guelph alumnus magazine, spring 1968

U N I V E R S I T Y O F GUELPH Spring, 1968

GUELPH ALUMNUS VOLUME 1, NO. 2

INDEX

. . The Crumbling of the Caste System, R. P. Gilmor.. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An Old Building, A New Name 7

The Campus and the Generation Gap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chairman T. A. McEwan Retires.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Alumni House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Challenge! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Branion Steps Up, Armstrong Named . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Research in Learning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Alumni in the News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Campus Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ............... 19

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Guelph Alumnus is published by the University of Guelph, Department of Alumni Affairs and Development.

It is edited and printed under the supervision of the Department of Information, D. L. Waterston, Director. Editor of the Alumnus is D. W. Jose, OAC '49, Assistant Director of Information.

The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Association: R. A. N. Mercer, OAC '59, Chairman, Dr. Joan Budd, OVC '50; Prof. K. E. Chamberlain, Dept. of Fine Art; Mrs. Douglas (Inglis) Robinson, Mac '55; Prof. A. M. Ross, Dept. of English; Ex-Officio: Dr. H. M. LeGard, OVC '23 and J. K. Babcock. OAC '54.

HONORARY PRESIDENT Dr. W. C. Winegard

PRESIDENT Dr. H. M. LeGard, OVC '23

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT D. M. Adams, OAC '49

VICE-PRESIDENTS Dr. Helen Abell, Mac '38 Dr. C. A. V. Barker, OVC '44 P. W. Couse, OAC '46

Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash at Guelph, Canada. Undelivered copies should be returned to Box 904, Johnston Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph,. Ont.. Canada.

DIRECTORS Dr. G. K. Boyce, OVC '42 G. R. Greenless, OAC '62 M. G. Greer, OAC '41 Mrs. W. A. (Anderson) James, Mac '34 G. L. E. Nixon. OAC '37 Mrs. J. W. (Scott) Pennington, Mac '38 Dr. Mabel Sanderson, Mac '31 Dr. T. A. H. Sanderson, OVC '61 Dr. J. N. See, OAC '35, OVC '38

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS Mrs. E. (Nairn) Carter, Mac '38

President, Macdonald Institute Alumnae Association Dr. G. C. Fisher, OVC '44

President, OVC Alumni Association D. N. Langford, OAC '69

President, University of Guelph Students' Union G. W. McNern, OAC '51

President, OAC Alumni Association T. B. Radford, Well '67

President, Wellington College Alumni Association J. K. Babcock, OAC '54

Director, Alumni Affairs and Development

SECRETARY Mrs. W. A. James, Mac '34

TREASURER James J. Elmslie

Department of Alumni Affairs and Development

COATS OFF ! The air was crisp and clear the other night as we stepped out of the Admin~strative Bullding (now Johnston Hall) after an Editorial Advisory Board Meetlng. The sight of Massey Hall over- looking the campus green, and the memory that I had graduated from the O.V.C. exactly 45 years earlier, brought back feelings of nostalg~a to me. Turning, I walked with the Director of Alumnl Affairs, down the red-brick

pedestrian spine between the new Library and Arts Buildings whose l~ghts were shlnlng brightly. It was evident that these buildrngs and the others springing up signify a great change in the Guelph campus.

We stood still for a moment and looked. Every- where there was activity. The grand opening of the first Guelph Spring Festival, sponsored by the Edward Johnson Foundation and the city of Guelph, was in full swing in the Arts Building. Ladies in glittering gowns and men in black ties were talking in small groups and looking at exhi bits on Edward Johnson set up along the glass-lined corridor. Students could be seen in various seminar and classrooms studying. The snackbar in the basement of Massey Hall, where we stopped for a coffee, was full of other students in lively discussion. There were even a

IN THIS ISSUE This issue of the Guelph Alumnus, beginning right on the cover, devotes some attention to the increasing degree of involvement of young people, and university students in particular, in many day-to-day activities. In Church, State and University new concepts are being forged and innovations introduced. Saturday Night publisher, Dr. Arnold Edinborough, in his outstanding address to the January Convocation called it the Twentieth Century Renaissance.

The cover of this issue portrays a historic occasion as Graham Hart, President of the Students' Union Council addresses the Board of Governors for the first time. (The picture was taken in March). It also shows by contrast the approach taken by some students elsewhere.

Inside, University Provost Paul Gilmor looks at the

few delegates present from the annual conference sponsored on campus for about 70 years by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Buildings or people, the scene was really a harmonious blend of the old and the new. I felt at home, proud to be a part of the University family.

I am also proud in the knowledge of the wonderful improvements being made for an ever-increasing number of students. Many of us look back to the good old days when we were at college. We should also look ahead. Great things are taking place on the Guelph campus. The physical changes are but outward manifestations of new academic dimensions. If you have an opportunity, please visit your Alma Mater, and see for yourself the dynamic developments taking place.

Our respective college alumni associations have accomplished much over the years. Their role of working on behalf of a particular part of the Institution remains undiminished. The University of Guelph Alumni Association has a wider role, a complementary role which will expand as the University grows. As alumni, we must look ahead and work for the betterment of the whole University, so I would urge you-''Hats off to the past, but coats off to the future'."

President, University of Guelph Alumni Association.

picture of student activity on our campus and others. His interpretive article will prove interesting reading to those concerned by what they read in newspapers. It begins on page 4.

Dr. Edinborough addressed himself in no small measure to what he described as the generation gap. In his usual forthright manner, however, this outstanding Canadian journalist touched on a number of other topics in his address. See page 8.

On the Guelph campus a spirit of co-operation betbeen students and administration has been more noticeable than at some other universities. Without hostility or fanfare University of Guelph students have achieved a larger degree of involvement in university decision making than is the case on many other campuses. .

Graham Hart, President of Students' Union Council, addresses the Board of Governors meeting for the flrst time. On his left sit students Don Langford and John Flegg.

The Crumbling of the Caste System by R. P. Gilrnor

Universities in many parts of the world are undergoing tremendous internal adjustment and change in their attempt to maintain an edge of the current of events that define our future. One of the most important factors in this process of redefinition within the University is the student and his growing ability to successfully articulate his point of view.

Recently we have witnessed the sporadic outburst of youthful energy in a way that is difficult to compre- hend, even to the most generous defender of student freedoms and rights. The outbreak of disorder and unrest at Columbia University is perhaps most disturbing because of its seeming senselessness and irrationality. It will be some time of course before we know what the underlying causes and frustrations were that led to the demonstrations and violence, if in fact we ever fully understand the behavioral reaction so deeply bedded in our social structure.

The point that I suppose can be learned is that no university can any longer pretend that it is out of

reach of this kind of campus explosion, although more can be done to minimize the combination of condi- tions that produce and 'support these eruptions.

In most of the campus demonstrations of the past year the issues involved have been a mixture of unrelated causes, held together in unholy alliance by the common bond of mass protest. In the recent issue of Atlantic, Richard Rovere reminded his readers of Eric Hoffer's statement of some years ago that mass movements are sustained and built by "un- creative men of words". For whatever else is achieved by the kind of riot based protest of these past few weeks, so much more is destroyed in the process. It is inevitable that lawlessness, coercion, intimidation, misinformation, will eventually weaken the very basis of that freedom which traditionally has been the very special prerogative of the University. Administra- tive isolation, indifference and misunderstanding of student demands will likewise contribute to the collapse of internal order and institutional growth.

It is natural for those of us working in the University to view with concern events south of our border and yet to feel a degree of satisfaction, tempered with caution, on the excellent relationship between the constituent groups on our own campus. We should resolve to work with even more determination to maintain this cooperation.

Although universities differ from each other in many respects, the underlying sociological and political values of the student sub-culture tend increasingly to reflect a growing homogeneity from one university to another. Today's student is highly mobile and is both product and manipulator of instant communication. The Guelph student is very much 'plugged in' to the mainstream of continental events, and therefore susceptible to the best and the worst of imported ideas. Our ability as a university community to resist what seems to be a growing campus sickness of distrust and riot can only be accomplished i f we have the will to reject the excesses of student power and protest as a means of effecting change.

There is always a danger of being misunderstood when discussing or defining student power. It is sometimes hard to get far enough away from what is happening on the campus to read clearly the meaning behind the daily series of events and problems.

Before discussing the present on-campus ferment, let me make clear that the term 'student power', as it is popularly used, is not a very helpful concept, except when ambiguity serves your interest. If we are not to be mislead by our definition and interpretation of 'student power', it is essential that we each build on the same assumption and agree on a common meaning.

Political terms have an emotional payload when used in certain contexts; they have an emotive overtone which gives them added thrust on impact. For example, 'student power' as i t is often used, carries with it not only its associated political meaning, but is reinforced by the commonly used term, 'black power'. This gives 'power' its symbolic usefulness to those who would have you react with the same emotional anxiety that you would when someone uses 'black power' in its more militant usage. I am not debating here the morality of 'black power', but simply stating that in reality there is a questionable equiva- lence between the two when used in this manner.

Political power has through the years been subject to changing definition-the student power advocates tend to focus on two of the many usable definitions. One of the oldest concepts of power is what we sometimes refer to as the Machiavellian approach to power, which suggests that any means justifies the end. The second and more current use of the term 'power' is based on a person's or group's ability to influence the 'outcomes' of the decision-making process. Power is then measured by the degree to which you have influence over those who, in fact, govern.

When the student speaks of student power, i t is usually in the latter sense that he uses the term. It is both reasonable and understandable that he is anxious to have a greater influence on the outcomes of the decision-making process and in particular a greater say in those decisions which affect his life as a student. This is sometimes called the democratiza- tion of the university, which has in the past been careful to distinguish between, and keep separate, the roles of student and teacher. It has not been until more recently under the pressure of student power that there has developed sympathy for the junior-senior colleague or partner idea. The caste was well established and of long standing.

Generally speaking, those students we most often hear from are a small group of activists or semi- activists, approximating about 10 per cent of the student body. This group would include student government and student press as well as other groups pursuing a variety of motives from civil rights to social service. The great majority of students remain largely unaffected by the activist but are susceptible to, and potentially to be influenced by, the student elite or leadership cadre, for good or bad causes. There is also a wide range of political ideologies represented on the campus from left to right wing activists. It is not, as is often the impression, a left wing movement which the "good boys and girls" will learn to ignore. It is a dedicated, highly articulate cross-section of the student population with a variety of objectives from the ideal to the self- destructive.

One of the interesting phenomena on many university campuses in the student power syndrome in

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recent years has been the tendency for student press to assume not only the functions of community critic, but as well to take on the role one would normally associate with a political opposition party. Whenever the student press sees itself in the context of an opposition party, it is tempted to seek new levels of demand beyond those achieved through the bargain- ing and negotiating of student government.

The process becomes more complex when student government fails to recognize that it is dealing with a politically motivated student institution and not always an innocent and neutralized reporter of facts and opinions. Again let me point out that I am not quarreling with the role of student press, I am just concerned that everybody play the game on the same set of assumptions.

Where student government fails to recognize this possible alignment, they have very often failed in exercising their responsibility of representing, leading and articulating student interests and opinion. When- ever this kind of polarization takes place within the student activist body, there is always the potential danger of the leadership or activist elite adopting the dual interpretation of student power. The result is that student government follows the road of participation in university decision-making, and the student press takes a more aggressive and impatient course with demands for control over much of the decision-making machinery.

Generally speaking, our own university has accepted the need and educational value of student participation, and in the past year has been successful in reaching this goal with a minimum of stress and strain. Students now take part in nearly all major committees of the University; they have elected members on Senate and have used on a number of occasions their speaking privileges on the Board of Governors.

The next few years will, of course, be spent in marking the degree of that involvement and this will doubtless produce both disagreement and tension as the principle of participation is applied to specific areas of university life. It is possible that some day students will become so totally involved in the decision- making processes of the community that separate functions now associated with student government and student press will no longer be exclusively

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autonomous student activities, but community activities.

The alternate community model which seems to be of current interest, provides for two separate jurisdictions within the University. This type of structure is found on our own campus where the incorporation of student government establishes an autonomous structure with overlapping student membership-but essentially it creates two communities operating within the University. It is most common to the European universities and in a number of respects seems to contradict the student power objective of participation in decision-making and the recognition of partnership in the educational life of the University.

There are within the activist elite, two types of campus radicals; the first is the negative activist who is always in a hurry to achieve his own world order and is likely to weaken the very structure which protects him in his dissent by setting aside reason and democratic process. He closes himself off from the influence of others, accusing them of apathy-thus avoiding the silence which might force a reassessment of his own argument. This paranoic martyrdom of the negative activist more often than not is self- defeating as well as being destructive of what is around him. There is no question that he can yield the power of wreckage as well as reform. He is the producer of ugliness.

The positive activist predominates on our own campus the leadership elite. He is the 'awakened' student and the direction he pursues reflects a reasonable understanding of the weight of responsibility associated with increased participation in the university's governing bodies. The great majority of students are the beneficiaries of the efforts of these positive activists to make relevant and meaningful the educational environment. The University of Guelph has been fortunate in having student leaders both competent and ready for the kinds of roles demanded by their involvement. Good faith and responsible partnership have served to strengthen the process of democratic involvement. This is bringing all of us to a reassessment of the nature of community in an extended period of reconstruction.

The position paper on academic freedom recently

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William Johnston Started It When the Ontario School of Agriculture admitted its first class on May 4, 1874, its 34 students moved into the big stone farmhouse of Moreton Lodge Stock Farm, on the site of the main entrance of the building, long known as the Administrative Building. As attendance grew the residence grew with it, spreading wings side and back and adding a central tower. At first it was simply The Main Building or The Residence; later The Old Residence; then, in the early 19201s, Johnston Hall. In 1929 it was torn down, and replaced. Johnston Hall disappeared, and with it the name of the man who more than any other made possible the development of the Ontario Agricultural College.

Early days of the O.S.A. were stormy. The first Principal resigned before the first year was out. Pending appointment of a successor a young gold medalist of Toronto and Edinburgh, William Johnston took over as acting Principal. The successor could not stand the strain, jumped off the bridge into the Speed, and broke his leg on a boulder. William Johnston, aged 26, became Principal.

Reminiscing long afterward, T. H. Mason, one of the originals of 1874-76, wrote of William Johnston: "This man, the real organizer of the School was the most remarkable combination of energy and ability I have met in a long life. He was wise, tactful, a good disciplinarian, and a great worker - first up in the morning and last to bed at night. With him in full

command, everyone about the School and farm seemed inspired with his restless energy, and things began to move.

"William Johnston gave only a few years to the School, but they were years that told mightily. He placed it on a firm basis in the face of odds that had baffled and broken other men, and laid a sound foundation for his successors. He brought order out of chaos, and gave the School a reputation which soon drew increased attendance. When he resigned in 1879, at what he termed in his final report 'the beginning of the institution at the end of the preparatory stage', it had 162 students with 182 refused because of lack of accommodation, and was ready to be turned into the Ontario Agricultural College.

"His reports are the record of a remarkable mind and character. He possessed foresight, determination, organizing ability, energy. His death at 36 deprived Canada of a potential leader of the highest type. He did not live to see his work developed or to realize his own possibilities, but his memory and influence will live in the lives of his old boys as long as any of US remain."

Few if any of his old boys now remain, but in naming the Administration Building "Johnston Hall" the Ontario Agricultural College and University of Guelph have at long last done something substantial toward preserving the memory of their actual founder.

A present day student relaxes in the portico of the original Johnston Hall, with the present building in the background.

The Johnston Hall of an earlier era truly dominated the front campus. The President's residence was in the front left.

The Campus and the Generation Gap

Dr. Edinborough's Convocation Address was both humorous and challenging

The generation gap which exists in our society today is neither as deep nor as wide as most people frequently think. This was the assertion of Dr. Arnold Edinborough when he addressed the first Winter Con- vocation of the University on January 26, 1968.

Editor of Saturday Night, and a well known churchman, Dr. Edinborough received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from University Vice-Chancellor, Dr. W. C. Winegard, in recognition of his contributions to Canadian journalism.

"Is it not possible that you in your twenties and my generation in its forties have a common interest in re-shaping our society?" he asked graduates.

"From your side should come energy, completely new ideas, fundamental challenge. From our side

should come working knowledge of power structures, knowledge which can be used to change them effectively as well as keep them running. From your side should come the determination to build something new, from our side the realization that tradition can be revitalized rather than broken. From both sides would come the final compromises which would make life new for us all," Dr. Edinborough said.

The Canadian society is in flux, the speaker pointed out. "There is no institution, no instrument of society which is accepted in its present form as valid. For example, universities themselves."

He reminded his listeners of Stephen Leacock's definition of how to establish a University, "find a few elm trees not too close to anywhere but not too far from everywhere and start with a library, a few professors and some wealthy benefactors - all dead." Students, Leacock said were not essential to a university.

"But this University and others which have sprung up in the past five years are dead opposite to Leacock," said Dr. Edinborough. "Where we find two or three hundred grade 13 students gathered together, there will be a new university put in the midst of them. Universities, in other words, are becoming student- oriented, not faculty-oriented.

Noting changes in the Church and the Law, the weaker ~o in ted out that the most serious changes in - o"r society are in the make-up of the Canadian

. . .- nation itself.

"The French-Canadian has at last challenged that missionary zeal of English-speaking Canada which has so long been dedicated to anglicising the whole country. For the Quebecois of 1968, any feeling of inferior citizenship will be totally rejected. The French-speaking Canadian is going to give the English-speaking Canadian a massive dose of his own medicine (that's what the B. and B. report is all about.)

"He is going not only to be master of his house, he is going to be a welcome equal in ours. If he can't be the latter, he will turn all his attention to being the former. And for him it is no problem. The French-Canadian problem is no problem for Quebec- it is a problem for Ontario and the rest of the country," Dr. Edinborough stated.

In his wide ranging comments, he referred to war

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McEwan Retires

Mr. McEwan congratulates Dr. Winegard on his installation as President, October 27, 1967.

The Board of Governors has reluctantly accepted the resignation of Thomas A. McEwan as its first Chairman.

In announcing the resignation, President W. C. Winegard, paid tribute to the tremendous role Mr. McEwan had played in the University's development. His resignation as Chairman and as a member of the Board will become effective June 30.

"A new University, an immensely enlarged student body, wonderful new physical facilities-all are

as no longer being an instrument of international policy. Its only effect, today, he said, is to turn human beings into mere pawns in an international power game.

Turning to the graduating classes, Dr. Edinborough challenged them to consider whether they can really opt out of modern society as some of their contemporaries have done. The small percentage who have chosen such a path have taken the coward's way, he stated. It also places them in the inconsistent position of attacking and rejecting the society on which they are totally dependant for support through social payments. "To be against the crassness of capitalist bourgeois society is one thing-and a desirable one in the young-to ask it for a handout

indicative of fantastic growth at Guelph. In all this growth, Mr. Tom McEwan was the prime mover," Dr. Winegard stated in his tribute. "He has set a high standard of activity and accomplishment for his SUCC~SSO~S."

In private life, Mr. McEwan is Vice-President and General Manager of Howmet Canada Limited, Guelph.

After the formation of the Federated Colleges of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, Mr. McEwan became intimately involved with the Guelph campus. He became Chairman of the Board of Regents in July, 1964 and held this position, as well as Chairman of the Board of Governors, until the Department of Agriculture and Food gave over operational control of the University in September 1965.

During the period of the emergence of the University, Mr. McEwan presided over negotiations with the Ontario Departments of Education, University Affairs, and Agriculture and Food. He also played a leading role in the planning of Guelph's great new campus.

Mr. McEwan has been active in public and community affairs most of his life. Besides his involvement with the University of Guelph, he has worked particularly hard on behalf of crippled children and is a Past President of the Ontario Society of Crippled Children. He is also a former Chairman of the Guelph Board of Education. . so you can spite it seems to me moral and intellectual flabbiness of a gross order," he said.

The speaker pointed out that those who seek to change the established order must needs have a better knowledge of the exercise of power. "Then they would have a system ready to replace the one they wish to destroy", he said. "To put someone out of the race is one thing; to organize a new race with new rules keeps him out for good and makes other people run according to your whim. That's power."

At the Convocation, Vice-Chancellor Winegard conferred a total of 50 earned degrees. These included one Ph.D.; three M.A.; 24 M.Sc.; 22 B.A.; and one B.Sc. .

ALUMNI OFFICE

Alumni House, on College Lane opposite Apiculture. is one of the busier spots on the campus. The building will be familiar . to many alumni as Raithby House, or McRostie House, depending on your era.

The Department of Alumni Affairs and Development cosrdinates many activities. It provides for the publishing of the Alumnus, provides a central clearing house for the activities of the College Alumni and Alumnae Associations, and for the very successful efforts of the Development Fund which is so important to the continued growth and development of the University.

Our camera man recently caught a few random shots which we hope will be of interest to alumni. Picture no. 1 shows Moff Cockburn, a past president of the OAC Alumni Association, and President of Year '23 OAC chatting with Director of Alumni Affairs John Babcock and Editor Don Jose.

In picture No. 2.. Annette Postma, left, operates the Graphotype, while Marjorie Dearnley operates the table top offset press provided by the OAC Alumni Association. In

picture 3, Pat Smith, secretary to the Director of Alumni Affairs, operates the mail inserting machine contributed by the OVC Alumni Association.

Picture 4 shows office supervisor Shirley Tremblay assembling copies of the Macdonald Institute Alumnae News on the semi-automatic collator donated by the Macdonald Institute Alumnae Association which also provided the office with a folding machine.

In picture 5, records secretaries Doris Harris, left, and Mary Fitton, foreground, maintain alumni records. In background, Pat Butcher and Marjorie Connell check records. Picture 6, shows Doris Harris of the Records Section addressing envelopes for mailing the OVC Alumni Bulletin.

Contributions to the Development Fund are processed by Marie Egan, left, and Shirley Tremblay in the Treasury Section in picture 7. The final picture shows Director John Babcock and Administrative Officer Jim Elmslie discussing arrangements for the forthcoming Alumni Weekend.

Changing Times Chairman of the Board of Governors, T. A. McEwan, recently announced a number of important changes in the make-up and functioning of the governing bodies of the University. A number of these involve increased student participation.

Representatives of the Students' Union Council and the Graduate Students' Association now have speaking privileges before the Board of Governors on all matters of concern to them. They receive a copy of the agenda of each meeting in advance so they may be prepared.

The Senate has been strengthened by the election of six students as full members. Five are under- graduates, and the other a graduate student.

In addition, provision has been made for the appointment of three faculty members with tenure to the Board of Governors. At least four members of the Board of Governors must be Alumni, one of whom is selected from a short list submitted by the Alumni Association.

The new regulations also provide for the appointment of three non-faculty members of the Board of Governors to the Senate. These two moves will ensure even closer liaison between the two bodies, Mr. McEwan points out. . STUDENT POWER continued from page six adopted by the American universities comes as close as one can to what I believe should be our attitude towards student power. "The student body should have clearly defined means to participate in the formulation and application of institutional policy." The objective in all areas of university organization is responsible participation.

In summary, 'student power' can be both a positive and healthy force within the University and at other times it can be potentially dangerous and destructive. The University is undergoing organiza- tional realignment in order to meet the challenge of having all members of the community in a position to contribute to its life and future direction.

The University of Guelph has been ahead of most universities in recognizing the importance of student participation in the decision-making process. The degree of participation is not limited, but reflects a differing level of contribution not based on majoritar-

Challenge ! The University of Guelph Development Fund has received a firm challenge to meet its first phase objective. The challenge, however, includes promise of additional aid in putting the Fund total over the top.

It comes from the Kresge Foundation in the form of a Challenge Grant. The Kresge Foundation recently pledged $25,000 to the Development Fund, provided that the balance of the amount required to reach the $7.5 million first phase objective is attained by December 31, 1969.

Fund Co-chairmen Albert A. Thornbrough and Ronald S. Ritchie are confident that contributions and pledges will reach the $7.5 million total before that date. They recently released a second year progress report that detailed the excellent progress which has been made with the dedicated help of so many alumni and the generosity of many citizens and corporate donors.

With contributions and pledges totalling $7,106,174, the co-chairmen are confident that the objective will soon be reached.

Recent changes in government regulations regarding financing of university buildings will permit the Development Fund to support a larger number of new buildings than was formerly the case. "Subject to the availability of government funds, approved projects for part of the current development program may qualify for up to 95 per cent rather than 85 per cent grant assistance. Added support from this source, together with the Development Fund's present objective, should enable us to finance the first phase of our building program,'' say Mr. Thornbrough and Mr. Ritchie.

ianism or quantitative criteria but on the qualitative values of experience, competency and knowledge- which are the very basis of there being a University. The achievement of optimum participation will only happen if there is good-will, trust, communication and a common objective of working within the community.

To make a university a testing ground for negative activism is to invite serious curtailment of the true functions of that university. Inevitably, it will bring outside interference in the operation of the University by external authority, which will in the end, ensure just the sort of reaction neither the negative or

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DR. H. D. BRANION

The Pean of Graduate Studies and Research, effective July 1, 1968 will be Dr. H. S. Armstrong, who is presently President and Vice- Chancellor of the University of Calgary. Dr. Armstrong will succeed Dr. H. D. Branion who will 4ecome Assistant to President Winegard.

Dr. Armstrong's many years of experience as a University administrator fit him well for the irnpottant position he will assume at Guelph, Not only will he supervise the rapidly growing Graduate School, but the position also entails responsibility for the develapment and operation of the University's multi-million dollar research program.

In addition to more than five million dollars in government grants to support its research programs, the University receives well over a million dollars from private industry to support various research projects.

In making the announcement,

DR. HA S. ARMSTRONG

President Winegard paid tribute to Dean Branion's great contributions to the development of the University as the first Dean of Graduate Studies. Dean Branion's administrative abilities will be well utilized in his new position as Assistant to the President.

Dr. H. S. Armstrong has a distinguished record as a university administrator, as well as in his chosen field of geology and as a community leader. He was succes- sively professor af geology at McMaster University, Oean of Arts and Science at MeMaster, Professor of Geology a t University of Alberta at Edmonton, and finally Vice- President (Academic) at Edmonton, before going to the new Calgary campus when it was estabtished in 1964. He became ?reddent of the new University of Calgary when it became established as an independ. ant university in 1966.

Dean Bnnion, a world renowned nutritionist, has made notable con* tributions both as a scientist and teacher during his long tenure on the Guelph campus.

Following service with the RCAF and with Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces in Europe, he remained in Europe for a time, and was decorated by Queen Wilhelmlna of the Netherlands for his services in assisting war-ravaged nations in rehabilitation and in meetlng their food needs, Dr, Branion was appointed to the

faculty of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1930 as Sckntlst in charge of the Nutrition labotatories. He became an Associate Professor of Poultv Husbandry, and in 1938 was named Professor and Head of the Department of Nutrition, a position he held until 1964, On the incorporation of the University of Guelph, he became Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

In 1951, Dr. Branjon was made a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada in recognition of his great contributions to agriculture through research, teaching and his many other activities. He has also been honoured with a Fellowship by the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Poultry Science Association.

The new Physkal % i e s Building, now under construction at a cost of $8 million will provide additional facilities for the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. The new building will form an extension of the present Chemistry-Microbiology Building and be situated on the north side of Callege Lane across from Horticulture. .

DR. H. D. BRANION

The Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, effective July 1, 1968 will be Dr. H. S. Armstrong, who is presently President and Vice- Chancellor of the University of Calgary. Dr. Armstrong will succeed Dr. H. D. Branion who will become Assistant to President Winegard.

Dr. Armstrong's many years of experience as a University administrator fit him well for the important position he will assume at Guelph. Not only will he supervise the rapidly growing Graduate School, but the position also entails responsibility for the development and operation of the University's multi-million dollar research program.



DR. H. S. ARMSTRONG

President Winegard paid tribute to Dean Branion's great contributions to the development of the University as the first Dean of Graduate Studies. Dean Branion's admi,nistra- tive abilities will be well utilized in his new position as Assistant to the President.

Dr. H. S. Armstrong has a distinguished record as a university administrator, as well as in his chosen field of geology and as a community leader. He was succes- sively professor of geology at McMaster University, Dean of Arts and Science at McMaster, Professor of Geology at University of Alberta at Edmonton, and finally Vice- President (Academic) at Edmonton, before going to the new Calgary campus when it was established in 1964. He became President of the new University of Calgary when it became established as an independ- ant university in 1966.

Dean Branion, a world renowned nutritionist, has made notable contributions both as a scientist and teacher during his long tenure on the Guelph campus.

Following service with the RCAF and with Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces in Europe, he remained in Europe for a time, and was decorated by Queen Wil helmina of the Netherlands for his services in assisting war-ravaged nations in rehabilitation and in meeting their f w d needs.

Dr. Branion was appointed to the faculty of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1930 as Scientist in charge of the Nutrition Laboratories. He became an Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, and in 1938 was named Professor and Head of the Department of Nutrition, a position he held until 1964. On the incorporation of the University of Guelph, he became Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

In 1951, Dr. Branion was made a Fellow of the Agricultural lnstitute of Canada in recognition of his great contributions to agriculture through research, teaching and his many other activities. He has also been honoured with a Fellowship by the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Poultry Science Association.

The new Physical Sciences Building, now under construction at a cost of $8 million will provide additional facilities for the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. The new building will form an extension of the present Chemistry-Microbiology Building and be situated on the north side of College Lane across from Horticulture.

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DR. H. D. BRANION

The Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, effective July 1, 1968 will be Dr. H. S. Armstrong, who is presently President and Vice- Chancellor of the University of Calgary. Dr. Armstrong will succeed Dr. H. D. Branion who will become Assistant to President Winegard.

Dr. Armstrong's many years of experience as a University administrator fit him well for the important position he will assume at Guelph. Not only will he supervise the rapidly growing Graduate School, but the position also entails responsibility for the development and operation of the University's multi-million dollar research program.



DR. H. S. ARMSTRONG

President Winegard paid tribute to Dean Branion's great contributions to the development of the University as the first Dean of Graduate Studies. Dean Branion's administrative abilities will be well utilized in his new position as Assistant to the President.

Dr. H. S. Armstrong has a distinguished record as a university administrator, as well as in his chosen field of geology and as a community leader. He was succes- sively professor of geology at McMaster University, Dean of Arts and Science at McMaster, Professor of Geology at University of Alberta at Edmonton, and finally Vice- President (Academic) at Edmonton, before going to the new Calgary campus when it was established in 1964. He became President of the new University of Calgary when it became established as an independ- ant university in 1966.

Dean Branion, a world renowned nutritionist, has made notable contributions both as a scientist and teacher during his long tenure on the Guelph campus.

Following service with the RCAF and with Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces in Europe, he remained in Europe for a time, and was decorated by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for his services in assisting war-ravaged nations in rehabilitation and in meeting their food needs.

Dr. Branion was appointed to the faculty of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1930 as Scientist in charge of the Nutrition Laboratories. He became an Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, and in 1938 was named Professor and Head of the Department of Nutrition, a position he held until 1964. On the incorporation of the University of Guelph, he became Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

In 1951, Dr. Branion was made a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada in recognition of his great contributions to agriculture through research, teaching and his many other activities. He has also been honoured with a Fellowship by the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Poultry Science Association.

The new Physical Sciences Building, now under construction at a cost of $8 million will provide additional facilities for the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. The new building will form an extension of the present Chemistry-Microbiology Building and be situated on the north side of College Lane across from Horticulture. .

Research Centre Attracts Support The Centre for Educational Dis- it is hoped that those new methods Centre for Educational Disabilities abilities is one of the most im- developed at the Guelph Centre, will fall into four main categories, portant new research and teaching and based on the research done Dr. W. C. Winegard, President of programs to be introduced a t the under its jurisdiction. will provide The University, points wt. These University of Guelph. It will focus the basis for improved teacher train- will be techniques for teaching the attention on learning disabilities and ing in other institutions, explains slow learner; the mental proesses khaviour abnormalities in children. Dr. Stott. that underlie learning and non-

"The chief reason we have worked Research to t>e conductd at the learning; the basic causes of learning to establish this new Centre is the disability and failure; and early de- need for more knowledge in huo tection of learning difficulties in specific areas to which little funda- children. mental research has been devoted." "No other University in Ontario says Professor D. H. Stott, Chair- is at present offering a program man of the Department of Psy- of this type," the President stated. chology. "These study areas relate "The University of Guelph is uniquely to understanding learning failures qualified to introduce such a pro- and behavioural disturbances in gram since its Department of children." Psychology is new and has a faculty

Some measure of the significance interested in applied aspects of of this unique and exciting venture Psychology relevant to community in educational research may be needs. Four members of the Depart- gained from the very encouraging ment have special competence in financial support already receivd child psychology and teaching from outside the University. experience with slow learners."

The Atkinson Charitable Founda- d--% The Centre plans to maintain a

tion has pledged $74,700 to support .% very close liaison with schools in the 4' the operation of the Centre for one -5r - area, according to Dr. Stott. A small

year. In addition, the Ontario . q number of children with disabilities

Mental Health Association has are being drawn from local schwls granted $21,910 to support projects for the experimental classes con-

at the Centre. ducted by research psychologists Dr. Stott explains that the new at the Centre. In addition, local

Centre will deal with the learning teachers and educational administra- disabilities and behaviour disturb- tors participate in the program. ances noted in children attending These teachers will contribute to regular school classes. The more development of new methods of severe cases which require institu- teaching and therapy, master new tional treatment will not be the techniques which prove successful, main concern of the Centre for and carry new techniques back to Educational Disabilities. their own schools.

The Centre will not be established "The emphasis of the Centre is as a large scale training program upon the furtherance of knowledge for those teachers who deal with and educational skills," says Dr. problem children. Rather, it will be I Stott. No attempt has been made to research oriented in its program, compete with the main programs primarily trying to pioneer new of teacher education at present in methods. operation or to b established.

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Corn Research Widely Recognized University of Guelph crop scientists have gained continent-wide recognition for their advanced work in corn production problems. While this crop has long dominated the feed grain picture in the U.S., only recently has it seriously challenged other grain crops in Canada.

This country is now gaining rapidly in corn production, and the advice of Guelph researchers is being freely sought throughout the U.S. Corn Belt. This University is now widely recognized as a major corn breeding and research centre.

Dr. Ed Gamble, OAC '52, Chair- man of the Crop Science Department at Guelph and members of his staff, including Professors Jack Tanner, OAC '57, George Jones, OAC '50 and Stan Young, OAC '49, are regularly in demand to participate in American programs and discuss their experiences in corn research. At the same time, their advice is also sought by commercial firms in the U.S., including large seed companies and machinery firms.

Just how far Ontario has pro- gressed may be glimpsed from recent comment by Ontario growers. One Chatham, Ontario farmer observ- ed that while he and his neighbours used to go south to see what U.S. growers were doing, American growers now regularly visit him for the same reason.

Another Ontario farmer returned from an important corn research meeting in the U.S. in the spring of 1966 with the comment that the only thing he learned was that Guelph scientists had more answers than their American counterparts when it came to corn production.

Ed Gamble says it is not un-

common for his department to receive phone calls from U.S. corn growers for the latest Guelph recom- mendations on weed control or some other aspect of corn production.

He is particularly happy about their close contact with major seed and machinery firms, as well as Universities.

It is not all a one-way street, however, Gamble points out. He says that his people pick up new ideas when they travel, and he is happy to have them participate in programs with their American colleagues.

Gamble is careful to point out that the Guelph researchers do not go to any meetings assuming that they have all the answers. "We only say, 'this is what we do in Ontario' when we discuss the latest production techniques," he says. "Al- though," he smiles, "we may ask them why they can't do it that way there."

One recent feather in the cap of Guelph researchers is the fact that Clyde Hight, an Illinois corn grower, has achieved history-making yields using Guelph methods. He recorded an average yield above 200 bushels per acre on several hundred acres of crop and introduced Canadian production practices to his American neighbours. . STUDENT POWER

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the positive activists will find agreeable. All communities depend on mutual trust, confidence and individual moral integrity-the loss of these will inevitably detract from

Using synthetic plastic corn plants in an actual corn field, research worker studies different plant conformations for efficiency of sunlight interception.

of these will inevitably detract from the success of the community.

It was Isaiah Bowman of John Hopkins who said, "The individual who does not work for the improve- ment of society is not an educated person"-the same might well apply to the university community.

There is good-reason for pride in the progress that has been made in the past few years at the Uni- versity of Guelph. Student power has been a positive and firm request for the right and responsibility to participate in those decisions that ultimately give texture to the life of our University.

Seminars The first Macdonald lnstitute Alumnae Seminar was an unqualified success on May 3 - 4, with a hundred graduates taking part. Fol- lowing a Friday evening banquet, the Saturday program included a series of talks and seminar sessions. Among those who spoke to the group were President Winegard; Dr. Janet Wardlaw, Associate Dean; Miss Helen McKercher, '30; Mrs. Everett Small, Federated Women's Institute of Ontario; Miss Ellen Downie, '38.

Dr. McCready's challenging address Friday evening entitled "To- wards a More Humane World" got the seminar off to a good start. The Saturday discussions dealt in various ways with future developments both on the campus and within the profession of home economics.

It is hoped to make this seminar an annual affair, and judging by the momentum created by the first effort, the future looks promising indeed.

The OAC Alumni and Student Seminars were held April 26-27. More than a hundred graduates, each accompanied by a high school student attended this year.

For alumni, the sessions were geared to keeping them up-to-date on the latest developments in agricultural education and research, and especially in the teaching of the life sciences. The general theme was The New Challenge in Science and Agriculture.

For the high school students attending, the same challenge was presented, but with different emphasis. The students attended sample lectures, participated in

University to Receive Bequest

The manor at Cruickston Park

An important recent gift to the University is the 1100 acre Cruicks- ton Park Farm near Preston. The gift by Mr. Matthew Wilks Keefer will become effective on the death of Mr. Keefer and members of his immediate family.

The tract of land forms a con- solidated block and is unique in size, location and significance for various studies such as land planning and conservation. The effects of the spread of urbanization on the total ecology of the area will present an

discussions with faculty, saw the latest laboratory techniques and discussed long range world food needs. General Chairman of the OAC Seminar was Harold Minshall, '33, London, Ontario. .

interesting and important topical study. By maintaining the farm as a single unit, it will provide much needed research facilities in all related subject areas.

While plans for the eventual use of the Cruickston Park Farm property are not yet definite, the most advantageous uses of this unique property, such as described above, are being carefully considered. The main house on the farm, a gracious mansion, could become an important conference and seminar centre.

Completed in 1858, the red brick home in Scottish Baronial architec- ture is attractively set on a hill in the centre of the property. It has been meticulously maintained both inside and out and is set amid spacious lawns. .

China Seminar Spring Festival Some 250 people, on April 18, 19, - 20, 2 1 attended a Seminar on Con- temporary China which was jointly sponsored by the University of Guelph and The Canadian Institute of International Affairs. The Seminar was made possible by the financial support of the Canada Council and the Ford Foundation.

The papers presented covered a wide range of developments in con- temporary China designed primarily to provide a basis for making tenta- tive estimates of the next two decades in China based on the experience of the last two decades.

The speakers included: Prof. Paul Lin, McGill University, who spent fifteen years in Communist China as a teacher; Prof. E. S. Kirby, Univers- ity of Aston, with ten years' experience at the University of Hong Kong; Professor C. H. G. Oldham, Uni- versity of Sussex, distinguished scientist; Mr. Kayser Sung, Managing Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review of Hong Kong; Professor Escott Reid, Principal of Glendon College, York University; Dr. F. Hung, Department of Geography, University of Guelph; Dr. David Stout, State University of New York at Buffalo; and Mr. Ray Wylie, a graduate student at the University of Toronto who recently completed two years of teaching in Shanghai.

The program also included documentary films made by the Peoples' Republic of China and the CBC documentary "Seven Hundred Mil- lion."

The first day's sessions, which were by invitation only for sinologists in Canada, were conducted by the C.I.I.A. to discuss the present state of Chinese studies in Canada and to elicit suggestions as to how they

The first Guelph Spring Festival with a record of eleven sold-out per- formances did much to make the City of Guelph proud of itself as a cultural centre. As few other events have done, the Festival made the rest of Canada aware of Guelph, says Dean M. H. M. MacKinnon of Wel- lington College.

An important aspect of the Festi- val, and a very significant one in con- tributing to its success, was the cooperation of the whole community, says Dean MacKinnon.

Partners in the enterprise were the Edward Johnson Music Founda- tion, the University of Guelph, the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Education, the Separate School Board, the Guelph Recreation Com- mission and many local corporations. Support from service clubs, I.O.D.E., downtown businessmen, radio, TV, and newspapers was most encouraging and helpful in the final success.

Following the official opening ceremonies of the Festival in the Arts Building on May 1, 1968, for the next two weeks the city echoed with the sound of Canada's finest musical and theatrical talent. Par- ticipating in the opening ceremonies were the Hon. George A. Drew,

might be developed in the light of growing Canadian interest in China.

Co-chairmen of the seminar, at whose opening session President W. C. Winegard presided, were Mr. John Holmes, Director-General of the C.I.I.A. and Dr. John F. Melby, Chair- man of the Department of Political Studies, University of Guelph. .

Chancellor of the University of Guelph, and son-in-law of Mr. Johnson, Dean M.H.M. MacKinnon of Wellington College, Mr. Francis Robinson, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Opera, and Mrs. Mary Ellis Peltz, archivist of the Metro- politan.

Conceived to encourage and support Canadian artists, composers and performers, the Guelph Spring Festival presented a series of musical and theatrical events along with art exhibits and special at- tractions in the community.

The main corridor of the Arts Building boasted a special exhibit featuring Guelph's native son Edward Johnson and his great contributions to the world of music. As an artist, impresario and gentleman, this Canadian occupied a position of gigantic stature on the international music scene for several decades.

The Edward Johnson Music Foundation was founded to perpet- uate the memory of the renowned Guelph tenor who gained international fame first in Italy and later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

The Foundation has named Mr. Nicholas Goldschmidt as Artistic Director for the Festival, and has already approved the themes for the 1969 and 1970 Festivals. Mr. Goldschmidt also has recently been named Director of Music at the University of Guelph, a post he will assume on July 1, 1968.

The 1969 Guelph Spring Festival will be from May 1-15, 1969, with its central theme, "The Arts and Religion". The theme for 1970 will be the music of Beethoven, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

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Alumni in the News A Rhodes Scholarship has been awarded to Eldon Zuill, a 1966 graduate of the University of Guelph. He enrolled at Oxford University last fall for post-graduate study in the School of Animal Population under Dr. N. Tinbergen. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship as a citizen of Bermuda, where he was born and where his parents live. He came to Canada to complete his education, graduating from Trinity College School prior to his enrolment at Guelph where he specialized in Zoology.

Dr. George C. Fisher, '44, Peter- borough, Ontario, was re-elected President of the OVC Alumni Association for another term at the annual meeting of the Association.

The meeting, on January 30 in Hamilton, also nominated four members of the Association to serve on the Board of Directors of the

University of Guelph Alumni Associa- tion, for the year commencing October, 1968. They are: Dr. G. K. Boyce, '42; Dr. D. House, '49; Dr. M. D. Harlow, '48; and Dr. T. A. H. Sanderson, '61. Dr. C. A. V. Barker, '44, and Dr. J. N. See, OAC

'35 and OVC '38, who played an active part in the founding of the U. of G. Alumni Association will retire from their positions in October as directors.

Members of the Association whose names were selected for nomination to the Senate of the University are: Dr. A. C. Secord, '29; Dr. T. J. Henderson, '59; and Dr. A. J. MacKinnon, '43. Dr. R. J. Ketchell, '51 and Dr. Edith Williams, '41 will retire from the Senate during 1968.

The President announced that Dr. G. P. Searcy, '63 was the 1967 recipient of the Alumni Scholarship.

An interesting feature of the meeting was a contest in which participants were required to identify photographs of alumni. The winner was Dr. C. A. V. Barker.

The full slate of officers elected by the OVC Alumni Association for 1968 includes: Hon. President, Dr. T. L. Jones, '34; President, Dr. George C. Fisher; Vice-President, Dr. W. G. Whittick, '55; Secretary- Treasurer, Dr. F. D. Horney, '51; Directors, Dr. W. C. Reid, '38, Fort Erie, Ontario; Dr. J. W. Waye, '55, Hamilton, Ontario; Dr. W. D. Persson, '40, Vancouver, B.C.; Dr. J. C. Mclsaac, '55, Regina, Sask.; Dr. A. G. Misener, OAC '35; OVC '38, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. V. Ruth, '38, Pennsylvania; Dr. Guy Anderson, '36, England; Dr. Clive Gay, '60, Australia.

The Ottawa Chapter of the University of Guelph Alumni report an active year. In addition to the annual banquet on March 29, the Chapter held a Bonspiel, a Bridge Tourna- ment, and a wine and cheese night.

At the annual banquet, Dr. W. C.

Winegard who paid a flying visit accompanied by the Director of Alumni Affairs spoke about our rapidly growing university and its future plans. Ottawa alumni indi- cated their keen interest in these developments during a lively question period.

Chapter President Elmer Banting, OAC '50, expressed his appreciation at the banquet for the active participation of area alumni during the year.

Three were specially honoured for their outstanding contributions to the University and to local committees. These were: R. A. Stewart, OAC '33; Mrs. R. A. Stewart, Mac '32; and Dr. W. A. Taylor, OVC '40.

The Ottawa Chapter executive for 1968-69 will be headed by Douglas T. W. Howe, OAC '62.

Square dancing concluded the evening following the banquet.

ALUMNI OFFICER NEEDED An interesting new position as Alumni Officer in the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development, will become open on July 1, 1968.

Director John Babcock reports that with the increasing work load in the Alumni Office, it has become necessary to add to the staff.

The duties of the position will include administration of services provided to class units and alumni chapters, co-ordination of reunions and other alumni events, establish- ment and maintenance of alumni- oriented programs at the student level, and assisting the Director with alumni organization work.

Alumni interested in this position should apply to the Director of Alumni Affairs and Development, Alumni House, University of Guelph.

Campus Highlights The Spring Convocation of the University marked the largest graduating class in the history of the campus, according to an announcement from the office of Registrar H. W. Pettipiere, OAC '49. A total of 670 graduates received degrees and diplomas in ceremonies extending over three days, May 22 - 24.

Two outstanding citizens were recognized with Honorary LL.D. degrees. They were Dr. D. N. Huntley, OAC '41, Director of the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario, and Maurice F. Strong, Director General, External Aid Office, Ottawa.

Dr. Huntley, who was honored for his leadership in the fields of agricultural education and research, addressed the Convocation on Fri- day afternoon. Dr. Strong, who was honoured for his contributions to international understanding and for his work with national voluntary organizations, addressed the Convo- cation on Friday morning.

The two Convocation ceremonies on Thursday were addressed by Dean Hugh Branion of Graduate Studies and Research, and by Dean Trevor Lloyd Jones of the Ontario Veterinary College.

The Graduation ceremony on Wednesday for Diploma graduates in Agriculture, and for those who had earned the Ontario Diploma in Horticulture, was addressed by Dr. Harvey Caldwell, Chairman of the Department of Extension Education, and Director of the Diploma Course.

The total number of candidates awarded degrees and diplomas is as follows: B.Sc. (Agr.)-160; B.Sc. (Eng.)-27; B.H.Sc.-77; D.V.M.- 65; B.Sc.-19; B.A.-138; M.Sc.- 32; M.A.-1; Ph.D.-3; Diploma in Agriculture-126; Ontario Diploma in Horticulture--22.

Fuller details of the various Convoca- tion ceremonies will be included in the Summer Issue of the Alumnus.

Dr. W. R. Mitchell OVC '49, is the new president of the Ontario Veterinary Association. He was elected at the 94th Annual Meeting in January, 1968.

A professor in the Department of Veterinary Bacteriology at the Ontario Veterinary College, Univer- sity of Guelph, Bill was first elected to the council of the OVA in 1964. He previously served several years on its Public Relations Committee.

After graduation in 1949, he obtained his diploma in Veterinary Public Health the following year from the School of Hygiene, University of Toronto, and from 1950-52 worked as a public health veterinarian with the Huron County Health unit. He joined the O.V.C. faculty in 1952.

A native of Hamilton, Dr. Mitchell entered the OVC as a student, after his discharge from the RCAF, where he had served as a pilot during the second World War and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.

His professional interests include food hygiene and epidemiology.

He is married, with two children, a daughter, Denise, and a son, William, and is a member of St. George's Anglican Church, Guelph.

A special Alumni Chair, as pictured, is now available and may be ordered from the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development. Designed for beauty and comfort, it will blend with either traditional or modern decor. In black lacquer finish with arms of cherry, it carries the Uni- versity crest in gold.

When ordering the chair, cheques should be made payable at par to the University of Guelph Alumni Association. The price in Canada is $66.60 plus shipping charges collect from Guelph. (Residents of Ontario must add 5% provincial Sales Tax). For alumni resident in the United States, the cost is US$ 40.00 plus shipping charges collect from Gardner, Mass.

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Coming Events

June 2 1 - 23 0.A.C.-Mac Alumni Weekend and Annual Meetings

A special feature will be the official opening of the

new Crop Science building on June 22

Spring Semester concludes

Registration, Fall Semester

Classes commence, Fall Semester

Fall Convocation

Homecoming Weekend

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