert s hared a $ 1000 N R Richards Scho larship T he sc holarship is offered by the O A C A lumni Foundati on to th ird -year stu dents in the B Sc (Ag r ) degree p rogram who plan to study for o ne year in a French- speaki ng facult y o f ag ric ult ure or as in th is case to stude nt s who have demonstrated an inte re t in wo rk ing in de ve loping countries

After nine months in Saudi Arab ia Jea nn ie fle w home earlie r this year to pr sent de ta iled reports and sur vey analyses - and was bubbling with enthusiasm

T he expe n c nce has rea ll y he lped us to g ro w up very q uic kly said a radi ant Jean nie I th ink we ve been incredibly

fo rtuna te to have bee n gi ven thi s eno rmous respo nsibility and the chance to undertake just the kind of work we were desperate ly trying to get into - visit ing commu ni ties obse rving the ir pro blems objective ly synthesi zing co llec ted d ata and making recomm end ations regardin g solut ions to the proble ms

Bert s func tion covers ag r ic ultura l resources and prac tices the current s tate o f an imal and crop productio n graz ing range pro blems li ves tock manage ment and marke ti ng

T he work prese nt s real chall enges lots and lots of frus trati o n and exc itement and a lot of good times ent hu sed Jeannie

Just being w ith the bedou in s a nd the se ttled farmers heari ng the m laugh listening to thei r sto ries being exposed to their eccentric ities and watc hing them c has ing around afte r sheep a nd came ls makes me fee I good

For one week in fo ur Bert and Jeannie and about 35 others enjoy the com fort and conveniences o f a t railer co mpound complete w ith a ir conditi oning and heat located in the mo unt ains in Taif Fo r the rest of the t ime they re nomads who occasio nally use a small fieJd trai leL

We travel by suburban truck (with gas

a t 12cent a gallon) and many of our nights are spent slee ping in the desert under the stars e)plained Jeannie [t s a most wonderful

experie nce - all that nothingness and the indesc ribab le pe ace and sere nity

S ummer d ayti me temperatures are a round 95 degrees F in the s hade and the humidity is very low Bugs sco rpio ns and snakes are to be conte nded w ith

Hospitality is the uppermost though t

in the mind s of the fa rmer and herders They re never too busy to talk to us over the inevitable coffee and dates and it usually takes quite a while before the business of animals and crop e nter the con versation shybu t we get the re in th end

It sho uld be noted that while English is Saudi Arab ia s second language know ledge of that language is commanded largely by those who ve rece ived a higher ed ucat ion

An ex tre mely versati le co uple Jeannie and Bert in the sho rt ti me they ve been in Saud i have mastered the rudi ments of Arabic and can and must conduct thei r fact-fi nding inte rv iews with the bedouins and seltled farm ers in tha t language

Field trips take the couple more than 250 mi les from the com pound and they ve experienced th e standard desert tre at men t shysand middottorms and mirages We v been through some in red ible blo ws recalled Je an nie somet imes they ll las t an ho ur other ti mes a ll day or all night We just cover up t ill it s all over ealis tic mirages have prese nted pleasant vistas of trees and water bull Sometimes we dri ve into the m shy

we re not foo led we just wa tch fascinated as the y fade away

Asked if she thought the ir studi es a t G uelph had fully prepared them for the ir di ve intu international agricultu re Jeannie was e mphatic Yes w were very we ll prepared T he various ex posures to professors who ve become great friends and exposure to in ternational affa irs and progra ms I thin k was very good

However th re s one aspect in wh ich Jeannie fee ls shes lacking wo uld li ke to have had a mor prac tica l educatio n A

degree course has to be large ly theoret ical - but I d love to know how to fi x a trac to r for instance T here are a lo t o f practical

things I d li ke to know he U niversity s As oc iate Dip loma in Agriculture prog ram re ally k nows wh r its at b cause it deals

with mainten ance and prac tical crop production I d certain ly li ke to have completed the Assoc iate Diploma Co urseshy

just fo r prac tical o rientation W hat fo llows the two-year contract )

Well Jean nie feel s th at they e definitely created a problem for themse l ve ~

If I co uld put myself in th e same situation again Id be very happy -- but I m sure th at the way this world is run these two years wi ll be viewed as a very exc iting responsibility and th at e ll have to come back and go through the treadm ill of gettin g more de grees if we ever wan t to get back into a similar situation We want to be ou r own masters - and I th ink we re at a ve ry decision-making point in o ur li ves

I think we re going to try to get our masters degrees We bot h have Na tional

-A camel caravan a common sigh

Rese arch Co un ci l grant s hich we ve defe rred and which we ca n take up next year

Back to G uel ph 0 I do n t think so We d like so me exposure som where e lse If we can arra nge o ur scho larshi ps we d like to work in an int mational institut ion like CIMMYT ltCen tro Internacional de Majoramieto de Maiz y rigo) and affiliate ourselves with a un iversity maybe in Mexico India Eng land or Ca liforniashy

right now were re ally looki ng For Jeannie th uture is uncertain

unkno wn - but xcit ing We ll probably

hit ha rd tim - I m an like gree ting socie ty again I guess I get more c ulture shoc k eery day I m here in Canada 0

TORelher wilh D r Ja ck Tanner olher Universiry facul I) providing consulrini experlise fo r MacLaren Il1lernalionuis Saudi Arabian projeCl aremiddot Professors D ick PrOlZ Departmel1l of Land Resource Science John BUrlon OAC 62 Deparrmel1l of Animal and Poullry Science Hugh Ayers Sch ool of Engineering and Jack Clark OAC 50 School of AgricullUral Economics and EXlension Educarion

Orher Universiry of Guelph graduares

and posrgraduures employed 011 rhe projecr and in Saudi Arabia are Mike Mascall OAC 77 Dr Joe Tarzi Ph D 77 Jan Van De Hulst M Sc 77 Dave Willis OAC 74 and John D uff OAC 73 0

A Saudi Arabian deserr

Home-base a com(orlable wesrern-sryle compound

campus highlights First Soden Fellowships awarded Domenico Bag nara Ernest M Bn rbe r and G le nn W S tratton OAC 77 bec ame the first rec ipients of Sode n Fe llow ships at the

recen t O nta rio Agricult ural Co llege awards presentation T he three new I -establi shed fe llowshi ps of $ 12000 e ach w ilJ be awa rded

annually to o utstanding students en tering a

EdYThe Priscilla Soden

Ph D program in a department o r sc hool of O A C

Mr Bagnara who hold s prior degrees

from th nivers it y of Perugia in his native Ita ly is t udying reasons for differing

tol e rances to unfavo rable g rowing cond itions among co rn variet ies A gradu ate

of the University of Alberta Mr Barber is in volved wi th environmen tal and energy

conservation s tudies as they relate to animal hous ing Mr Stratton having rece ived bac helo r s an d master s degrees fro m

G ue lph is conce rned wi th environmenta l

biology spec ificall y the effects of in sec ti ides on a lg e

T he three pre stigious awards were

made possi ble throu gh the ge neros ity of Mrs Edythe Pri sc illa Soden a rural O nta rio

wo ma n who di ed last year at age 92 Active at a pace tha t be lied her years she took ove r

operat ion of the 360-acre fa rm at Greenwood Durham County after her

hu sba nd s death in 1945 and con tinued its

manageme nt until 1974

W ith no c lose living re la tive s Mrs Soden chose to le ave the bulk o f her esta te to the nive rs it y of Guelph earmarked fo r

suppo rt of the primary concern i n her l ife ag riculture

T he inte res t from her bequ es t of more

tha n a half million dollars third lar est in

the Uni ve rs itys hi story will e nable three

The fir st recipients of (h e Soden F ellollships received (heir awards from Professor

Herber( Arms(rong D ean of G radua(e Studies second from leji Studen(s are 1(01 Glenn S(rallOn OAC 77 Domen ico Bagnara and Erne( Barber

students a year to pursue Ph D s at a time when P hD gradua te s are desperate ly needed to fill gove rnment and agricu ltura l

research posit io ns in Canada Because this s itu ati on is not expected to improve in the

ne xt few years M rs Sodens far- sighted

and val uab le su pport is as timel y to the

needs of the co untry as it is to th e Univers it y 0

New Director of Athletics

Gilbert W Chapman ha s been appointed

D irector o f Ath le tic s He succeeds Professor W F (B ill) M itchell OAC 38 who retir d th is fa ll

M r Chapman brings to the Uni versity an exte ns ive background in uni versi ty athletics Most rece ntly he has he ld the

position of Dean of the Schoo l of Rec re ation and Phys ical Ed ucation and D irector of

At hletics at Acadia Univ ersi ty in Wolfville Nova Scotia

G ib received hi s BS and M S in Physica l Ed ucatio n from the niversit yof

Maine and comp le ted a Phys ica l Education Direc torate at the U niversit y of Indiana in 1971

His teac hin g respons ibil itie s a t Acadi a

have included ph ysica l education courses in the area of sports adminis trati on and

c urriculum deve lo pment He has also been

in volved in a numhcr of coac hi ng clinics thro ughout Canada as an organizer and a guest cli nic ian

Mr C hapma n is recogni zed nationally throug h his in vo l vement with the C anadian Int r- Un ivers ity Athlet ic n ion (CIA ) as a member of the board of direc tors

cha irm an of the CI A U el igibili ty co mmittee and preside nt of the tlantic nivers ities At hl etic Associ a tio n

He posse s es an impressi ve record as both a basketball and soccer coach and was

an ass istant coach and scout of the Canadian

ationa l Men s Baske tba ll Team from 1973 until 1976 0

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alumni news 1978 Alumnus of Honour Gordon L Nixon OAC 37 has bee n named the 1978 Alumnus of Honour for the out standing contribution he has made to hi s Alma Mater and to his comm unit y

Gordon was born on Fe bruary 21916 in Regina Saskatchewan In 1933 he entered the Ontario Agricu ltural Coll ege to major in Animal Hus bandry

After graduation Gordon found a place in the bus iness world at Clark Lock Advertising Agenc y in Toronto later moving on to Massey- Harris Nat ional Cash Re giste r Company and A E McKenzie Compa ny For the past 3 1 years he has worked fo r Lightning Fastener Company now called Talon Division Textron Canada Ltd in St Catharines where he is Manager Re tail Sales Div ision

In hi s quiet but effecti ve manner Gordon has been a private goodw ill ambassador for the niversity His es tablished custom of keeping in touch with grad uates across the country has se rved to strengthen alumni ties with Guelph

As an ac tive executi ve member of OAC Year 37 he has played a leading role in maintaining the sp irit and support of thi s enthusiastic class which commissioned for its Alma Mater the Campus Composite 37 oil by the late Evan Macdonald LLD 70

Gordons impressive reco rd of service to hi s Alma Mater is doc umented by listing just a few of his offices life member and

past president of the O AC Alumni Association direc tor and chairman of the O AC Al umni Foundat ion former member of the Univer ity Senate and Lincoln County al umni di vision co-c hai rman fo r the Un iversity S Development Fund in 1966-68

Perhaps the most chall nging pos it io n Gordon has held was that of chairman of the Joi nt Alumni Commi ttee in 1964-65 Through diplomacy and leadership he was able to obtain the support o f ex i ti ng ca ll ge alumni association in the c tablishme nt of the University of Guelph Al umn i Assoc iat ion As its first president he helped lay a firm foundation which has grown stronge r th rough the years

Gordon s in valu ab le a~s i s t ance to the Alma Mater Fund is shown by the positions he has held over the years For his effo rts as chairman of the OAC Centen nial Project Div ision he was recogn ized with an O AC Ce ntennial Medal in 1974 He is a foundi ng mem ber and pas t chairman of the Centu ry Clu b and thi s year took on the challenge of serving as Alma Mater Fund Campaign Chai rman

Gordon s connec tion with th e Uni versity is apparent eve n in hi s family He is married to the former C Joan Tripp Mac 36 their two daughters are Nancy Krause Arts 70 and Catherine McCallum Arts 73 A potentia l member of Guelph c1ass of 99 is Keith Ross McCall um born October I 1978 to Cathy and husband Don OAC 72 0

Wilh Gordon Nixon OAC 37 the 1978 Alumnus of Honour are 110 r P residenl Donald Forster Gordon s wife C Joan (Tripp) Mac 36 his parents Jane and Norman his daughter Catherine McCallum Arts 73 and Don McCallum OAC 72

Alumni donations provide art

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Universit y of Guel ph alu mn i donat ions of $9900 provided through the Alma Maler Fu nd fo r art purchases have been supple mented by a Wintario gran t of $9850 to give a total of $ t9750 This grant was appli ed for in 1977 by the Ontario Veterinatmiddoty College Alumni Assoc iat ion on behalf of all alumn i and is the second art purc hase grant on be half of the Univers it Art Collection to be awarded by Wintario The C urator of Art Mrs Judith Nasby is prese ntly se lecting works to be funded by do nat i on~ and a th ird ~uch matchi ng grant which was applied for by the A~soc iation in the curre l1l year

The Univers ity s Art Acqu isit ion Committee ~ e l cc ted works of a contemporary nat ure rangi ng from the early 1950 s to 1977 The works two of which are ill us trated were aC4u ired from the fol low ing a rti~t s (date of individual ite m is shown in brackets) Rolph Scar lett (1 950 s) Joe Plasket t ( 1950 s) Will iam Thomson (1 956) Max Bates (1 957) Herb Ariss (1 959) Pat Martin Bates (1 960 s) Alex Janvier ( 1963) John Snow (1 965 ) Elton Ye rex (1 967) Andrea Drenters (1 967 1968 1974 1975) Norval Morriseau (1975) Mary Pratt (1 976) Jack Bush ( 1976) Judith Coxe (1 977) and Pau l Slogeu (1 977 ) 0

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Alumni on the go

So me of the 322 who boarded the good ship Trillium for the Alumni auti cal Night cru ise of Toronto Harbour would have renamed the affair Nost alg ia Night Overhea rd on the dock on-deck tween

decks and in the engine room were comme nt like - My dad used to take us acro s LO the is land and I re member th e firs t time I sa il d on her back in

Restored to mi nt condition after a life of 68 years the Trillium the last of the steam-powe red side- paddlewhee lers o n the G reat Lakes was alive with lau ghter and danc ing during the fi ve-hour moonlight cruise No cries o f man (or wOlll an) ove rboard were heard but requests li ke play it again Sam we re stead il y direc ted at D ic k Smith and hi s band Syncona who de li ve red great mus ic from stee l band through blues Lo 5t te ly waltzes and deck-bo uncing polkas

In an entirely di ffe rent atmosphere so me 75 landlu bbers boarded buses in Guelph and Toronto headed for M ilton and the tali timber in the Caledon Hi ll s area on the Alumni Apple and Autumn Colou r Tour

At Chudl eigh Farm near M ilton the group was we lco med by Carol and Tom Chudleigh OAC 63 who gave a brief rundown on their apple-growing operation The gang then enjoyed wagon to urs thro ugh the orchards (one weary wagon wheel fell off amid the Mc ntoshes - but no harm was done)

They picked tree-fresh app les and then re fres hed themselves with hot c ider and apple strudel Added exci tement oecurred when the bu ses attempted to round the hairpin bend at the famo us Forks of the C redi t and unfortunately in tum ran aground (T hank heavens it wasn t the Trillium J

Lunc h at the restored 1 18-year-old G lobe Res taurant (a one-time sta ecoach ~top) in Rose mont prepared by co-managers Arth ur Needles OAC 72 his wi fe Laura and Bill Bruce HAFA 75 was si m ply delicious The afternoon was browsed away amid the antique and craft shops of Cookstown 0

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James D Hunter OAC 49 has bee n appoin ted an Exec uti ve Vice- Pre j dent of Canada Packers Limi ted Mr Hunter has b en a Director of Can ada Packers si nce 1975 and was appointed a Vice- Pres ide nt of

the Co mpany in 1977 He star ted wi th the Shu r-Gain Division

of Ca nada Packer in 1941 served w ith the Roya l Canadi an A ir Force from 1943 to 1945 register d at the Ontario Agric ultural College in 1946 and grad uated w ith a BS A degree wit h a spec ia lization in chemistry

He re turned to Canada Packers Shu r-Ga in D iv i~ion in 1949 progressed thr ugh a number of pos itions wi th in the Division and was appo inted Gene ral M anager in 1971

Me Hunte r is a foun din g member of the Uni ve rsitys Centu ry Cl ub 0

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Your UGAA Executive for 1979

Assembled in the University Centre following a November 7 meeting here are most of UGAA Board of Directors For clarification of their executive positions see listing on page 2 Front row left to right are Brad Hicks CBS 73 Jackie (Wemyss ) Wright CBS 74 Janice (Robertsoll ) Partlow Arts 70 W Ken Bell CBS 73 Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac 35 Jane (Vollick) Webster FACS 75 and Ewart Carberry OAC 44 Centre ro w Ito r Tom Sawyer OAC 59A and 64 Ruth (Woods) Wilson Mac 62 Pat (Ho ney) Lonergan CSS 68 Elaine McCann CSS 77 Debbie McLellan CPS 76 Elizabeth (MacNaughton) Sandals CPS 69 Judie (Earle) Mere dith Mac 6 and Al Wise CSS 74 Back row I to r John Babcock OAC 54 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 Mike James CSS 72 Ambrose Samulski CBS 73 Dr Geoffrey Sumner-Smith OVC 69 Jim Elmslie Dr Norman Hawkins OVC 57 and Rosemary Clark Mac 59

January 3-4 OAC Agricultural Conference at lJ of G Jan 31 - Feb 2 HAFA Week February 12middot15 Canadian Federation of Agriculture

coming Annual Meeting 23middot25 Alumni Winter Carnival Skj weekend

events at Huntsville March 2middot11 College Royal

10 College Royal Open House 30middot31 OAC Alumni Association Annual

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dire tly to a vi sua l aspect of the Un iversity or to a feature withi n the issue usually causes considerable head-scratching

T his issue s cover was no problem at all Brown red and ye llow leaves and thos wi th a host f

other hues hung on campus trees skittered helter-skelter in games of tag with cool fa ll breezes or just rested quiet ly in soft piles after a summer of providi ng shade and waving to passers-by

Som r sted and recl ined in splendour in indiv id ual poses on the red brick surface of Winegard Walk a visual aspect that is sure ly unique in the fie ld of university sidewalk

Some posed long eno ugh to be captured on fi lm before going to the ir just reward 0

letters to the editor

Sir We re curious also and the reasons for rhis letter are twofold

Firsrly as an employee of Canada Post am concerned with the results of your last Guelph Alumnu ~ mail survey

Secondly as an alumnus it is my desire to comply with your request To that end please find enclosed my cut- out return fo rm As the address re -direction is temporary would ask that you not amend your record pre el ltly will inform you in th e usual manner should the mo ve be of a permanent natu re

My prime concern however is the delivery standard would appreciate a copy of the result s of this survey of Guelph Alumnus delivery dates and for anv of the other publications in the past or in the futu re

We shall endeavour to rectify any unreasonab le delay or any service standard f or that mailer shall look forward to your reply Help us to help you

Yours very truly J Mike Bonner OAC 70A Marketing Specia list Southwestern District Canada Post

Dear Derek Your welcome G uelph Alu mnus came in yesterdays mail and am enclosing the return card that you requested for this survey you re making

enjoyed very much reading it through and being brought up to date on Guelph developments I enjoyed especially the experience related by Professo r Keith Ronald on his year of leave - doesnt look like he lO ok any lime off jar vaca tion but it was a great experience All for now Sincerely yours J Alex Munro OAC 22 304 Saxon Drive Springfield Ill 62704 0

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Alumni Elections to Senate It is again time to call for nominations to fi ll alumni seats on the Senate of the University of Guelph

Each year the three-year terms of offic o f three of the ni ne alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1979 are Miss Mary Ho fstetter Arts 68 Wi ll iam D Laidlaw Arts 74 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 The terms of offi ce of Frank Archibald OAC 39 Miss Gretchen MacMillan CSS 70 and Dr V C Rowan Walker OVC 47 will expire August 31 1980 Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mrs Mary (Robertson) McGi ll ivray Mac 36 and Miss Helen McKercher Mac 3 1 will sit on Senate until August 31 1981

The abo e incumbents with the exception of Dr Rob rt (Herb) Wright OVC 38 are not eligible to be renom inated Elected in 1978 to complete the unexpired term of Ron Taylor HAFA 73 who reo igned his seat in 1978 Dr Wright is eligible fo r renominat ion All alumni who have graduated from the Uni versity of Guelph or its founding colleges are eligible to nominate members to Senate Since the Senate meets at least once a month from September to June the posi tion of alumni senator is a working position not an honorary one Accordingly only candidates who will be in a positi on to attend meeti ngs should be nominated Moreover nominees must not be registered for a degree or diplo ma at th is Univers ity nor be a member of the teaching or administrative staff of this University as those groups are otherwi e represented

The form below must be signed by two graduates as nominators and may be used to nominate up to th ree cand idates Nominations will be accepted if received at the Alumni Office by January 2 1979

We nom inate the fo llowing graduate(s) ordinarily resident in Ontario for election to Senate for the three-year term commencing September I 1979

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NOMINATORS NAMES COLLEGE NOMINATORS (Please print)

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AnatolllY of a Freshlllan by Ann Middleton

Meet the c lass of 82 There are Joanne and Bruce Jose and Natalie and 2 548

others They make up a group of freshmen wi th a wide variety of acade mic interests and ext racurricular involvements

Short of do ing 2 552 int rv iew (and produc ing a SOO-page Guelph Alumnus) it s impossible to introduce yo u to them all Some fi gures and a few gen ralizations will however give a litt le of the flavour of the group that started classes Septe mber 8

Department of Information writer Martha Le ibbrandt talked to Joanne Bruce

Jose and Natal ie and many other students during regis tration She was impressed by their maturity and the dcpth of tho ught that went into their decisions to come to the Uni versity of Gue lph They pored over uni vers ity cale ndars studied programs and quizzed teachers friends and people in the professions before dec iding on G uelph Many of them vi sited the campus and were attracted by the small-town atmosphere of Guelph

I wont feel lost he re was one comment

I m from Toronto and I like the small close ly-knit campus

Guelph has the bes t course for me was a comment made by students in bee-kee pi ng child studies and landscape architecture

I researched all the angles and Gue lph came out on top from a young man interested in busi ness and economics

Joanne and Bruce Jose and Natalie are members of a class that is more than half female a ratio mirrored in the overall stud nt body at Guelph Fifteen per cent of the freshman cl a~s arc Ontario scholars Grade 13 students whose average marks were 80 per cent or better

There are J28 mature students in the fres hman class and the Universitys unique programs continue to attract students from

78 style around the world This year s c lass includes 112 Canadians from other prov inces and an eq ual number of fore ign students 15 of them Americans

International student advisor Don Am ichan d says the make-up of the fo re ign stude nt body is chang ing since differen ti al fees were introduced in Ontario last year Higher fees make for a g roup of freshmen who are sc holarship holders or the sons and dau ghters of prosperous families

As in othe r years the majority of our fresh men came from southern Ontario with a strong contingent from Wellington County T his year we ll ove r 100 stude nts from the G uelph area are enrolled in Semester I

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