guelph alumnus magazine, sept 1973
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University of Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Sept 1973TRANSCRIPT
GUELPH ALUMNUS
Art on
campus
c5Zlcross highlands and lowlands they~ang
IT was a great success-musically socially and educationally The comshy
ment was made by Murdo MacKinnon Dean of the College of Arts and probably echoes the feeling of all who participated in the University choirs tour of Scotland
The 57-member party left Guelph at the beginning of August for three weeks of concerts in Scotland a special concert was staged in London just before the choir returned to Canada Under the direction of conductor Nicholas Goldschmidt and assistant conductor Nickolaus Kaethler the choir performed a total of 12 concerts from Ayr to Inverness
Representing a cross-section of the University community the choir includes undergraduates graduate students alumni staff and faculty The tour which was two years in preparation was financed in part by the Alma Mater Fund
In almost every case we sang to a full house recounted Dean MacKinnon a member of the choir who also acted as concert manager Audience response was enthusiastic In one Scotti sh church the
audience was asked by the minister to reshyfrain from applauding But by the end of the concert unable to contain their eagershyness any longer the audience burst forth with spontaneous applause One family drove from Oxford to Stirling in Scotland to hear the choir and a fan even followed the tour for several engagements
The concert program included exerpts from Handels The Passion of Christ Schuberts Deutsche Messe and a selection of Canadian folk songs
The folk songs were by far the most popular said Dean MacKinnon especially the Salish Indian songs from British Columbia The songs were arranged for the choir under a Canada Council grant by music professor Derek Healey who was also organist on the tau r The same arrangeshyments were sung by the Festival Singers when they performed at the Guelph Spring Festival this year
Fortunately for Guelph residents the concert program was recorded on highshyfidelity stereo tape when the choir sang in Dundee and is available on request
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Above The choir assembled for this group picture prior to its departure for Scotland At far left is conduc tor Nicholas Goldschmidt and at far right organist Derek Healey Below Choir members relax at Balmoral Castle the royal residence in Scotland during a break in the tour s busy schedule
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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
GUELPH September-October 1973 AWMNUS Volume 6 Number 5
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PI CTU RE CREDITS
Dan T horou rn Audi o-V isua l Se rvices cover pa ge 4 Dave Helsd on A udiomiddot Vsua l Se rvic es p 6 top lelt and right p 7 ngh t p 10 Don Ham ilton En vironm en ta l BlOi ogy p 8 Joh n Bow les p 9 Dave Webster p 13 top Ken Barton p 6 bo ttom left Wl ley and Clarke p 2 top Carl Bray p 2 bottom
UN IVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIAT ION
HON ORAR Y PRESIDEN T Dr WC Winegard
PRES tDEN r T R Hilli ard OAC 40
SENI OR V ICEmiddotPRESt DENT Mrs J D (V irg inia Sho rtt) Bandeen Mac 57
VICEmiddot PR ES IDENTS Or Sandra J (Kelk) Chernesky OVC 63 Fran ces Lampman Mac 54 A C McTaggart OAC 35 and Patric a Moll Well 70
SECRETARY Dr J H Millington OVC 69
TREASU RE R J J El ms l ie Development Olli cer UnlVe rsty 01 Guelph
DIR ECTORS Elizabeth Brandon We ll 70 Mrs J B (Do reen Ke rn ) Dawson Mac 54 Mrs R P (Valerie Mit tl er) G ilmor BA 72 M G Greer OAC 41 M rs A R (Shirley Ann Mc Fee) Ho lmes Mac 62 M rs M (Lnda Sully) Keith We ll 67 Dr W H Min shall OAC 33 Dr Jean M Rumney OVC 39 Mrs S W (Pa t Damude) Sq ui re Mac 63 and J A Wil ey OAC 58
EXmiddotOFFICI O DIRECTORS A L Go uge Well 69 pres ident Arts and Sciences Alum fl i A ssocia tion F T Cowan OAC 65 president 0 A C Al umni Association j Mrs Jil l (Yo ung) Varn e ll Mac 61 pre sident Macd ona ld Institute- Family and C onsumer Studies Alu mni A sso ci atio n Dr F D Horney ove 51 pre si dent 0 V C Alumni Association and J K Sabcoc k OAC 54 direc to r Alumni Affairs and Development
The Gue lph Alumnus is pu blished by the Department of Al umnI Aff airs and Development Uni vers ity of Gue lph
Tile Editor ial Comm i ttee is comprised of Edi to r- John Bowles SA 72 Alu mn i Offi ce r Ar t D i rec to r- Lyle Docherty SA 72 J K Babcock OAC 54 Directo r of Al um ni Allairs and Deve lopment Ro sema ry Cla rk Mac 59 Senior Al um ni Of cer D L Waters ton Direc to r o f Info rm ation D W Jose OAC 49 Assis tant Di re cto r of Information
Th e Edi to ri al Ad visory Board of the Un iversity of Guelph A lumn i Asso ci a tion is comprised of Dr J H M il ti ng to n OVC 69 cha irman Dr Allan Aust in Robe rt Mercer OAe 59 G B Powe ll OAC 62 James Rusk OAC 65 Mrs Joan (El le rington) Tanner Mac 57 Exmiddotofficio J K Babcock OAC 54 T R Hill iard OAC 40 Corresponding membe rs D R Baron OAC 49 G M Carman OAC 49 and H G Dodds OAC 58
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Contents
2 Across highlands and lowlands they sang The University choir recently co mpleted a triumphant t our that took the 57 singers to England and across Scotland
4 A tradition 01 art Since the early years of OAC fine art has helped to enrich the cultural envi ronment at Guelph In addition to owning an ever expanding co llection the University stages many fine art exhibitions throu ghout the year
8 The movie makers While the erstwhile mov ie empires of Hollywood fall into decline the motion picture produ cers at Guelph are con stantly kept bu sy Their sub jec ts cover everything from the history of OAC to the li fe of the lamp rey eel
10 The chaplains Their constituency is the entire University and their concern s are more th an ju st religious
12 Campus Highlights
15 Alumni News
Contributors to this issue Helen Aitkin SA 71 recentl y completed an MA in English and is now a freelance writer David Ashfo rd a former newspaper reporter is majoring in political studies at the Universi ty
The cover Cast in cement fondue Smiling Head 2 is by Canadian artist John Ivor Smith The enigmatic scu lpture is a recent acquisition by the Universi ty and is part of its perm anent collec tion
Cover design by Lyle Do cherty
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c21 crradition ofcArt FINE art at the University of Gue lph Is a
tradition which began long before anyshyone dreamed of establishing a College of Arts It was during the 1890s before Massey Library or Macdonald Institute were erected that the first works of art were acquired by the Ontario Agricultural College
Throughout the colleges early history attempts were made to justify the presence of a valuable art collection on a campus specializing in the practical sciences of agricultu re home economics and veterinary science As late as the 1950s the question continued to be raised- and the collection continued to grow Florence Partridge Mac 26 then librarian of the o ld Massey Library and defendant of the arts stro ngly supported the existence of Canadian pai nting s on campus In a 1954 issue of the Massey Messenger (published monthly by the library) she pointed out the value of f ine art to the man or woman of the sciences
The basic principles which cont ribute to any good work of art are present in these practical sciences she wrote just as they surround all of us In our everyday life no matter in wh at trade or profession we are engaged The balance of a smooth ly work ing piece of mac hinery the lines of a newly ploug hed fie ld the rhythm of the action of a ru nn ing dog or horse the colour composition of an attractively se rved meal-these are all princi ples which are Interpreted by an artist in his creations
The list of almost 50 paintings which followed suggested that the fine art which was being encouraged by Miss Part ridge was already accepted as a vital part of campus life
In some instances students and facu Ity ali ke participated in an enthusiasti c enshydeavour to buil d this collection of Canadian art In 1926 Professor O J Steven son an instructor of English at the OAC decided that with a little organization and cooperashyt ive effort the college would be able to acquire a major work of art Old newspapers were gathered and sold student concerts were held and visiting lecturers spoke to the college community resulting in total proceeds of $500 Wi th this sum a large paint ing The Drive by Canad ian artist
by Helen Aitkin
Tom Thompson was purchased Now the painting is considered one of the art ist s major works and is worth many times its original value Last year it tou red Canada as part of a retrospective exhibiti on of the artists work
The early enthusiasm for fine art conshytinued Massey Library Macdonald Institute and the Ontario Veterinary College all worked towards building worthwhile collecshytions of art Sometimes it was not an institution or college but the students themselves who contributed to the collection -and their efforts were always encouraged When the class of 1904 presented a portrait of thei r professor J Howes Panton to Massey Li brary the OAC Review exp ressed an appreciation of the gesture and pointed out the enduring value of such actions The presentation demonstrates the esp rit de corps of ex-students it wrote Such movements serve to draw the ex-students closer to one another and to the instituti on
Thus established the tradition of donatin g works of art to the University continues Alumni are now in fact the largest fun ding sou rce for the purchase of art works In October an exhibition at the University entitled Gifts from Alumni and Fri ends displayed over 50 acquisitions and g ifts of art from the Alma Mater Fund since 1969 Although all the works were new to the University they represented a tim e span of 150 years Si de by side with Ken Danby s serigraph The Skates (1972) and John IIor Smiths cast stone sculpture Smiling Head 2 (1962) were two hand-co loured aquatints after Li eu Col James Pattison Cockbu rn dating fro m 1833 The Falls of Montmo rency and Cape Diamond and Wolfs Cove fro m Point a Pizeau
Some artworks are donated by individual alumni while others are acquired th roug h collective gifts of money Works purch ased through the Alm a Mater Fund must be carefully selected in order to meet special requirements Not onl y must they be In harmony with the rest of the collecti on whichohas a predominantly Canadian focus it is also important that the art chosen is of the highest quality
Se lecting works of art on these bases
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is a task requiring more than a laymans knowledge of the subject For this reason the Art Acquisition Committee was estabshylished by the University in 1967 to offer advice on the acquision and placement of works of art It includes a cross-section of the University community including one fine art student and Judith Nasby the curator of art at the University
A su b-committee is responsible for implementing some of the decisions made by the Art Acquisition Committee The four members-a student a faculty member a resident of the community and Mrs Nasby-actively seek suitable works of art through auctions private collectors dealers or artists
Donations to the collection are made In other ways as well Classes may present a painting in memoriam or an organization may donate a work of art to celebrate an event Last year for example OVC Alumni Association presented to the college Alex Colvilles Two Riveters an important early tempera painting completed in 1954 Since the purchase of the painting it has more than doubled in value The Macdonald Institute Fami Iy and Consumer Studies Alumni Association will be presenting an original work to be placed in the new OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre A trust fund established by a retired OAC facu lty member is used to purchase works by young Canadian artists And sometimes the Un iversity will commission a painting or sculpture to be placed in a new building
Another important contribution to the University collection was made by the sister of Douglas M Duncan a Toronto bookbinder and patron of the arts On his death in 1968 his sister donated his massive art collection to galleries universities museums and libraries throughout Canada The University of Guelph was fortunate to receive 12 works from this collection inc ludi ng one by David Milne and three by L L FitzGerald Within the last five years the Unive rsity collection has grown so dramatically that there is a shortage of secure public places to show it
As one might expect a great deal of enthusiasm for building a good collection of art is to be found within the Department
Youth Art 73 held last May was the first of what is expected to be an annual event Displayed throughout the main floor of the Arts building the exhibition was made up of works by primary and se~ondary school students from Wellington and four other coun ties
of Fine Art Just as the OAC students of 1926 made a collective effort to acquire a master painting for the college the students of tod ays printmaking c lasses work together to build a collection of prints Each year a sale of student prints is held and the proceeds from the sale divided in two One half is returned to the stu dent art ists the rest is used to purchase master prints for the collection
Used primarily as a study aid the co llection is representative of many eras nationalities and genres and include some important works such as those by famous artists Picasso and Albrecht Durer Although the prints are kept in the printmaking workshyshop where they are readi ly accessible to students the collection may be viewed by anyone by contacting members of the department
The Universitys entire collection which includes all art works on campus contains over 400 original items covering a wide
range of media paintings in oil acrylic and tempera water co lours drawings prints scu Ipture in metal and wood and mixed media There are also many miscellaneous objects including the Coleman collection of musical instruments the Norman C Wallace collec tion of horse brasses the Losotho tape stries donated by Rothmans and a kayak and set of Eskimo costumes
Valuable collections like the one at Guelph are scattered all over the country at universities libraries galleries and museums To make it readily known where various works may be located to facilitate research and to increase circulation of national treasu res the National Museums of Can ada recently allotted $94 mill ion to develop a computerized inventory of all mu seu m and gallery holdings The University of Guelph received $10500 to catalogue its collection Assist ing Mrs Nasby in this task is Julia Wallace BA 73 a graduate in fine art
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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campus highlights
Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
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Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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ment was made by Murdo MacKinnon Dean of the College of Arts and probably echoes the feeling of all who participated in the University choirs tour of Scotland
The 57-member party left Guelph at the beginning of August for three weeks of concerts in Scotland a special concert was staged in London just before the choir returned to Canada Under the direction of conductor Nicholas Goldschmidt and assistant conductor Nickolaus Kaethler the choir performed a total of 12 concerts from Ayr to Inverness
Representing a cross-section of the University community the choir includes undergraduates graduate students alumni staff and faculty The tour which was two years in preparation was financed in part by the Alma Mater Fund
In almost every case we sang to a full house recounted Dean MacKinnon a member of the choir who also acted as concert manager Audience response was enthusiastic In one Scotti sh church the
audience was asked by the minister to reshyfrain from applauding But by the end of the concert unable to contain their eagershyness any longer the audience burst forth with spontaneous applause One family drove from Oxford to Stirling in Scotland to hear the choir and a fan even followed the tour for several engagements
The concert program included exerpts from Handels The Passion of Christ Schuberts Deutsche Messe and a selection of Canadian folk songs
The folk songs were by far the most popular said Dean MacKinnon especially the Salish Indian songs from British Columbia The songs were arranged for the choir under a Canada Council grant by music professor Derek Healey who was also organist on the tau r The same arrangeshyments were sung by the Festival Singers when they performed at the Guelph Spring Festival this year
Fortunately for Guelph residents the concert program was recorded on highshyfidelity stereo tape when the choir sang in Dundee and is available on request
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Above The choir assembled for this group picture prior to its departure for Scotland At far left is conduc tor Nicholas Goldschmidt and at far right organist Derek Healey Below Choir members relax at Balmoral Castle the royal residence in Scotland during a break in the tour s busy schedule
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2 Across highlands and lowlands they sang The University choir recently co mpleted a triumphant t our that took the 57 singers to England and across Scotland
4 A tradition 01 art Since the early years of OAC fine art has helped to enrich the cultural envi ronment at Guelph In addition to owning an ever expanding co llection the University stages many fine art exhibitions throu ghout the year
8 The movie makers While the erstwhile mov ie empires of Hollywood fall into decline the motion picture produ cers at Guelph are con stantly kept bu sy Their sub jec ts cover everything from the history of OAC to the li fe of the lamp rey eel
10 The chaplains Their constituency is the entire University and their concern s are more th an ju st religious
12 Campus Highlights
15 Alumni News
Contributors to this issue Helen Aitkin SA 71 recentl y completed an MA in English and is now a freelance writer David Ashfo rd a former newspaper reporter is majoring in political studies at the Universi ty
The cover Cast in cement fondue Smiling Head 2 is by Canadian artist John Ivor Smith The enigmatic scu lpture is a recent acquisition by the Universi ty and is part of its perm anent collec tion
Cover design by Lyle Do cherty
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c21 crradition ofcArt FINE art at the University of Gue lph Is a
tradition which began long before anyshyone dreamed of establishing a College of Arts It was during the 1890s before Massey Library or Macdonald Institute were erected that the first works of art were acquired by the Ontario Agricultural College
Throughout the colleges early history attempts were made to justify the presence of a valuable art collection on a campus specializing in the practical sciences of agricultu re home economics and veterinary science As late as the 1950s the question continued to be raised- and the collection continued to grow Florence Partridge Mac 26 then librarian of the o ld Massey Library and defendant of the arts stro ngly supported the existence of Canadian pai nting s on campus In a 1954 issue of the Massey Messenger (published monthly by the library) she pointed out the value of f ine art to the man or woman of the sciences
The basic principles which cont ribute to any good work of art are present in these practical sciences she wrote just as they surround all of us In our everyday life no matter in wh at trade or profession we are engaged The balance of a smooth ly work ing piece of mac hinery the lines of a newly ploug hed fie ld the rhythm of the action of a ru nn ing dog or horse the colour composition of an attractively se rved meal-these are all princi ples which are Interpreted by an artist in his creations
The list of almost 50 paintings which followed suggested that the fine art which was being encouraged by Miss Part ridge was already accepted as a vital part of campus life
In some instances students and facu Ity ali ke participated in an enthusiasti c enshydeavour to buil d this collection of Canadian art In 1926 Professor O J Steven son an instructor of English at the OAC decided that with a little organization and cooperashyt ive effort the college would be able to acquire a major work of art Old newspapers were gathered and sold student concerts were held and visiting lecturers spoke to the college community resulting in total proceeds of $500 Wi th this sum a large paint ing The Drive by Canad ian artist
by Helen Aitkin
Tom Thompson was purchased Now the painting is considered one of the art ist s major works and is worth many times its original value Last year it tou red Canada as part of a retrospective exhibiti on of the artists work
The early enthusiasm for fine art conshytinued Massey Library Macdonald Institute and the Ontario Veterinary College all worked towards building worthwhile collecshytions of art Sometimes it was not an institution or college but the students themselves who contributed to the collection -and their efforts were always encouraged When the class of 1904 presented a portrait of thei r professor J Howes Panton to Massey Li brary the OAC Review exp ressed an appreciation of the gesture and pointed out the enduring value of such actions The presentation demonstrates the esp rit de corps of ex-students it wrote Such movements serve to draw the ex-students closer to one another and to the instituti on
Thus established the tradition of donatin g works of art to the University continues Alumni are now in fact the largest fun ding sou rce for the purchase of art works In October an exhibition at the University entitled Gifts from Alumni and Fri ends displayed over 50 acquisitions and g ifts of art from the Alma Mater Fund since 1969 Although all the works were new to the University they represented a tim e span of 150 years Si de by side with Ken Danby s serigraph The Skates (1972) and John IIor Smiths cast stone sculpture Smiling Head 2 (1962) were two hand-co loured aquatints after Li eu Col James Pattison Cockbu rn dating fro m 1833 The Falls of Montmo rency and Cape Diamond and Wolfs Cove fro m Point a Pizeau
Some artworks are donated by individual alumni while others are acquired th roug h collective gifts of money Works purch ased through the Alm a Mater Fund must be carefully selected in order to meet special requirements Not onl y must they be In harmony with the rest of the collecti on whichohas a predominantly Canadian focus it is also important that the art chosen is of the highest quality
Se lecting works of art on these bases
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is a task requiring more than a laymans knowledge of the subject For this reason the Art Acquisition Committee was estabshylished by the University in 1967 to offer advice on the acquision and placement of works of art It includes a cross-section of the University community including one fine art student and Judith Nasby the curator of art at the University
A su b-committee is responsible for implementing some of the decisions made by the Art Acquisition Committee The four members-a student a faculty member a resident of the community and Mrs Nasby-actively seek suitable works of art through auctions private collectors dealers or artists
Donations to the collection are made In other ways as well Classes may present a painting in memoriam or an organization may donate a work of art to celebrate an event Last year for example OVC Alumni Association presented to the college Alex Colvilles Two Riveters an important early tempera painting completed in 1954 Since the purchase of the painting it has more than doubled in value The Macdonald Institute Fami Iy and Consumer Studies Alumni Association will be presenting an original work to be placed in the new OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre A trust fund established by a retired OAC facu lty member is used to purchase works by young Canadian artists And sometimes the Un iversity will commission a painting or sculpture to be placed in a new building
Another important contribution to the University collection was made by the sister of Douglas M Duncan a Toronto bookbinder and patron of the arts On his death in 1968 his sister donated his massive art collection to galleries universities museums and libraries throughout Canada The University of Guelph was fortunate to receive 12 works from this collection inc ludi ng one by David Milne and three by L L FitzGerald Within the last five years the Unive rsity collection has grown so dramatically that there is a shortage of secure public places to show it
As one might expect a great deal of enthusiasm for building a good collection of art is to be found within the Department
Youth Art 73 held last May was the first of what is expected to be an annual event Displayed throughout the main floor of the Arts building the exhibition was made up of works by primary and se~ondary school students from Wellington and four other coun ties
of Fine Art Just as the OAC students of 1926 made a collective effort to acquire a master painting for the college the students of tod ays printmaking c lasses work together to build a collection of prints Each year a sale of student prints is held and the proceeds from the sale divided in two One half is returned to the stu dent art ists the rest is used to purchase master prints for the collection
Used primarily as a study aid the co llection is representative of many eras nationalities and genres and include some important works such as those by famous artists Picasso and Albrecht Durer Although the prints are kept in the printmaking workshyshop where they are readi ly accessible to students the collection may be viewed by anyone by contacting members of the department
The Universitys entire collection which includes all art works on campus contains over 400 original items covering a wide
range of media paintings in oil acrylic and tempera water co lours drawings prints scu Ipture in metal and wood and mixed media There are also many miscellaneous objects including the Coleman collection of musical instruments the Norman C Wallace collec tion of horse brasses the Losotho tape stries donated by Rothmans and a kayak and set of Eskimo costumes
Valuable collections like the one at Guelph are scattered all over the country at universities libraries galleries and museums To make it readily known where various works may be located to facilitate research and to increase circulation of national treasu res the National Museums of Can ada recently allotted $94 mill ion to develop a computerized inventory of all mu seu m and gallery holdings The University of Guelph received $10500 to catalogue its collection Assist ing Mrs Nasby in this task is Julia Wallace BA 73 a graduate in fine art
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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UN IVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIAT ION
HON ORAR Y PRESIDEN T Dr WC Winegard
PRES tDEN r T R Hilli ard OAC 40
SENI OR V ICEmiddotPRESt DENT Mrs J D (V irg inia Sho rtt) Bandeen Mac 57
VICEmiddot PR ES IDENTS Or Sandra J (Kelk) Chernesky OVC 63 Fran ces Lampman Mac 54 A C McTaggart OAC 35 and Patric a Moll Well 70
SECRETARY Dr J H Millington OVC 69
TREASU RE R J J El ms l ie Development Olli cer UnlVe rsty 01 Guelph
DIR ECTORS Elizabeth Brandon We ll 70 Mrs J B (Do reen Ke rn ) Dawson Mac 54 Mrs R P (Valerie Mit tl er) G ilmor BA 72 M G Greer OAC 41 M rs A R (Shirley Ann Mc Fee) Ho lmes Mac 62 M rs M (Lnda Sully) Keith We ll 67 Dr W H Min shall OAC 33 Dr Jean M Rumney OVC 39 Mrs S W (Pa t Damude) Sq ui re Mac 63 and J A Wil ey OAC 58
EXmiddotOFFICI O DIRECTORS A L Go uge Well 69 pres ident Arts and Sciences Alum fl i A ssocia tion F T Cowan OAC 65 president 0 A C Al umni Association j Mrs Jil l (Yo ung) Varn e ll Mac 61 pre sident Macd ona ld Institute- Family and C onsumer Studies Alu mni A sso ci atio n Dr F D Horney ove 51 pre si dent 0 V C Alumni Association and J K Sabcoc k OAC 54 direc to r Alumni Affairs and Development
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2 Across highlands and lowlands they sang The University choir recently co mpleted a triumphant t our that took the 57 singers to England and across Scotland
4 A tradition 01 art Since the early years of OAC fine art has helped to enrich the cultural envi ronment at Guelph In addition to owning an ever expanding co llection the University stages many fine art exhibitions throu ghout the year
8 The movie makers While the erstwhile mov ie empires of Hollywood fall into decline the motion picture produ cers at Guelph are con stantly kept bu sy Their sub jec ts cover everything from the history of OAC to the li fe of the lamp rey eel
10 The chaplains Their constituency is the entire University and their concern s are more th an ju st religious
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15 Alumni News
Contributors to this issue Helen Aitkin SA 71 recentl y completed an MA in English and is now a freelance writer David Ashfo rd a former newspaper reporter is majoring in political studies at the Universi ty
The cover Cast in cement fondue Smiling Head 2 is by Canadian artist John Ivor Smith The enigmatic scu lpture is a recent acquisition by the Universi ty and is part of its perm anent collec tion
Cover design by Lyle Do cherty
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c21 crradition ofcArt FINE art at the University of Gue lph Is a
tradition which began long before anyshyone dreamed of establishing a College of Arts It was during the 1890s before Massey Library or Macdonald Institute were erected that the first works of art were acquired by the Ontario Agricultural College
Throughout the colleges early history attempts were made to justify the presence of a valuable art collection on a campus specializing in the practical sciences of agricultu re home economics and veterinary science As late as the 1950s the question continued to be raised- and the collection continued to grow Florence Partridge Mac 26 then librarian of the o ld Massey Library and defendant of the arts stro ngly supported the existence of Canadian pai nting s on campus In a 1954 issue of the Massey Messenger (published monthly by the library) she pointed out the value of f ine art to the man or woman of the sciences
The basic principles which cont ribute to any good work of art are present in these practical sciences she wrote just as they surround all of us In our everyday life no matter in wh at trade or profession we are engaged The balance of a smooth ly work ing piece of mac hinery the lines of a newly ploug hed fie ld the rhythm of the action of a ru nn ing dog or horse the colour composition of an attractively se rved meal-these are all princi ples which are Interpreted by an artist in his creations
The list of almost 50 paintings which followed suggested that the fine art which was being encouraged by Miss Part ridge was already accepted as a vital part of campus life
In some instances students and facu Ity ali ke participated in an enthusiasti c enshydeavour to buil d this collection of Canadian art In 1926 Professor O J Steven son an instructor of English at the OAC decided that with a little organization and cooperashyt ive effort the college would be able to acquire a major work of art Old newspapers were gathered and sold student concerts were held and visiting lecturers spoke to the college community resulting in total proceeds of $500 Wi th this sum a large paint ing The Drive by Canad ian artist
by Helen Aitkin
Tom Thompson was purchased Now the painting is considered one of the art ist s major works and is worth many times its original value Last year it tou red Canada as part of a retrospective exhibiti on of the artists work
The early enthusiasm for fine art conshytinued Massey Library Macdonald Institute and the Ontario Veterinary College all worked towards building worthwhile collecshytions of art Sometimes it was not an institution or college but the students themselves who contributed to the collection -and their efforts were always encouraged When the class of 1904 presented a portrait of thei r professor J Howes Panton to Massey Li brary the OAC Review exp ressed an appreciation of the gesture and pointed out the enduring value of such actions The presentation demonstrates the esp rit de corps of ex-students it wrote Such movements serve to draw the ex-students closer to one another and to the instituti on
Thus established the tradition of donatin g works of art to the University continues Alumni are now in fact the largest fun ding sou rce for the purchase of art works In October an exhibition at the University entitled Gifts from Alumni and Fri ends displayed over 50 acquisitions and g ifts of art from the Alma Mater Fund since 1969 Although all the works were new to the University they represented a tim e span of 150 years Si de by side with Ken Danby s serigraph The Skates (1972) and John IIor Smiths cast stone sculpture Smiling Head 2 (1962) were two hand-co loured aquatints after Li eu Col James Pattison Cockbu rn dating fro m 1833 The Falls of Montmo rency and Cape Diamond and Wolfs Cove fro m Point a Pizeau
Some artworks are donated by individual alumni while others are acquired th roug h collective gifts of money Works purch ased through the Alm a Mater Fund must be carefully selected in order to meet special requirements Not onl y must they be In harmony with the rest of the collecti on whichohas a predominantly Canadian focus it is also important that the art chosen is of the highest quality
Se lecting works of art on these bases
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is a task requiring more than a laymans knowledge of the subject For this reason the Art Acquisition Committee was estabshylished by the University in 1967 to offer advice on the acquision and placement of works of art It includes a cross-section of the University community including one fine art student and Judith Nasby the curator of art at the University
A su b-committee is responsible for implementing some of the decisions made by the Art Acquisition Committee The four members-a student a faculty member a resident of the community and Mrs Nasby-actively seek suitable works of art through auctions private collectors dealers or artists
Donations to the collection are made In other ways as well Classes may present a painting in memoriam or an organization may donate a work of art to celebrate an event Last year for example OVC Alumni Association presented to the college Alex Colvilles Two Riveters an important early tempera painting completed in 1954 Since the purchase of the painting it has more than doubled in value The Macdonald Institute Fami Iy and Consumer Studies Alumni Association will be presenting an original work to be placed in the new OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre A trust fund established by a retired OAC facu lty member is used to purchase works by young Canadian artists And sometimes the Un iversity will commission a painting or sculpture to be placed in a new building
Another important contribution to the University collection was made by the sister of Douglas M Duncan a Toronto bookbinder and patron of the arts On his death in 1968 his sister donated his massive art collection to galleries universities museums and libraries throughout Canada The University of Guelph was fortunate to receive 12 works from this collection inc ludi ng one by David Milne and three by L L FitzGerald Within the last five years the Unive rsity collection has grown so dramatically that there is a shortage of secure public places to show it
As one might expect a great deal of enthusiasm for building a good collection of art is to be found within the Department
Youth Art 73 held last May was the first of what is expected to be an annual event Displayed throughout the main floor of the Arts building the exhibition was made up of works by primary and se~ondary school students from Wellington and four other coun ties
of Fine Art Just as the OAC students of 1926 made a collective effort to acquire a master painting for the college the students of tod ays printmaking c lasses work together to build a collection of prints Each year a sale of student prints is held and the proceeds from the sale divided in two One half is returned to the stu dent art ists the rest is used to purchase master prints for the collection
Used primarily as a study aid the co llection is representative of many eras nationalities and genres and include some important works such as those by famous artists Picasso and Albrecht Durer Although the prints are kept in the printmaking workshyshop where they are readi ly accessible to students the collection may be viewed by anyone by contacting members of the department
The Universitys entire collection which includes all art works on campus contains over 400 original items covering a wide
range of media paintings in oil acrylic and tempera water co lours drawings prints scu Ipture in metal and wood and mixed media There are also many miscellaneous objects including the Coleman collection of musical instruments the Norman C Wallace collec tion of horse brasses the Losotho tape stries donated by Rothmans and a kayak and set of Eskimo costumes
Valuable collections like the one at Guelph are scattered all over the country at universities libraries galleries and museums To make it readily known where various works may be located to facilitate research and to increase circulation of national treasu res the National Museums of Can ada recently allotted $94 mill ion to develop a computerized inventory of all mu seu m and gallery holdings The University of Guelph received $10500 to catalogue its collection Assist ing Mrs Nasby in this task is Julia Wallace BA 73 a graduate in fine art
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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c21 crradition ofcArt FINE art at the University of Gue lph Is a
tradition which began long before anyshyone dreamed of establishing a College of Arts It was during the 1890s before Massey Library or Macdonald Institute were erected that the first works of art were acquired by the Ontario Agricultural College
Throughout the colleges early history attempts were made to justify the presence of a valuable art collection on a campus specializing in the practical sciences of agricultu re home economics and veterinary science As late as the 1950s the question continued to be raised- and the collection continued to grow Florence Partridge Mac 26 then librarian of the o ld Massey Library and defendant of the arts stro ngly supported the existence of Canadian pai nting s on campus In a 1954 issue of the Massey Messenger (published monthly by the library) she pointed out the value of f ine art to the man or woman of the sciences
The basic principles which cont ribute to any good work of art are present in these practical sciences she wrote just as they surround all of us In our everyday life no matter in wh at trade or profession we are engaged The balance of a smooth ly work ing piece of mac hinery the lines of a newly ploug hed fie ld the rhythm of the action of a ru nn ing dog or horse the colour composition of an attractively se rved meal-these are all princi ples which are Interpreted by an artist in his creations
The list of almost 50 paintings which followed suggested that the fine art which was being encouraged by Miss Part ridge was already accepted as a vital part of campus life
In some instances students and facu Ity ali ke participated in an enthusiasti c enshydeavour to buil d this collection of Canadian art In 1926 Professor O J Steven son an instructor of English at the OAC decided that with a little organization and cooperashyt ive effort the college would be able to acquire a major work of art Old newspapers were gathered and sold student concerts were held and visiting lecturers spoke to the college community resulting in total proceeds of $500 Wi th this sum a large paint ing The Drive by Canad ian artist
by Helen Aitkin
Tom Thompson was purchased Now the painting is considered one of the art ist s major works and is worth many times its original value Last year it tou red Canada as part of a retrospective exhibiti on of the artists work
The early enthusiasm for fine art conshytinued Massey Library Macdonald Institute and the Ontario Veterinary College all worked towards building worthwhile collecshytions of art Sometimes it was not an institution or college but the students themselves who contributed to the collection -and their efforts were always encouraged When the class of 1904 presented a portrait of thei r professor J Howes Panton to Massey Li brary the OAC Review exp ressed an appreciation of the gesture and pointed out the enduring value of such actions The presentation demonstrates the esp rit de corps of ex-students it wrote Such movements serve to draw the ex-students closer to one another and to the instituti on
Thus established the tradition of donatin g works of art to the University continues Alumni are now in fact the largest fun ding sou rce for the purchase of art works In October an exhibition at the University entitled Gifts from Alumni and Fri ends displayed over 50 acquisitions and g ifts of art from the Alma Mater Fund since 1969 Although all the works were new to the University they represented a tim e span of 150 years Si de by side with Ken Danby s serigraph The Skates (1972) and John IIor Smiths cast stone sculpture Smiling Head 2 (1962) were two hand-co loured aquatints after Li eu Col James Pattison Cockbu rn dating fro m 1833 The Falls of Montmo rency and Cape Diamond and Wolfs Cove fro m Point a Pizeau
Some artworks are donated by individual alumni while others are acquired th roug h collective gifts of money Works purch ased through the Alm a Mater Fund must be carefully selected in order to meet special requirements Not onl y must they be In harmony with the rest of the collecti on whichohas a predominantly Canadian focus it is also important that the art chosen is of the highest quality
Se lecting works of art on these bases
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is a task requiring more than a laymans knowledge of the subject For this reason the Art Acquisition Committee was estabshylished by the University in 1967 to offer advice on the acquision and placement of works of art It includes a cross-section of the University community including one fine art student and Judith Nasby the curator of art at the University
A su b-committee is responsible for implementing some of the decisions made by the Art Acquisition Committee The four members-a student a faculty member a resident of the community and Mrs Nasby-actively seek suitable works of art through auctions private collectors dealers or artists
Donations to the collection are made In other ways as well Classes may present a painting in memoriam or an organization may donate a work of art to celebrate an event Last year for example OVC Alumni Association presented to the college Alex Colvilles Two Riveters an important early tempera painting completed in 1954 Since the purchase of the painting it has more than doubled in value The Macdonald Institute Fami Iy and Consumer Studies Alumni Association will be presenting an original work to be placed in the new OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre A trust fund established by a retired OAC facu lty member is used to purchase works by young Canadian artists And sometimes the Un iversity will commission a painting or sculpture to be placed in a new building
Another important contribution to the University collection was made by the sister of Douglas M Duncan a Toronto bookbinder and patron of the arts On his death in 1968 his sister donated his massive art collection to galleries universities museums and libraries throughout Canada The University of Guelph was fortunate to receive 12 works from this collection inc ludi ng one by David Milne and three by L L FitzGerald Within the last five years the Unive rsity collection has grown so dramatically that there is a shortage of secure public places to show it
As one might expect a great deal of enthusiasm for building a good collection of art is to be found within the Department
Youth Art 73 held last May was the first of what is expected to be an annual event Displayed throughout the main floor of the Arts building the exhibition was made up of works by primary and se~ondary school students from Wellington and four other coun ties
of Fine Art Just as the OAC students of 1926 made a collective effort to acquire a master painting for the college the students of tod ays printmaking c lasses work together to build a collection of prints Each year a sale of student prints is held and the proceeds from the sale divided in two One half is returned to the stu dent art ists the rest is used to purchase master prints for the collection
Used primarily as a study aid the co llection is representative of many eras nationalities and genres and include some important works such as those by famous artists Picasso and Albrecht Durer Although the prints are kept in the printmaking workshyshop where they are readi ly accessible to students the collection may be viewed by anyone by contacting members of the department
The Universitys entire collection which includes all art works on campus contains over 400 original items covering a wide
range of media paintings in oil acrylic and tempera water co lours drawings prints scu Ipture in metal and wood and mixed media There are also many miscellaneous objects including the Coleman collection of musical instruments the Norman C Wallace collec tion of horse brasses the Losotho tape stries donated by Rothmans and a kayak and set of Eskimo costumes
Valuable collections like the one at Guelph are scattered all over the country at universities libraries galleries and museums To make it readily known where various works may be located to facilitate research and to increase circulation of national treasu res the National Museums of Can ada recently allotted $94 mill ion to develop a computerized inventory of all mu seu m and gallery holdings The University of Guelph received $10500 to catalogue its collection Assist ing Mrs Nasby in this task is Julia Wallace BA 73 a graduate in fine art
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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campus highlights
Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
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Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
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Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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is a task requiring more than a laymans knowledge of the subject For this reason the Art Acquisition Committee was estabshylished by the University in 1967 to offer advice on the acquision and placement of works of art It includes a cross-section of the University community including one fine art student and Judith Nasby the curator of art at the University
A su b-committee is responsible for implementing some of the decisions made by the Art Acquisition Committee The four members-a student a faculty member a resident of the community and Mrs Nasby-actively seek suitable works of art through auctions private collectors dealers or artists
Donations to the collection are made In other ways as well Classes may present a painting in memoriam or an organization may donate a work of art to celebrate an event Last year for example OVC Alumni Association presented to the college Alex Colvilles Two Riveters an important early tempera painting completed in 1954 Since the purchase of the painting it has more than doubled in value The Macdonald Institute Fami Iy and Consumer Studies Alumni Association will be presenting an original work to be placed in the new OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre A trust fund established by a retired OAC facu lty member is used to purchase works by young Canadian artists And sometimes the Un iversity will commission a painting or sculpture to be placed in a new building
Another important contribution to the University collection was made by the sister of Douglas M Duncan a Toronto bookbinder and patron of the arts On his death in 1968 his sister donated his massive art collection to galleries universities museums and libraries throughout Canada The University of Guelph was fortunate to receive 12 works from this collection inc ludi ng one by David Milne and three by L L FitzGerald Within the last five years the Unive rsity collection has grown so dramatically that there is a shortage of secure public places to show it
As one might expect a great deal of enthusiasm for building a good collection of art is to be found within the Department
Youth Art 73 held last May was the first of what is expected to be an annual event Displayed throughout the main floor of the Arts building the exhibition was made up of works by primary and se~ondary school students from Wellington and four other coun ties
of Fine Art Just as the OAC students of 1926 made a collective effort to acquire a master painting for the college the students of tod ays printmaking c lasses work together to build a collection of prints Each year a sale of student prints is held and the proceeds from the sale divided in two One half is returned to the stu dent art ists the rest is used to purchase master prints for the collection
Used primarily as a study aid the co llection is representative of many eras nationalities and genres and include some important works such as those by famous artists Picasso and Albrecht Durer Although the prints are kept in the printmaking workshyshop where they are readi ly accessible to students the collection may be viewed by anyone by contacting members of the department
The Universitys entire collection which includes all art works on campus contains over 400 original items covering a wide
range of media paintings in oil acrylic and tempera water co lours drawings prints scu Ipture in metal and wood and mixed media There are also many miscellaneous objects including the Coleman collection of musical instruments the Norman C Wallace collec tion of horse brasses the Losotho tape stries donated by Rothmans and a kayak and set of Eskimo costumes
Valuable collections like the one at Guelph are scattered all over the country at universities libraries galleries and museums To make it readily known where various works may be located to facilitate research and to increase circulation of national treasu res the National Museums of Can ada recently allotted $94 mill ion to develop a computerized inventory of all mu seu m and gallery holdings The University of Guelph received $10500 to catalogue its collection Assist ing Mrs Nasby in this task is Julia Wallace BA 73 a graduate in fine art
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
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Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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Top Fine arts student Bob Freeman measures a painting in preparation for an exhibition in McLaughlin Library Above
Ursus Dix a professiona l conserva tor restores paintings owned by the University Here he is refilling paint losses suffered by
James Hendersons Melting Snow Above right A student gazes intently at one of the
many artworks displayed in the recent exhibition Gifts from Alumni and Friends
Much more is invo lved in cataloguing than merely recording the title and arti st of each work but even this can be a complex task Sometimes one or the other is not known in which case extensive research must be done The result may be no more than a probable artist and a descripti on of the work which must suffice for a title The medi um of the work must also be reco rded and occasionally positive identifications can be made only throug h chemical analysis
An apparently simple but significant part of cataloguing is the me3su rement of the canvas for knowledge of a paintings precise dimensions cou ld be critical should it be stolen A carefu l record of any flaws in a work is also made Even a tiny tea r In a canvas is measured and its position on the painting recorded
Finally a certain amou nt of historica l background must be known for each item where it has been located who has owned it and in what shows it has been displ ayed Any reference to the work in fi ne art catalogues or periodicals is also listed
No matter how much is known about a painting and reco rded in a catalogue the Universitys art collection is of litt le value unless the works themselves can be viewed Mrs Nasby emphasizes that the p rim ary motive for acquiring a collection of art Is that it may provide enjoyment for the entire
Universi ty community and city of Guelph res idents as well It is an Informal educashytion al resource whi ch Mrs Nasby po ints ou t must re main as accessible as possible
Art works are to be found In any number of locations throughou t the campus-in hallways off ices and lounges in al most al l campus buildings Most works have a re latively permanent positi on The large bronze statue by Robert Hedrick for example has always stood next to the physical science building On the fifth f loor of the Mc Laughlin Library however is a small gallery where changing selections from the collecti on are hung Because the li brary is almost always open and accessible to the general public with periodic visits anyone could eventually see a large proporshyti on of the collecti on
When a work is not on display it is genera lly kept in an art storage and work room in th e basement of t he library where the air is temperatu re and humidity conshytrolled to prevent deterioration Equipped with dust-proof cabi nets and padded shelves th e room is also where minor rep airs are made Fine art student Bob Freeman takes care of such repairs as rematting a drawing or reattaching a canvas to its frame Major repairs such as touchi ng up a painting requi res the work of an
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expe rt and is done by a professional conservator in Ottawa
Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
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Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
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Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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Involvement in buildi ng and maintaining the University s private art collection is only one facet of the work done by Guelphs curator of art Each year about 14 major art exhibitions both from outside sources and from the University col lection are held at Guelph and these too are arranged and set up by Mrs Nasby Exhibitions must be planned at least a year and a half in advance of their showing and in order to ensu re an Interesting exhibition the background work is often extensive Thirty smaller exhibits are also arranged each year and are usually displayed in the Arts building
Initial research for an exhibition involves selecting an artist or subject choosing indivi dua l wo rks locating them and finding biograph ical info rmation on the artist Next the owner must be contacted negotiations made arrangements set up for transportashytion and then pUblicity must be circulated Sometimes touring shows come to the University ready-made but most are arranged by Mrs Nasby herself
As a further educational resource the opening of an exhibition often includes a visit by the artist or some other expert who will present a lecture related to the exhibition For example the Joyce Weiland show last year was accompanied by a
lecture and film by the artist A lectu re by the director of the Municipal Museu m in Ostend Belgium Dr Frank Edebau was also presented last year in relati on to the exhibition of etchings by Belgian artist James Ensor Its showing at Guelph was its first on a tour of Canada
Each years series of art disp lays represhysents a varied selection of med ia and themes American graphics Victorian and contemporary photography Canad ian historical paintings from the Art Gallery of Hamilton the annual student jury show and avant-garde video tapes by international artists will all be shown on cam pus this year To accompany the OAC centennial celebrations next year an exhibition of artifacts documents and photographs reshylated to the college will be held in July and August At the same time there will be a showing of highlights from the University collection
This exhibition may draw you to the campus if you are an alumnus Or perhaps you are interested in nineteenth century photography If not that then one exhibition out of the 14 is sure to attract you In any case why not visit the University and while here keep your eyes open to the fine art displayed here and there all over the campus -art which belongs to a continuing lively tradition at Guelph bull
Lelt Among the many exhibitions hosted by the University was one that displayed the works 01 three outstan ding line arts students Viewing a mixed-media work by Chris Woods BA 72 (left) are Anne Knox and Ron Eccles BA 70 Right julia Wa llace BA 73 assistant to the curator of ar t hangs a painting in the climate-controlled art storage room
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The movie makers
by David Ashford
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
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Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
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Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has been forced out of movies by dwindling
finances and Hollywood is on the decline reeling under the pressure of economic burdens But no matter Film-making is flourishing-at the University of Guelph
This is apparent from the busy office and laboratory of Ray Pollard and Norm Lightshyfoot where both men are involved in the motion picturesound production unit of the Department of Audio Visual Services It appears there are not enough hours in the day to fill all the requests for film production they receive from faculty members
The major problem explains Mr Lightfoot [Ies not in on-location shooting of a movie but in the long hours of splicing mixing and editing required to turn out the finished product People feel you can go out and shoot a film come back and just put it on the projector But this just isnt so he says
In the production of long and detailed films complete with narration and music
a great deal of time is required by both the cinematographers and the faculty member who wishes the film made First a rough script or scenario of the intended film must be written When the film-makers are sure of the direction the movie is to take a story board is drawn illustrating each scene in sequence
Actual shooting takes from one-quarter to one-sixth of the total time required to complete a full sound production The video portion of the film must be edited and timed to suit the desired length-usually about 20 minutes which leaves enough tim e for discussion in a 50-minute lecture period
Once the video has been edited-reducshying the film length to about 800 feet-aud io tapes are edited to synchronize with the video Individual tracks are developed for narration or voice-over on-location sounds music and overlap sounds From the edited version of the original camera footage a duplicate film Is made and this
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
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even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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covering the action at 24 framessecond Opposite page Using an Arriflex BL syncshysound camera cinematographer Norm Lightfoot shoots footage of apiarist AI Adie while producer Ray Pollard tends audio equipment Right Pollard edits a 16-mm colour sound film using a precision Steen beck 4-plate editing table Below right Lightfoot checks an Arriflex 16-mm camera in preparation for on-location shooting
along with the sound tapes is sent to a Toronto laboratory for sound mixing and dubbing The result is a composite optical sound print
Film topics are as wide-ranging as the many subjects offered at the University In two recent assignments for example the cinematographers were filming a lamprey eel attacking a trout and kidney transplants on dogs
A faculty member will have a film made because it can provide an accurate and Because the film is so wide in its scope graphic explanation of certain phenomena it is difficult to follow a rigid script and related to the subject he is teaching In there may be conflicting views on what some disciplines such as botany it is useshy should be filmed Instead extensive footage ful to have films of the four seasons Spring is shot which is then meticulously edited to conditions for example can be shown in provide the desired result To date nearly the dead of winter 4000 feet of film have been shot and only
Making a film can give rise to numerous 540 feet are required production problems There may be too Making this film is a challenge says many references in the narration to Ontario supervising producer Ray Pollard In effect or Guelph which must be corrected before were distilling 100 years of history into 15 the film is completed If the movie is too minutes Some of the scenes call for aerial localized it would be difficult to obtain photography and footage is even being shot broad distribution Wide distribution is not in England unusual many of the films have been sold As with most film productions time and or lent to institutions around the world money are major considerations The
The motion picture sound unit is presently cinematographers estimate it takes at least involved in the making of three documenshy one-half day of production time to obtain taries Two of the films are expected to be one-half minute of finished film Laboratory a year in the making one deals with human work is the most time-consuming and kinetics and the other with Indians in the additional footage not taken into account French River area when the budget is set can eat up the films
The third documentary commemorating financial resources In addition to these the OAG centennial is slated for January local prob lems the Toronto sound-mixing completion Under the direction of Mary lab charges from $50 to $80 an hour for Its Gocivera of the Department of Information services A slight delay there and the film the film examines OAGs colourful history is threatening to burst its budget present activities and provides a glimpse Despite these pitfalls the final work-a into the future Alumni retired professors polished professional film-is completed and current faculty members are intershy a credit to those members of Audio-Visual viewed Their responses provide the Services who persevere under often less narration of the 15-minute motion picture than ideal conditions bull
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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FOR universities throughout North America the 1960s were years of rapid
change in wh ich old orders were challen ged and new di rections sou ght Students questioned the prevailing conventions of soci ety with parti cu lar emphasis on moral values And wh ile moral standards continue to be a sou rce of controversy recent years have also seen the interest in religion grow apace
These issues th at confront todays students are of spec ial concern to two mem bers of the University the chaplains Though their style may be characterized as low-profile the ch aplains are performing vital roles in a dynamic const ituency Nor do they fit the stereotype mould of an austere cleric proferring unsol icited advice to all who cross thei r path Take senior ch aplain Ritch ie McMurray bearded casual witty and looking like a philosopher (which he is) he presents himsel f as an active part icipant in campus life I see myself as celebrating what it means to be a member of the community as a Christian whether that be joyful or tragi c
Inevitably that means Invo lvement in students external acti vities It is important that I relate to students in a Christian context says Mr Mc Murray not iust coming at them as an ecc lesi astical
Ritchie McMurray
physician to tell them they are sick There is more to life than sin and problems
Involvement in the Univers ity commu nity takes various form s from hold ing services of worship on Sundays and during the week to helping drama students organize a religious pl ay or advising a small group of
students and faculty who are living a communal existence outside of the c ity
Marriage- the paradigm of human encounter-is a principa l concern of the chaplains and students often req uest them to perform th e weddin g ceremony In many cases cou ples are al ready living together and in some sense that constitutes marriage says Mr McM urray But if two people who are living together want their relationship made legal I must get to kn ow them
Six months of counselling prior to the marriage is normal for ce re monies Mr McMurray performs Such a length of time may seem excessive to two people who believe they are in love But expl ains Mr Mc Murray th e con sequences of
The Chaplains
Theyre 110 just ecclesiastical physicians
by David Ashford
marriage are so grave a couple must be sure of what it is they are doing Divorced people still face a cultu ra l backlash that can sometimes lead to psychologica l problem s
In counselling couples who wi sh to be married Mr McMurray is concerned about such basi c issues as whether they are good friends (which is qui te different from being in love ) and enjoy being together They have to discover if they have confronted themselves with these important Issues he says The Churchs rules are meant to be hum ane not legal isms abstracted fro m life
Ab out one-fifth of the couples wh o reshyquest Mr McMurray to perform the marri age ceremony are in fact married by him Last year only six couples were marr ied which was a low year The year before 12 couples exchanged marriage vows
Pe rsonal counselli ng is also an important part of the chaplains activ ities Students seek advice on a variety of matters Occashysionally students seek he lp in straig htening out serious psychological problems often they will be referred to a psychiatrist
Not su rprisingly many people look to the chapl ains for religious advice or to clarify a point on religi on they find unc lear I have
Ed Merchant
even had peop le try to convert me smiles Mr McMurray
Some of the difficulties students have result from the th ree-semester system at Guelph It pu ts students under greater pressure than they woul d experience in a two-term system says Mr McMurray Having taught at the Un iversity of Toronto Corne ll University and here he knows how mu ch harder stu dents have to work at Guelph I was never under that sort of pressure when I was studying at the University of Toronto
As a scholar and faculty member-he is teaching two philosophy courses this fall shyMr McMu rray laments the absence of a department of religion Co mmenting that Guelph and Brock are the on ly two un ishyversities in the cou ntry without such a department he believes th at philosophy art and religi on are the three most important windows through which to examine a culture They prov ide a necessary insight He notes that rel ig ious studies are of great interest to students at other universit ies
Mr McMu rray and Father Ed Merchant the newly appointed Rom an Catho lic chaplai n eagerly awai t th e complet ion of the new University Centre which will house a ch ape l and medi ta tion room The chapel will be inter-denominational and the meditation room will be available to anyone who feels the need fo r soli tude Presently says Mr McM urray I am conducting Su nday services on the ninth floor of the Arts building-we are up there with the gods
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
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call1pus highlights University enrollments exceed projected figures The University had planned for higher student enrollment this fall but it was someshything of a su rprise when figures indicated an increase of nearly 10 per cent
Reg istrar Arnold Holmes reports that full-t ime underg raduate enrollment is 8365-2500 of them freshmen-with 525 full-t ime graduate students registered Last fall there were 7500 undergrad uates and 500 graduate students
Further increases are shown In the number of part-ti me students who have registered 450 un derg raduates and 130 graduate students This time last year there were 400 part-t ime undergraduates
The largest enrollment is in the BA proshygram in whi ch th ere are 2775 students registered The BSc program fol lows with 2035 students There are 11 60 undergradushyates taking the BSc (Agr) deg ree and 940 in the Family and Consumer Studies BASc proshygram The DVM program has 400 students registered In other BSc programs the enrollments are human kinetics 230 and engineering 165 One hundred and ten undergraduates are registered in the landshyscape arch itectu re prog ram
Enrollment fig ures for the Ontario Agrishycultu ra l Co llege indicate a record level as th e college enters its 100t h anniversary year Including undergraduate and gradu ate students total enrollment is 1154 The 1003 students at the co llege last year also established a record
The jump in OAC enrollment-about 115 per cent-is attributed to several factors Of the 151 additional students attending OAC this yea r 30 are fresh man and the reshymainder are transfer students f rom other universities Good job prospects for OAC graduates and recent additions to the colleges programs are also cited as reasons for the increase in numbers The new programs-environmental and agricultural bio logy and resource management-have attracted a nu mber of students to the college
Commenting on the overall growth in enroll ment at Guelph President Winegard noted at a press conference that the increase will not affec t the Universitys fin ancial status this year but it should provide more income In the 1974-75 academic period Dr Winegard said that some additional
During fall registration students fined up for a barbeque in front of Drew Hall Number of students on campus is the highest yet
faculty will be needed an d the Universitys Conference focuses current budget will be able to accommodate on the consumer th is
The president said that he was surp rised not by the number of freshmen students but by retu rn ing in-course students and the approximately 500 stop-outs those who have been away for two or more semesters and who have come bac k
I am also p leased with the number of mature students who have come to Guelph this year he said At least one-th ird of the fresh man in the BA prog ram are mature students that is those who have been out of school for some time and who may not have the normal admission requirements
Dr Winegard pointed out th at in the spring semester Guelph enro llment went down by 400 and th e present increase wi II more than balance that decli ne The presishydent could only speculate as to the cause for the large number of students coming to the University He suggested that the three-semester system and the high number of places in residence could be factors
The University has planned on a growth in student population of 500 a year That figu re has been exceeded this year and if the patte rn continues the Univers itys noshygrowth limit of 10000 students could be reach ed sooner than expected
Eighty peop le recently convened at the Un iversity for a four-day conference on contemporary consumer behavior Sponshysored by the Department of Consumer Studies and the Office of Continuing Edushycation the conference was Intended principally for those with a professional interest in educating and guiding conshysumers High school teachers of home economics and consumer studies also attended
Among the speakers were faculty members of the Departm ent of Consu mer Studies representatives from the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Better Business Bureau
Subjects discussed included soci al influences on consu mer behavior housing in the face of overpopulation health food consumption fashion and consu mer manipulation and the development of standards for consu mer goods
Professor Elizabeth Gullett Mac 55 told the conference that because consumers are examining the food more close ly as to its chemical additi ves health food merch anshydisers are taking advantage of the antlshychemical trend in North America
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
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campus highlights
thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
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Weve moved from an age where chemicals were an answer to everything to an age where chemicals are the villains Professor Gullett said Claims that health foods are more wholesome and nou rishing were disputed by Professor Gullett And she expressed doubt that health foods are in fact grown without the aid of chemicals
Professor Mabel Sanderson Mac 31 also criticised health food merchants saying that they tend to make the implishycation that their products are superior to regu lar foods which is not the case Additives to foods are justified when they maintain the nutritional quality and enhance the keeping quality or stability
Other topics covered were consumer studies as a multi-disciplinary endeavor social influences on consumer behavior patterns of marketing segmentation and consumer life styles the predictability of fads and fashions and trends in consumer legislation
Parasite causes birth defects and even death Recent tests conducted by a research team at the University indicate that the microshyorganism toxoplasmosis may be responsible for an incalculable nu mber of bi rth defects It can cause blindness severe illness and even death More disturbing still are inshydications that the parasite could be present in as much as one-third of the population
These discoveries have been made by Professor I R Tizard graduate student C H Lai and technician S S Chauhan of the Ontario Veterinary College
The tests involve mixing together serum (blood with the red cells removed) toxoshyplasmosis organisms accessory factor from human blood and a blue dye If the organisms are stained by the dye there is no infection if they are unaffected by the dye infection is present
The disease can be treated with antibiotic drugs which result in a standoff within the body the infection is not eliminated but neither does it cause any further damage
According to the researchers toxoplasshymosis can be caused either through exshyposure to cats or by eating rare meat Disease symptoms manifest themselves in several ways often imitating other disorders such as cancer The most common sympshytoms are those associated with flu a few
days of mild illness followed by recovery But in fact the parasite is dormant in the body and if another illness should strike the toxoplasmosis disease could errupt and cause serious damage such as blindness or brain inju ry
The parasite is of greatest danger to pregnant women If a woman contacts the disease while pregnant there is an excellent chance that the parasite wi II attack the fetus which cannot produce its own antibodies
C H Lai studies toxoplasmosis organisms under microscope while Professor T R Tizard looks on
This can result in the birth of a child with deformities in the brain spinal cord or retina If a woman contacts the disease prior to pregnancy there is no danger for the parasite cannot be transformed to the unborn baby
As there is no known cure for the disease says Professor Tizard the only measures for combating it are precautionary
Develop process for de-boning poultry University personnel have given an important boost to an industry which processes de-boned poultry for use in such products as chicken cutlets wieners and bologna
The industry involves Protein Foods Corp a Paris Ontario firm which some months ago had developed a process for de-boning poultry What it had not deshyveloped was a system for evaluating the quality of its product Therefore the fi rm joined in a cooperative project with professors H L Orr and W R Usborne of the Department of Animal and Pou Itry Science and C L Duitschaever of the Department of Food Science It set up a test-run in the Universitys meat science laboratory installing its own speciallyshydesigned equipment and processing 6000 pounds of meat every day for 15 weeks This test-run was designed to be exactly the same as the ultimate commercial operation The meat was trucked in from governmentshyinspected processing plants de-boned and stored under simulated commercial conditions Afterwards it was delivered to a food processing plant where it was used in both new and conventional products The meat was also evaluated from a biological physical and chemical standshypoint at each stage of production
The project enabled Protein Foods to start production in a shorter time and at less cost than would otherwise have been possible It also gave students the opporshytunity to observe and evaluate a new business operation in all of its stages One of the students who worked on the project Jack McKeown has graduated with a BSc (Agr) majoring in animal and poultry science and is now working for Protein Foods
Guelph researchers are given the bird Bird watching a normally safe and passive pastime can prove hazardous and even dangerous The sometime perils of studying bird life were recently experienced by ornishythologist Alex Middleton and graduate student Bob Montgomery both members of the Department of Zoology
Professor Middleton ran afoul of Guelph police officers in the course of his research on goldfinches With the aid of binoculars he was studying the finches at a bird feedshying station-and was suspected by a local resident of being a peeping Tom She called the police
After that experience Professor Middleton warns local residents when he intends to
12
use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
13
campus highlights
thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
15
The College-on the middotHill
Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
Special pre-publication price $1036 After December 15 $1295
Use the convenient form below to order your copy of The College on the Hill Mail now as the number of copies is limited
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use binoculars in carrying out field research
For Bob Montgomery bird watching even put his life in jeopardy For 12 days he was stranded on an island off the coast of Newfoundland while conducting a bird census
In the course of his summer job with the Canadi an Wildlife Service Mr Montgomery was researching sea birds on Green Island 20 miles south of St Johns Rough seas prevented him from leaving the island by boat and the numerous birds prevented rescue by helicopter Food was dropped to the stranded ornithologist until his lateshynight rescue was accomplished after the birds had settled down
Named head of COU University president Dr W C Wineg ard has been elected chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities succeeding D C Williams president of the University of Western Ontario Dr Winegard s term will end July 1975
With a secretariat in Toronto the Council of Ontario Universities consists of the presidents of all Ontario universities and a representati ve from each university senate The COU represents the interests of the provinces universities to th e Min istry of Colleges and Universities and works jointly on a number of committees conshycerned with university matters
The Annex is no more The Engineering Annex which was one of the oldest buil dings on campus has been demolished Grass now covers the area where it used to stand
Constructed in 1891 as a gymnasium the annex could have been renovated and preshyserved only at great cost according to W A Brown director of the Universitys Department of Physical Resources
When it was constructed the building housed one of the finest gymnasiums in Ontario and there was some furor in the provincial legislature over its cost says Bi ll Mitchell OAC 38 Professor Mi1chell worked in the building as a member of the Department of Physical Education from 1946 to 1957 the year the present athletic centre was completed
The annex was used as a convocation
hall until War Memorial Hall was built in the twenties It was also the place where final exams were written
In its early days the building formed the heart of the campus says Professor Mitchell It served as a community centre and a place where concerts were held as well as being a gymnasium There was a lot of sentimental attachment to it for many people
New research station will benefit consumers A new beef cattle research centre was recently opened at the Elora Research Station 12 miles north of the University Operated by the University for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food the centre contains a production unit of 250 cows and calves and a finishing un it for 300 head of cattle
Research undertaken at the $11 million centre will be aimed at developing more efficient means of beef production This will benefit not only the countrys beef producers but ultimately the consumer as well says Professor W D Morrison OAC 49 chairman of th e Department of Animal and Poultry Science
The dollars spent here will be returned many times over and I can thin k o f no better place to put the taxpayers money said the Hon Will iam A Stewart minister of agriculture an d food at the official opening of the centre
Cattle are housed in these units each one featuring di ffe rent manure handling systems Feeding is completely automated
Left The stark carca ss of the Engineering Annex rises above parts of the buildings entablature in the foreground Below An old picture of the Annex when it was the gymnasium building
13
campus highlights
thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
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The College-on the middotHill
Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
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campus highlights
thus allowing the centre to be operated with a minimum of labour
Among the research projects now in progress at the centre are studies of environment and efficiency production the effect of growth stimulants on growth rate and carcass merit drylot beef cows and chemical treatment of poor quality roughages economic importance of cow size and milk yield and the feeding of acid-treated high moisture corn
School of Hotel and Food will have its own building Canadas only university program in hotel and food administration will have its own building a year from now Construct ion of the School of Hotel and Food Administrashytions new home will beg in this fall at a cost 01 $700000 donated by Canadas hospitality industry With a floor space of about 16000 square feet the new building will adjoin the north end of Macdonald Institute
Included in the school will be laboratories with modern kitchen equipment computing facilities seminar and lecture rooms and offices
When it began four years ago the hotel and food administration program had a class of 22 students They graduated this spring and received a large number of job offers There are now 163 students in the program and projected enrollment five years from now is 370 students and 15 faculty
OAC displays centennial booth at Ex
The forthcoming GAC centennial provided the theme for the colleges exhibit at this years Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Designed in the form of a lounge the exhibit displayed a pictorial history of GAC Faculty from the colege were on hand to answer visitors questions
Aerial view of the new beef cattle research centre at Elo ra Research Centre shows manure handling system and cattle pens at left The silos are used to store most of the feed with five 60-foot silos for standard forages five for experimental silages and two for experimental grains
Studies psychological effects of semester system The effects of the three-semester system on students at the University is the subject of a study being undertaken by Dr D H Upton director of Psychological Services
Begun in the fall of 1972 the study is being funded by the Canada Council Dr Upton received an initial grant of $14000 a further grant of $15000 was awarded this fall
At the beginning of the investigation 793 freshmen were asked to take part That number includes 90 per cent of the then incoming arts students and 87 per cent of a random sample of science students The study group is divided into those wh o enroll for six consecutive semesters and those who take a break in thei r studies Variation in academic performance and corresponding personality growth in the two groups is being recorded
The test instrument is a personal orientation inventory that shows personality development on a 12-point scale The scale is designed to identify healthy development rather than pathological behavior
Through his clinical work Dr Upton has found that student development is an individual process although it is also affected by external factors It is this distinctive relationship that the study will trace
Working with Dr Upton on the study are Dr E G Brailsford chie f psychologist at Psychological Services and researcher Brian PElttigrew Faculty from the College of Social Science and the Institu te of Computing Science are also assisting
The information collected in the study should provide valuable insights into the nature of stress experienced by students in the three-semester system
New appointments to administration and faculty Margrel Andersen has been named chairshyman of the Department of Languages
Professor Andersen has studied at the University of Paris the Freie Univers ltat in Ber lin and the Universite de Montreal where she was awarded a PhD She has taug ht languages in West Berli n Tunisia Eth iopia the United States and Canada
14
Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
15
The College-on the middotHill
Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
Special pre-publication price $1036 After December 15 $1295
Use the convenient form below to order your copy of The College on the Hill Mail now as the number of copies is limited
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Articles by Professor Andersen have been publi shed in German newspapers and she has edited a collection of works on and by women in Montreal
The Drama Division of the Department of English Language and Literature has become an independent entity the Departshyment of Drama
Michael Booth previously head of the Drama Division has been named chairman
Professor Booth has studied at the University of British Columbia and the University of London He is a leading Canadian authority on eighteenth century and nineteenth century tragedy and meloshydrama and has published two books on these subjects Professor Booth is also
Andersen Booth
Dow Duncan
Involved in the theatre both as actor and director
John Carson a member of the Department of Political Studies since 1970 has been appointed secretary of Senate Professor Carson who has received degrees from the University of Victoria BC and the University of Oxford succeeds Michael Brown at the post
As secretary of Senate Professor Carson is responsi ble for taking minutes preparing materials advising on procedural matters and providing background information both for Senate and its standing committees
Helen Dow has been made chairman of the Department of Fine Art
She is a graduate of the Universi ty of Toronto and of Bryn Mawr College Pa and has taught at universities in Canada and the United States Professor Dow is a member of several learned societies and has been an advisor on publication grants to the Canada Council She recently had published a book The Art of Alex Colville and Is presently engaged in a study of late medieval Engli sh sculpture
Ken Duncan succeeds Archie Mcintyre as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y
A graduate of the universities of Toronto and Wi sconsi n Professor Duncan came to
Carson Brown
Todd Mc Eachern
Guelph in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario where he had been teaching for several years Among his research interests are immigration geriatrics voluntary agencies and the Canadian Indian and Eskimo
George Todd has been appointed chairshyman of the Department of Philosophy he succeeds Douglas Odegard
Prior to coming to Guelph in 1965 Professor Todd was engaged in doctoral studies at the University of London He also holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario
Alumni News Stewart Brown OAC 47 has been appointed dean of graduate studies at Trent University
Dr Brown took the chemistry option at OAC and did graduate work in biochemistry In 1951 he received a PhD from Michigan State University and took a position wi th the National Research Councils laboratory in Saskatoon In 1964 the year Trent University opened its doors he joined the faculty in chemistry
William A McEachern OAC 42 has been made vice-president of Noranda Sales Corp Toronto In this capacity he is responsible for marketing of fertilizers chemicals and prec ious metals
Before joining Noranda in 1954 as a sales representative Mr McEachern worked for the federal civil service and Canadian Refineries Ltd
John Bowles BA 72 has joined the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development as alumni officer and editor of the Guelph Alumnus
Mr Bowles took honours in political studies at Guelph and did graduate work at Queens University Kingston He has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter magazine editor and public relations officer
Charles A Douglas OAC 35 has been appointed deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
Mr Douglas received his early schooling in Nova Scotia and attended Nova Scotia Agricultural College before enrolling at OAC He held various positions with the departshyment before assuming his present post
Active in professional and community organizations for many years Mr Douglas has been a di rector of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture a director and vice-president of the Canadian Guernsey Association president of the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs and secretary and president of the Canadian Agricultural Extension Council
15
The College-on the middotHill
Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
Special pre-publication price $1036 After December 15 $1295
Use the convenient form below to order your copy of The College on the Hill Mail now as the number of copies is limited
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The College-on the middotHill
Written in commemoration of the Ontario Agricultura l College s centennia l The College on the Hill is a scholar ly and entertaining narrative of the first 100 years Professor Ross s unique account documents the personalities and political forces that shaped Canada s oldest agricultural college and brought it to its present pre-eminent position Hardcover Illustrated Copp Clark
Special pre-publication price $1036 After December 15 $1295
Use the convenient form below to order your copy of The College on the Hill Mail now as the number of copies is limited
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