NEWS BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH VOL 11 20 MAY 22nd, 1967

HARDING CARPETS ESTABLISHES GRANT-IN-AID FOR RESEARCH

Mr. C.M. Harding, President of Harding Carpets, was on campus to make a presentation of a cheque to Dr. J.D. MacLachlan on behalf of a fund to be used for research in the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design. The trust fund will support a graduate program in tex­ tiles and will be in the amount of $3,000 per year for two years. Pictured during the presentation are from left: Mr. E.I. Birnbaum, Pres­ ident of Hart Chemicals Ltd., Dr. Margaret McCready, Dean of Macdonald Institute, Mr. Harding, President MacLachlan, Mr. W.D.L. Sherren,

Product Development Manager, Harding Carpets, and Dr. H.R. Richards, Head of the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design. Hart Chemicals established the first trust fund for work on static electricity in Macdonald Institute when the graduate program was started in 1964.

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HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED AT THIRD CONVOCATION TO OUTSTANDING CANADIANS

Honorary degrees were awarded to two outstanding Canadians at the University of Guelph's third Convocation. The LL.D. degree was conferred on Dr. C.A. Mitchell, Head of the Research Division Medical Faculty, University of Ottawa, and the D.Sc, degree on Dr. G.E. Hall, President of the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Mitchell received his honorary degree at the morning Convocation when the degrees D.V.M., B.H.Sc., and M.Sc. were conferred on students. Dr. Hall was honored at the afternoon Convoca­ tion when the B.S.A. and B.Sc.(Eng) degrees were conferred. Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Hall gave the Dr. C.A. Mitchell address at the respective Convocations. Dr. G.E. Hall

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DR. C.A. MITCHELL is widely known for his understanding of, and contri­ bution to, the science of microbiology. First in the animal health field as a member of the staff of the Canada Department of Agriculture, and later in the broader sphere, he has made outstanding contributions.

A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, while this College was still in Toronto, he served the Canada Department of Agriculture for many years. He was one of the first in Canada to draw attention to the threat of biological warfare, and was named to a select group charged with develop­ ing an organization and program to meet this potential danger.

Following his retirement from service with the Defence Research Board in 1957, he became Associate Professor of Bacteriology in the Medical Faculty of the University of Ottawa, later organizing and heading a division of research at Ottawa Civic Hospital.

DR. G. E. HALL, likewise has fulfilled two outstanding careers in a rel­ atively short span of years. After graduating from the Ontario Agricul­ tural College, he continued his studies, first in Biochemistry and later in Medicine. Having taken post graduate studies in Biochemistry under his friend and associate Sir Frederick Banting, he joined the Department of Medical Research, Banting Institute, University of Toronto in 1935 as a Research Associate.

In 1939, he resigned his position as Professor in the same department to join the RCAF, serving as head of Aviation Medicine with the service until 1945.

He became Dean of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, London, in 1945, and began his second career, that of a university administrator. Two years later, in 1947, he was named President and Vice-Chancellor of Western, a position he has held for the past 20 years.

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SUNDAY FAMILY DRIVE TO ROCKWOOD

On number 7 highway east to Toronto, some seven miles from Guelph, the village of Rockwood nestles along the south branch of the Speed River. This village was established as settlers pushed their way north from Hamilton. The river, rushing through the narrow gorge of the rocky terrain, lent it­ self to the running of mills and several were built on its shores. In 1850, an English Quaker, William Wetherald, built a boarding school for boys. The stone structure, which still exists, was built in 1853 and is an outstanding example of the stonemason's skill of that period. The building is now owned and occupied by Yosef Drenters, the famed Canadian sculptor.

DR. J.D. MACLACHLAN TO ACCEPT MACLACHLAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The MacLachlan Scholarship Fund will be presented to Dr. MacLachlan in a short ceremony in Memorial Hall on Thursday, May 25th at 4:30 p.m.

The fund has been well subscribed by faculty and staff, and it is anticipated that many will want to attend the presentation.

Department Heads and Directors have been asked to excuse any of their staff wishing to attend the presentation.

Faculty and staff are reminded that the fund is still open for subscriptions.

PUBLIC HEALTH IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE

The Ontario Branch of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors spon­ sored an In-Service Training Course for thirty-five of their members at the University of Guelph, April 17-21. The course was organized and conducted by the Department of Dairy Science at the University with the assistance of the Ontario Department of Health and the Taylor Instrument Company of Canada.

The sessions were devoted to the principles and practice of pasteurization of milk and the inspection of pasteurization equipment. The course content in­ cluded history and development of regulations and control procedures respecting milk pasteurization, the vat and high-temperature-short-time (H.T.S.T.) methods, auxiliary equipment for various pasteurizers, the phosphatase test, and clean- in-place systems. A large portion of the time was utilized in demonstrations and discussion of practical aspects in the laboratory.

Because the nature of the course made it necessary to limit the number of participants, it is anticipated that the course will be continued on an annual basis. 4

FACULTY ACTIVITIES

DR. J.T. POWELL and PROFESSOR ROSS WALKER, School of Physical Education, attended the Ontario Medical Association Sports Medicine Conference in Toronto.

MISS EDITH SHANTZ and MISS EMMA SNYDER, Macdonald Institute Nursery School, attended sessions of a joint international conference on children held at the Sheraton-Cpnnaught Hotel in Hamilton. The conference was sponsored by the New York Council for Children and the Nursery Education Association of Ontario. At the annual business meeting of the NEAO, Miss Shantz was elected to serve a one-year term as director-at-large.

MR. PHILIP J. LANTHIER, Department of English, Wellington College, has received word that he has been awarded a Canada Council Doctoral Fellow­ ship valued at $2840.00. Mr. Lanthier will use this Fellowship to assist him in completing his Ph.D. thesis, which is a study of the writer-artist Wyndham Lewis, especially the relationship between Lewis' painting and his polemical' and fictional work. To explore this relationship and the complex artistic milieu in which Lewis wrote and painted, Mr. Lanthier will travel to England, France and Germany.

PROFESSOR W.F. MITCHELL, School of Physical Education, represented the University of Guelph in his capacity as Director of Athletics at the National Intramural Association's Meetings at Annapolis, Maryland.

The Hamilton Home Economics Association held their May meeting at Macdonald Institute. Faculty members and graduate students participated in a panel discussion on "Graduate Education at Macdonald Institute".

ORLANDO IACOVELLI , School of Physical Education, conducted a High School wrestling coaches course at Ryerson Polytechnic, under the auspices of the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association.

PROFESSOR A.M. PEARSON, Head, Department of Dairy Science, discussed "The Place of Dairy Science in a University Food Science Program", at a meeting of the Southern Counties Buttermakers' Club in Brantford.

PROFESSOR EVELYN BIRD and MISS SHARON GOODYEAR, School of Physical Educa­ tion, attended a three-day Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Conference held at McMaster University.

PROFESSOR VICTOR CHANASYK, School of Landscape Architecture, appeared on a one-half hour television program "Looking Ahead" at CKNX, Wingham. This is a high school vocational guidance series at which time Professor Chanasyk explained with graphic material the work of the students in Landscape Architecture, and was interviewed by several local high school students.

DR. C.M. WARNER, Department of Chemistry ,visi ted the Research and Develop­ ment Laboratories, Dow Chemical of Canada Ltd., Sarnia, and presenetd a lecture on "Some Aspects of Organometallic Chemistry". He was accompanied by MR. JIM BRIMNER.

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M, GARCIA and DR. D.C. JORDON, Department of Microbiology, recently attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiologists in New York and presented a paper at a special invited session on pesticides. Their paper concerned the action of certain herbicides on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in Birdsfoot Trefoil.

MRS. M. BECKMAN, Library, was one of three speakers at the workshop on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Code at the University of British Columbia. The title of her paper was, "The Administrative Implications of the New Code". Wi th MR. L. PORTER of the Library staff, she also attended a Conference on Automation for Libraries, held at U.B.C. the same week.

DR. B.L. WALKER, Department of Nutrition, attended the Spring meeting of the American Oil Chemists' Society in New Orleans.

DEAN M.H.M. MacKINNON, Wellington College, who is Chairman of the Ontario- Quebec region of the Humanities Association of Canada, recently attended a bilingual conference at Montreal on the relationship of the humanities to the social sciences. Dean MacKinnon was a delegate to the North Central Regional Conference of the Renaissance Society of America which met at Oberlin Colege, Ohio.

DR. H.S. BAYLEY, Department of Nutrition, addressed the Markham Pig Producers. His topic was "Feeding the Young Pig".

* SEMINAR PRESENTED AT O.V.C. *

* The most recent seminar sponsored at O.V.C. by the Research Comm- * * ittee was presented by Dr. Cecilia Lutwak-Mann, Principal Research * * Officer, External Staff, A.R.C. Unit of Reproductive Physiology and * * Biochemistry, Cambridge, England. *

* The title of this seminar was "Physiology and Biochemistry of the * * Rabbit BI as tocyst". *

* Dr. Mann (M.D. (Lwow), Ph.D. Cantab.), whose main areas of research * * concern embryology and tissue metabolism, has been conducting bio- * * chemical studies in animal reproduction specifically related to * * the pre-implantation mammalian embryo and its maternal environment. * * Her work has been recognized internationally and many of her * * articles have been published in the Journal of Reproduction and * * Fertility, Journal of Endocrinology and Nature. *

* During her brief visit in Guelph, Dr. Mann has been visiting with * * Dr. and Mrs. M.A. Sottys and Dr. and Mrs. C.A.V. Barker. Dr. Mann * * is the wife of Dr. Thaddeus Mann, C.B.E., F.R.S., who is an author- * * ity on the biochemistry of semen and male reproduction. *

The Hews Bulletin is issued by the Department of Information, and edited by Mrs. Betty Keeling. Copy for the next issue must reach the editor, Rm 235, Admin Bldg, Ext 3863, not later than May 24th. 6

HELP THE ITALIAN CANADIAN CLUB MEMBERS

* WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SCHOLARSHIP FUND

* Enjoy a family dinner and help the members of the Italian Canadian * Club raise the funds for the University of Guelph Scholarship which * the Club is donating to the University.

* PROGRAM OF_ EVENTS^: Friday, May 26, 6:30 to 9 and Sunday May 28 4 to 8 * - Family Dinner- Adults $2, Children $1.25 i: Saturday, May 2 7 - 6:30 " - Dinner and dance - $8.00 per couple

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT EXT 3963 or EXT 2582 o ** A A A** A*•» Ao A

TRACK MEET OFFICIALS NEEDED

Students Track Meet officials needed on Saturday, June 24th at 7:00 p.m. Staff, faculty or graduate students willing to help, please report to Alex Peepre on the track one-half hour before the Meet.

* CANADIAN CENTENNIAL CONCERT

* The Guelph Chamber Group is presenting a Concert of Early Madrigals. * The program will include a Violin and Piano Sonata by .Franck with * John Jull, pianist, and Daphne Hughes, violinist; A Wind Ensemble; a * Lute Player and Vocal Soloists.

* MASSEY HALL - Wednesday, May 24 - 8:30 - Admission Free

TRAFFIC DISLOCATIONS

Effective Wednesday, May 24, 1967, the front campus road beside Massey Hall will be closed for construction of the Utilities Tunnel.

RELOCATION OF THE BUS ROUTE

During the construction of the Utilities Tunnel on the front campus road, the city buses will not be able to travel their normal route.

Effective Wednesday, May 24th, the new bus route will be from Highway #6 east on College Avenue between Mills Hall and Memorial Hall, around Mills Hall and back to Highway #6. The bus stops in front of Creelman Hall and at the intersection of College Avenue and Highway #6 will be the only two bus stops on the campus.