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2 THEGRADUATE CHRQNICLE I APRIL,19-15 3 The GRADUATE CHRONICLE Published by the Alumni Association o/ The University of British Columbia Editm: DARRELLT. BRAIDWOOD,M.A. I’botographyEditor: JANET WALKER, B.A. Business and Editorial Offices: ROOM 208, YORKSHIREBUILDING, VANCOUVER,B. C. P ubl.irhed at Vancouver, British Columbia.

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND WhenYou Come Home, by Sherwood Lett ~ ~ . 6 PORTRAITS OF QUALITY AreDormitories Needed? by M. R. McLnrty 7 invite you to visit our studios We The Senate ofUniversity the .~~~ ~ n

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APPEARANCE THE FRONT COVER It is always a joy to come upon a familiar ant1 PERFORMANCE Inuch-lovetl scene. When we fintl.that our memory (lit1 not do itjustice, when we find that the scene AND VALUE hasunexpectedly been endowed with new heauty, thenour hearts are full indeed. For just such a feeling are we indebted to A. G. Bulhak, the artist- photographer who has so cleverly fixed ona lens thebeauty of ourUniversity Library. krOw many times have we walked Tvith unseeing eyes past that DIAMOND very spot? The fact that it has taken a man from JEWELLERS a far country to reveal to us the full loveliness of SILVERSMITHS MERCHANTS cTI 5 this particular spot makes LIS wonder about the rest e 6 of our surroundings. The unusual work of this ar- VANCOUVER tist has already awakened considerable interest. We look forward eagerly to seeing moreof the Canadian scene through his beauty-loving ant1 discerning eye.

4 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE The Legislature and

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D. T. Braidwood ,, vincetl that the Point Grey campus is a benetit and 1 herecent anuouncenlent Ily thel’reluier -. of BritishColumbia that the University is torecelve nota useless hurtlen. The University has retired a grant of $5,000,000 for expansion and maintenance far too much into itself and set itself apart. isone of themost important pieces of newsever Now thepicture seems to have changed. The releasedabout the University. Surely it indicates University, through its officers, T:aculty antl graclu- an entirely new and very welcome attitude on the ates, ismakillg itself known to thepublic. People part of the provincial goverument to the province’s are beginning to know the University antl its acconl leading educational institution. plishments.They are Ivxoming aware that they For many yearssupporters of theUniversity have in their midst ;I g-reat force xvhich can be usetl in furtheringthe interests of the~~rovince. :\l)ove have been seeking adequate support for higher edu- all, the: peop’e of IEritish Columl)iaare Ixcoming cation in the province. It is true that the University aware of the fact that the University is their Uni- has been long in receipt of a substantial grant from versity. Tt istlcsignetl antl operatedfor their LISC theLegislature but this grant has been far from and benefit. adequate to keep the institution going, let alone to allo\vexpansion of itsfacilities. So\v that this su1q)ort has at last come. it is up to the University to do everything in its poiver to Perhaps the fault has heen as much that of the he worthy oi theconfidence placed in it.Every Universityand its supporters as it has beenthe effortmust lx expetltletl towards1)roducing line fault of any other body. After all, to obtain puhlic citizens. Every stepmust be takcll to ensure that support, the University must he‘‘sold” to the peoplv theopportunities offeretl are matlc~:lvailal)lc to all of theprovince. The citizens must Iwcome con- who arc clualitietl to rccei\,c the~ll.

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APRIL, 1945 5 WHEN YOU COME HOME A Message to Grads and Under Grads in the Services

EDITOR’S NOTE By BRIGADIER SHERWOOD welcome you and you will he sur- No alumnus of theUniversity LETT, D.S.O., M.C., ED., prisedhow many others of your needsintroduction to Brigadier B.A. ’16 year willbe there. Some even Lett. His record is a most enviable with English brides ! one, both in war adin peace. He Formerly Commander of the 4th For thoseof you who have “fin- ished up’’ but did nothave time has luner returned to his peacetime Canadian Infantry Brigade profession with a prominent Va.n- to becomeestablished, I suggest couver law firm. He is also m of vou do alittle serious thinking themembers of theSenate of the :bout it now, and leave the actual University elected by Convocation. decision until later if you must. His support of the University in the Findout to whatgratuity, last thirtyyears has been of the grants, credits. educational bene- greatest importance. We print bere- fits and allo\vances you will be en- with a thought-provoking article by titled.The Padre or the Auxili BrigadierLett and commend it to aryServices Officer or Rehabili- all readers. tation Advisor can tell you almost anything you want to knowif you ++ pre.ss him a bit. Thenlay the foundation of a tentativeplan and two or three You will nothave much time alternatives,-just as you do be- yetfor your personal post-war fore you take off in operations. planning, - unless you have been Whenyou arrive home, and nursing a plaster cast in a hospi- have re-acquired the hahit of tak- tal somewhere. You and your Fri- ing real cream in your coffee and gate, your Platoon or your Squad- grapefruitwith your breakfast, ron are still too busy winning the appreciatethe localsituation in war. Some of us used to find an the good old military manner but “official talk” on “rehabilitation” witha critical and introspective atrifle hardto take when the recce. problem upppermost in our mind Rememberthat re - establish- was whether or not there would ment,or rehabilitation or what be anyoneleft torehabilitate, have you, islargely astate of afterthe next salvo arrived. But‘you are the person who mind.And it is one of those But don’t forget that however must produce a plan, for after all states of mind which lvill not be nebulously you may have thought it’s your life, not their’s. achieved without a struggle. over the problem in general, one Not that I think you can make Thebest prospective subject daysuddenly you personally are afinal decision before you get for rehabilitation I have met yet, going to have to take a decision here.You probably cannot. In was one of my Bren Carrier Pla- aboutit. any event there may be too many toon Sergeants from Ontario. His The Government as you know, unknownfactors. Will Matilda name is Rynard Radcliffe. He was has planned to deal and is dealing feel shehas waited long enough wounded when he fought with us quitegenerously with Service for you to get back and waltz her at Caen. U‘hen I saw him in hos- melt.Citizens’ voluntary com- down the aisle? Will Dad think it pital in England he was blind. He mittees, Boards of Trade, Service is time you forget about “school- told me then, “I’m going to be the Clubs,Veterans’ andLegion ing” and took a hand in “learning best damnecl blind man that ever Groupsare all organizing to as- thebusiness”? These are only wentback to Canada.” He has sistyou. This time I thinkyou samples of thecons, pros and now finishedhis course at.St. wili find things are so teed up that question - marksinvolved. For Dunstans and is on his way home thewelcome isn’t quite all over those of you who left your courses toprove his statement. He will. when the band stops playing and uncompleted, I have no hesitation If youachieve something of theechoes of thecheering fade in advisingyou to be strong- that state of mindyou will then againstthe station walls. Your minded about it. Let Matilda wait be almost ready to take a decision, heart willreally he warmed by a wee while, poor gir1,”and Pop andyour rehabilitation will be official and unofficial people who too!Don’t be too selfish about comparatively simple. genuinely wish to see you get go- it, but do get back andfinish your Oneother thing to remember. ing again in civil life. education.The University will There are back here a lot of fine

6 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE old boys,-and girls,who have Anotherangle too. \Vhen you jvill Ivant you to show them just kepteverything intact for you comehome you’re going to find whatyou didwin. I knowyou theselast five years.They have somethousands of littletykes will. foughtvaliant battles onthis andtoddlers, who for five years In other words, there is a great home front, and in addition every havesacrificed their birthday futureawaiting you as citizens six months they did a lot of pay- cakes and chocolate bars and in- living the way of life you fought ingfor your “K” Rations a‘nd vestedtheir nickels in War Sav- for antl maintained.But the job vour 1)ullets. They receive no ingsCertificates. hd Heaven of 1,ecoming a goodcitizen will medalsor gratuities and you’ll helpyou all, and Graham Tow- require almost as much planning, find them awfully glad to see you ers, and Donald Gordon, if seven training,patience and skill as it back.They think a lot of you. years from now those certificates took to become a good soldier,- They have great confidence in all arenot worth their weight in antl a certain amount of guts. of you. They take comfort in the chewinggum and lipstick. They You canplan to rehabilitate thoughtthat you lads didyour think you ate all the nut bars and yourself either as an “old soldier” duty as you sawit in the war, and they have been very proud to let for the next thirty years, or as a that you will come home and do youhave them. They know you new citizen. The choice is yours. thesame in peace. lvon the warfor them, but they 13etter start thinking it over soon. Are Dormitories Needed ? By DR. H. R. McLAIiTY

PresidentMacKenzie has re- EDITOR’S NOTE generalrules ’ coveringconduct, cently stated that the building of of l)r(xedure,and activity are the Dr. McLarty is ilz charge the responsiI,ility of thePresident dormitoriestheatUniversity I,aboratory of Plant Domilt,ion and his Faculty, the implementa- \voultl be one of the first under- Patholog,y, at Summerlutld, R. C. tion of themshould be the res- takingsin the proposed enlarge- His work there 1~~sdoze much to mentU.B.C.at Some people ponsihility of the students them- aid the iruit-growers of the Okalt- selves. It isin thisprocess of question the wisdom of such a de- agnnValley. cision in view of thefact that self-governmentthat the student there is such an urgent need for learns so well the duties and res- theimmediate establishment of ponsi1,ilities he must accept if he severaladditional faculties. It is is to take fully his plac‘e in society thepurpose of thisnote to en- \\-hen university days are over. Thereare, of course,many dorse the President’s decision and sity tlorlnitory. he tlocs so hy his toindicate why, in thewriter’s other features of dormitory life to olvn choiceantl is at once recog- rt*conlmentl it. Parents living out opinion, it is most appropriate. nized as a commoneramong his side the city can be assured that In a truly democratic society it fello\vs. He becomesamember a11 the “outside” activities of their is theduty of aProvincial Uni- of astudent organization Ivhich versity not only to train men and chiltlren will be under the super- is, to all intents and purposes, vision of a responsible body, i.e., womento become proficient in self-governing.antl learns with the various arts and sciences, but the studentorganization of the surprising rapidity antl thorough- particular dormitory in which he alsoto educate them in theres- ness, in factwith all the speed ponsibilities of citizenship in a live. Parentsliving in the thatavigorous young body of citywill find that in mostcases self-governingsociety. It is true students can muster,the respon- thatthe student may be told of theirchildren will be more con- sihilities antl privileges of a tlem- tented to ‘‘li1.e in” than “live out,” theseresponsibilities in theclass ocratic form of government. Alem- room but he may have little or no and jvill observe with much satis- bership in a fraternity or sorority iaction. their developmellt toward opportunity in the ordinary course is, 011 theother hand. dependent of uni\-ersitywork of becoming self-responsible manhood and WO- upon aninvitation, and because manhood. For the students thern- proficientin the performance of of thisthe student automatically them. The primary value of dor- selves. there \Till be the develop- hecomes a member of selecta ment of life-longfriendships and mitory lifeis to give the student group.Herein lies their weak- this opportunity. It offers a phase :I thoroug-h understanding of the ness,for there is great danger virtueand value of teamplay in of education that cannot be given thatthere will clevelop in the by any other ~neans at a univer tacklingtheproblems of life mind of the student a belief in the sity. It may bc argued that frat- ahead. ernities and sororities adequately virtue of a“Herrenvolk.” Dormitory lifeis essential to a servethis purpose, but to my Dormitory life must, of course. fullyrounded outUniversity mind they fall short of the mark he properlyorganized if it is to trainingand the President is to in a very fundamental particular. contribute to the education of the 1)e highlycommended in making TThen a student lives in a univer- student as itshould. While the provision for it.

APRIL,1945 7 THESENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY THE SENATE EDITOR'S NOTE Underthe University Act, Senate consists of We print herewit11.a report by the Special Commit- thirty-six members as follows : tee set up to prepare nominations for the coming elec- (a) The Chancellorand the President of theUni- tion of Convvcatimt'sfifteen representatives to the versity. Senate of the University. The Committee consisted of: (b) The Deans and two professors of each of the Ben K. Farrar, Chairman; Dmotby Myers, Lyle A. faculties elected by members of the faculties. Swain, P. R. Brissenden, K. D. Jordan Guy, and H. S. (c)Three members appointed by the Lieutenant- Fowler. Governor in Council. ***** (tl) The principals of the Normal Schools. markabletransformation in 1mlic-y ;mtl pul,lic rela- (e)One member elected by the high school prin- tions.The nexv spirit of gootl\vill thatpermeates cipals and their assistants. theUniversity extends far beyontl.even into the (f)One member elected by each of the affiliated Legislative Chamber of this Province. has not come colleges. aboutby accident. It islargely the result of the (g)One member elected by British Columbia comllinetl ability and effort of two senior University Teachers' Federation, and officials who possess a funtlamentally sound knowl- (h)Fifteen members elected by Convocation. etlge of University problems, antl a correct approach It is obvious from the foregoing that when adrli- to the question of the proper place that our Univer- tionalfaculty members are elected to Senate by sity should occupy in the life of the province. The Convocationthe result is apreponderance of aca- plans nowunder way for post-war expansion, in- demic representation. No doubt this was beneficial cluding increased building accommodation, addition- during the formative yearsof the University but the al faculties and departments. that have secured Leg- time has come when greater representation outside islativeand puhlic endorsation are evidence of the of academic circles is required to express the views sound tactics that have been employed. Your execu and the needs of the general public. tive believes that Senate, as a policy-making body, Underthe University Act, Se,nate mayelect shoultlcontain members elected from Convocation three members, not employed bythe Department of whoare aggressive and progressive in theiratti- Education, to the Boardof Governors. If memhers of tudestowards our University and aljle toinitiate Senate elected by Convocation areall non-academic, and tlevelopforward looking policies in keeping there will be a wider range of choice for election to withthe vitality antlvision of thePresident and theBoard of Governors. the Chancellor. For these reasons the three faculty members who (I)) The need for proper ~eo~ral)hicalrepresen- were elected by Convocationat the last election have tation to ensure that Senate include mem1)ers from heen omitted from the list of candidates appearing important sections of the province in order that its elsewherein this issue. Your executive is certain policies may reflect opinion truly representative of that the membersof faculty affected will understand the entire province. In this connection the Victoria, andappreciate the motive behind their exclusion Trailand South Okanagan I)ranches of our Asso- and will be the first to approve it. The past services ciationsent in nominations for their tlistricts that of DeanMawdsley and Doctors Sedgewick and haveproved of greatassistance to your executive Warrenare greatly appreciated by every member in arriving at a representative list c~fcantlitlates. of Convocation and it is hoped that Senate will con- (c) The tlesira1)ility of electing to Senate mcm- tinue to have the benefitof their experience through hers of Convocationdrawn from all theimportant electionby their respective faculties. vocatiunsantl professions it1 theprovince, such as ALUMNIASSOCIATION NOBIINEES Mining, Commerce, Medicine. Social Service ant1 so forth.In this way. yourexecutive feels that the FOR SENATE delil)erations of Senate will more accurately reflect Onceagain the triennial election to the Senate the over-all social, cultural antl economic activities of the University has come around and we of Con- of the province. This should assist in the formation vocation are faced with the responsibility of electing of policies designed to maintain an equitable balance to Senate fifteen of ourmembers to serve for the between the various needs and tlemantls of the in- nextthree very crucial years. The Alumni Asso- terestedgroups, having- regard, of course.to the ciation believes that the next three years may well greater importance in the public interest of some as be as important to the future of our University as against others which will inevitahly occur from time any previous period in its history. Because of this, to time. thenomination of 15 candidates,endorsed by the In view of the above, our list o€ nominees is as Executive of yourAssociation, has been a matter' follo\\.s : which has required exhaustive tleli1)eration and dis- Beckett,Mrs. Isabella E. Arthur. B.A. (Erit. cussion. In the selection of these candidates (whose Col.) 1933;B.L.Sc. (RfcGill) 1934. Staff,Fraser namesappear below), your Executive has been Valley Union Library, 1934-36. Osgoode Hall (To- guided by the following considerations : ronto) 1936-39; Barrister and Solicitor of the B. C. (a) The new Chancellor and President, building Bar, 1940. uponthe foundations previously laid, have in the MusicalSociety ; ClassExecutive ; Secretary, space of eightor ten months brought about a re- Association,Alumni 1940-42. . ..

THEGRADUATE CHRONICLB JuvenileCourt Worker, Children’s Aid Society Reliefand R.eh;llilitation ildministration. Chair- of Vancouver. man of the\.’ancouver Branch. Canadian Institute Creighton, Mrs. Sally Murphy. B.A. (Brit. Col.) of International Affairs. Director, Vancouver Synl- 1923;M.A. (Toronto) 1924. Member of theUni- phonySociety. Director. Vancouver General Hos- versity Senate, 1942-1945. Assistant in English, the pital.Member of AdvisoryBoard, Community University of BritishColumbia, 1924-1927. Assist- Chest of Greater Vancouver. ant in Englishand Lecturer, Department of Uni- Lett,Sherwood, Esq., D.S.O., M.C., E.D.B.A. versityExtension, University of Toronto, 1928- (Brit. Col.) 1916; B.A. (Juris) (Oxford) 1.922. Mem- 1937. LiteratureDivision, Bemmington College, ber of theUniversity Senate 1924-1942. Member Bemmington,Vermont, 1937-1938. Lecturer,De- of theUniversity Board of Governors 1935-1940. partment of UniversityExtension, the University Formerly President Alumni Association (3 terms). of BritishColumbia, 1938-1941. Member,Advisory FormerlyPresident of theAlma Mater Society. Board of ProvincialIndustrial Schools since 1940. Member of thelaw firm of Davis,Hossie, Lett, Member,Speakers’ Committees, Canadian Red Marshall and McLorg. Brigadier in command of a Cross, Vancouver Branch, and Women’s Voluntary Canadian infantry brigade at Dieppe,1942, and Nor- Services. Publicity Secretary, Community Chest of mandy, 1944. Deputy Chief of theGeneral Staff, GreaterVancouver, 1944. -4uthor,I~oolr reviews, Ottawa, 1943. articles, radio scripts. Logan,Harry T., Esq., M.C. B.A.(McGill) House-wife, Vancouver. 1908;B.A. (Oxford) 1911; M.A. (Oxford) 1919. Currie, Lyall. Residence : Cloverdale, B. C. De- Member of theUniversity Senate 1930-1942. For- gree: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 1930: Oc- merly Professor of Classics, The University of Bri- cupation : Farmer. Public offices held : Four years tishColumbia. Member, Provincial Canteen Fund a member of Surrey Municipal Council, three years Board of Trustees. Member of Board of Governors, of which chairman of the finance committee. Direc- j941-1942. tor of theSurrey Farmers’ Co-operative. Director Principal,Prince of WalesFairbridge Farm of the B.C. section df theCo-operative Union of School, Duncan. Canada. Member of the Agricultural Technical Ad- Lord, Arthur Edward, Esq. B.A. (Brit. Col.) 1921. visory Committee of the “British Columbia Indus- Member of the University Senate 1924-1942. Presi- trial and Scientific Research Council.” dent Men’s AthleticSociety 1915-1916, 1918-1919. Fahrni,Mrs. Mildred Osterhout. B.A. (U.B.C.) President,Alma Mater Society 1920-1921. Former 1923, M.A. (U.U.C.) 1924. Certificate, Social Econ- PresidentAlumni Association. omyand Social Research, Bryn Mawr, 1931. 1924- CitySolicitor, Vancouver. 1945 Professionaland voluntary work in fields of Palmer,Richard Claxton. B.S.A., U.B.C., 1921. education, and social work, chieflyin B. C. Execu- M.S.A., U.B.C, 1922. -Born in Victoria-resident in tive in Women’s International League for Peace and Summerlandsince 1919 whenhe came here as a other international organizations. Member Vancou- student assistant. After graduation hecame the first verSchool Board. Correspondent, Vancouver. AssistantSuperintendent at the Summerland Ex- Vancouveraddress, 1729 PendrellStreet. perimental Station and in 1932 became Superintend- Farrar,Ben. B.A.Sc. 1927. Fromgraduation ent.He is also at present a member of the B. C. till fall of 1944 with Consolidated Mining & Smelt- Industrial and Scientific Research Council. ing Company as Assayer, Chief Chemist, Chemical At U.B.C. as an undergraduatehe was a member and Fertilizer Department, and Chief Research An- ofthe University Player’s Club, in his final year alyst. Now Research Chemist with n. C. I. & S. R. \vas CirculationManager of the“Ubyssey.” At C.President, West Kootenay Branch of TJ.B.C. graduation hewas the first gold medalist in the Alumni, 1937-1941. Faculty of Agriculture. Grauer,Albert Edward Dal, Esq. B.A. (Brit. In 1931-32--\vas on an exchange of staffs be- Col.)1925; B.C. (Juris)(Oxford) 1930; Pl1.D. tweenthe Surmnerland Experimental Station and (Calif.) 1929. Barristerand Solicitor in the British East Malling Research Station in the South of Eng- ColumbiaBar, 1931. Member of theSenate, Uni- land. versity of Toronto, 1937-1939. FormerlyProfessor Robinson, Bruce. Residence in \’ancouver since of Social Science and Head of the Department. Uni- 1919; at present residing at Caulfield,B. C. versity of Toronto.Expert to the Royal Commis- B.A.and B.,4.Sc. ChemicalEngineer, 1936, sion on Dominion-ProvincialRelations, 1937-1939. (Brit. Co1.)-fcrmerly Vice-president Science Men’s On executive of various business and public or- UndergraduateSociety ; President of Graduating ganizations.Formerly President of theLiterary Classes of ’36, and formerly Treasurer, Vice-Presi- and Scientific Departmentand of theAlma Mater dent and President for two terms of U.B.C. Alumni Society. -4ssociation.Affiliated with Association of Profes- Directorand Executive \5ce-Presitlent, British ‘sionalEngineers of B.C., ChemicalInstitute of ColumbiaPower Corporation Limited ; Chairman, Canada, Canadian Institute of Chemistry, Vancou- I3uard of Directorsand Executive Vice-president, ver Junior Board of Trade. Y.M.C.A. Public Affairs BritishColumbia Electric Railway Company Lim- Instituteand Vancouver Photographic Society. ited, Vancouver. Appointmentwith Empress Manufacturing Co. Chairman,Civic Bureau, Vancouver Board of Ltd. of Vancouver as Chemist in 1936; Plant Sup- Trade.Member of theCouncil, Vancouver Board erintendent; 1939 andin 1943 toGeneral Superin- of Trade. Member of the Post-war Planning Com- tendent. mittee,Vancouver Board of Trade.Chairman of Schultz,Charles D. B.A.Sc. (Brit. Col.) 1931. the B. C. Advisory Committee to the United Nations President Men’sAthletic Society 1930-31. Vice-

APRIL. 1945 9 PresidentBritish Columbia Branch Amateur Ath- FlorenceTrimble Jamieson, leticUnion of Canada, 1932. Formerlyengaged in .Arts '40, to Lynn Kyle Sully, Ag- small branches of timber industry from logging to M gie '44, on July 1.5, 1944. mills.Member B. C. ForestryService. B. C. Tim- NormaKathleen Drysdale, 43, herCommissioner to British West Indies. Lieu- A to ChiefOfficer Phillip Teasdale tenant R.C.A.,September, 1939"September, 1940. Green atVancouver, March 3, Member of Council,Vancouver Section, Canadian 1945. Society of Forest Engineers. Member of the Asso- R GladysMarion Melish, '44, to ciation of Professional Engineers of British Colum- PaulLeslie Hammond, Agricul- bia andother scientificsocieties. ture '44, at Vancouver, March 6. Consulting Forester and Forest Engineer, Van- R RuthWatson Millar to F.O. couver. John Rowan Walker at Vancou- FrankTurnbull. B.A., University of British I ver, March 9th. Columbia, 1923. M.D., University of Toronto, 1928. Jea8n Clair Struther to Captain Dip]. Amer. Bd. Neursosurg., 1939. Alan Dean, at Vancouver, March Neurosurgeon,Vancouver General Hospital. A 9th.Captain Dean was wounded Chief of Staff,Combined Services Neurosurgical atCaen during the invasion of Center, Shaughnessy Hospital. Vice-president, Van- Normandy. couver Medical Association, 1944-1945. G BettyDoreen Bolduc, 541, to Walker,John F. B.A.Sc. (Brit.Col.) 1922; Ph. Raymond Russell Taylor, at Van- D.(Princeton) 1924. Member of theCanadian In- couver, March 31. stitute of Mining and Metallurgy-Councillor 1935- E LauraBeth Cocking to Sgt. 1940, Vice-president 1941-1943. Member of the JamesGordon Hall, C.D.C., at -4mericanInstitute of Miningand Metallurgical Vancouver, December 24. Engineers,and Society of EconomicGeologists. S MargaretGwendolyn Gibbs, Member of variousmining committees in connec- '43, of Victoria,to Douglas An- tion xvith the war effort and rehabilitation. Member drewHaggart, '43, at Victoria, of the Board of Management, Industrial and Scien- December 24. tific ResearchCouncil of BritishColumbia, 1944- 1945. Member of the University Senate, 1939-1942. LauraJean McIntosh to John Member of theUniversity Board of Governors, C. A. Sibley, at Kingston, Decem- 1943-1945. Numerouspublications in the field of ber 23. Geology. JeanFisher to Lt. Peter Mc- Wright, C. H. B.Sc. (Brit. Col. )1917;M.Sc. Tavish, R.C.N.V.R.. B.Comm. '41, (Brit. Col.)1919; Ph.D. (McGill) 1921 ; Ramsay at Seattle, February 8. MemorialFellowship for Canada, London, 1921- WrenElizabeth A. Muir to 1922. ChemicalEngineer, Arthur D. Little Co., Lt. Thomas Watson Meredith, at Cambridge, Mass., 1923. Lecturer in Chemistry, the Vancouver, December 29, 1944. University of British Columbia, 1924-1925. Former- MargaretRuth Large to Lt. lvPresident of ScienceMen's Undergraduate So- Stuart Jagger, '39, R.C.N.V.R., at c-iety and of AlmaMater Society. Member, Asso- Toronto, in March. ciation of Professional Engineers of B. C., Canadian Margaret Buller, '43, to Lt. Ar Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and American thurStephen Rendell, R.C.N.V. ChemicalSociety. Fellow, Canadian Institute of R., at Vancouver in April. Chemistry.Member of theUniversity Senate, Patricia Ceceilia White of Lon- 1939-1945. don,England, to Lt. Oliver W. ChemicalEngineer, The Consolidated Mining Anderson, in Toronto, in April. and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited, Trail, B. C., 1925 to date. Phone MArine 2445 I1 SMART J. Spencer Clark 11 SHOP OPTOMETRIST FOR Arts '39 WOMEN

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10 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE EDITOR’S NOTE Mr. VanVliet, M.S., is theAssistant Director of PhysicalEducation at the University. As such he has long been the friend and associafe of a majority of the Remember! menstudents. His popularity with thewhole student body and his great success w.tb University teams and By MAURY VAN VLIET athletics hsave made him one of the most importanl parts of University life. There are some positions that afford more oppor- tunityto make friends and develop intimate con- ***** tactsthan others. Mine has been such a position. As a result I feel a tremendous debt of gratitude to all those men who have made my life at the Univer- McPhee caught the Calif. “hotshot” on the ten-yard sity a continuous round of laughter, ‘‘I~ullsessions,” line when he was 20 yards in the clear? Or in the thrills, and work that has been just plain fun. My same game \\.hen Howie on two separate occ.asions only regret is that with all this good fellowship with forced each man in the opponent’s three-line to pass hundreds of undergraduates, is the knowledge that the ball and finally tackled the wing men? Or when so many of them have given up their lives in their Stradiotti was told that the Alberta team thought fight to make the athletic fields the only acceptable he was rather weak for such a big fellow (he had battle field. Thedaily casualty list in the local been in bed with the ’flu and a temperature of 104 newspaperfar too often seems like a list of good degrees the day before the game in Edmonton) and friends. made them wonder if their lives were in danger or Arriving home from a late session on the campus if he wasjust playing for fun when he all but theother evening, I dippedinto the paper before wreckedtheir team in Vancouver?How we all popping into bed early to see accounts of the pass- loved thatman, and I mean MAN. Or the times ing of HarryLaroude and Roy Maconachie. La- Barney Boe piled out of bed at 5.00 a.m. to come to roude,although not a “Tarzan,” knew where the morningfootball practices on the campus? I’ve gymnasiumwas and always was enthusiastic in almost forgot ten such enthusiasm. anythingrequired of him.Maconachie appeared Soon, and we all hope it is very soon, some of back on thecampus as a graduateand took the the gang will becoming home to stay. Amongst science English Rugby team in hand and developed thoseboys will be two men, who, on the opening it so rapidlythat it had to leave the campus and kick-off in Saskatoon broke the safety man’s leg in enter a cityleague for proper competition. Such two places. Whereuponthey helped him off the men cannot be replaced. field and all three met together the following year Many of themost cherished memories center and became fast friends. These two men were F/L around men who are not coming back to talk over RalphHenderson, interned for three and a half oldtimes. Most of theseare war casualties. Do yearsin Germany and S/L FredSmith, D.F.C. you remember: Art Willoughby’s shot in the 1937 Ralph was also a member of the ’37 Domino Cham- DominionBasketball Playoff that hung in the air pionship Qasketball team and Fred was a Rep. five- after the closing gun only to continue on and drop eighths iti. English Rugby. No wonder jve are win- through the hoop for a basket which brought vic- ning this war. tory by one point? Or Andy Lang saying “Shucks, These &e just a few of the many good “guys” I’m no backfielder,” as he scampered lightly behind and a few memorable occasions that come to mind. such blockers as Fred Smith, Stradiotti and Harmer. It doesn’t begin to cover a fraction of the number Or the time Mattu worked so hard on defencein that should be mentioned. If you would like to plan football practice that Jim Harmer had to be asked a good time, imagine, if you will, one of the clubs to exert himself on a block and Mattu picked him- in town housing a small get-together after the war self up in the apple orchard somewhere west of the of such men as Fred Joplin, Ernie Teagle, Johnnie old soccer field? Or the third game in the Provin- Pearson,Brud Mathison, Ralph Henderson, Dick cial Basketball playdowns in Victoria when the half- Dowery,Fred Smith, Tom IVilliams, -4rt Barton, timescore was Pringle 9”Dominoes 9? Orthe BrianMartin, Bert Horwood, Johnny Bird, Strat thirdgame in the ’41 DominionBasketball finals Legget, AI Gardiner,etc. Wow, I guesswe had whenPat Flynn was asked to score a few points better start getting into “shape.” as evidence that he could be an offensive center and ,411 of this makes me think of the expression we returned to the dressing room at half-time with 20 hear so much these days, “‘I wonder what we are points and asked if that was good enough? When going to do with all the service men when they re- told it was, he returned to the floor the second half turn ?” For my money, knowing some of the ,boys and didn’t score a point while he had the time of that are doing their bit, it willbe, “What are the his life “feeding” the rest of the team. Or the bas- boys going tcl do with Canada when they begin to ketball game with the Seattle Savage team, quarter diginto civillife?” Let’s not sell our UNIVER- finalistin the U.S. National A.A.U. championship, SITY menshort. They have always been good whenPedlow refused to allow their 6-foot 5 inch fighters, they are going through a tough fight now centreand two 6-foot 4-inch forwards to recover and they willbe just as determined to make good anydefensive rebounds? Orthe time Bill Swan whenthey ccbme home. We needn’tworry about went reluctantly on the floor to score 10 points in THESE men. Just get ready to drive ourselves to 90 seconds against the old Province team? Or the try and keep abreast of their efforts when they get 1939 DecemberEnglish rugby game when Howie back intoa peacetime civilian “harness.”

APRIL, 1945 11 UNIVERSITY ALUMNI,

WidnellDimsdale Knott, Op- EDITOR’S NOTE break-through which would have erationsAnalyst, Second Air We prid herewith a furtherlist rendered the battalion position al- Force, U.S.A. Killedin service of former students who have become most untenable. His action was a September 3, 1944, in a bomber casualties or who hve received dec- predominant factor in the success crashat Niagara Falls. Received orations. The Clwoniclewishes to of the day.” B.A. 1928; M.A. Stanford 1932; stress thatIT CANNOT VOUCH Ph.D. Columbia 1939. For a num- FOR THE ACCURACY OF THIS ber of yearshe was. Associate LIS’/’. 7‘he information is obtained Supervisor of Finance, New York from newspapers adreaders. We State Education Department, Al- would appreciate any further infvr- bany, New York. He was on leave matim our readers may care to sub- to the War Department. mit. CaptainFrank Ladner - Re- c ceivedMilitary Cross inItaly, 1944. During the course of heavy fight- ingand constant counterattacks by the enemy, hIajor C. K. Crum- mer, another company command- er,was wounded. Capt. Griffin immediatelytook control of the situation and in addition to bring- ingdown and controlling most effectiveartillery fire, organized thecompany inbeating off a counter-attackwith considerable

Flt.Lt. John Patrick Flynn- I’resumeddead, February. See “Chronicle” for January. Supervisor Elphinstone Mather Russell, Y.M.C.A. Wounded Feb- ruary. B.A. ’33. M.A. ’38. Was Major David Vaughan Pugh- practising law in Vancouver. Severelywouuded in February, 1945. Now inhospital in Eng- land. An officer of theCanadian Scottish, he took part in the Battle for the Leopold Canal last Octo- her. Hegraduated from U.B.C. and Osgoode Hall, Toronto,and was engagedin law practice in Vancouver before going overseas withthe Seaforths early in the war.

Captain Henry Herbert Griffin loss to the enemy. When not ac- - Wasawarded the Military tually engaged in controlling the Cross,December, 1944. Captain fire of his regiment, Capt. Griffin Griffin wasborn in China and continuallyencouraged the men practised law in Vancouver hefore andpersonally took part in the enlistingin 1939. Hiscitation fightwhen the enemy had pene- readin part: tratedto within 25 yards of his “On September 10, 1944, the position.By his cool leadership forwardcompany of aninfantry under fire, Capt. Griffin was an in- regimentwas holding a bridge- spirationto all ranksand his F/O David William Dale-Re- head across the Vaardeken Canal prompt action in taking control of portedmissing January 5. Re- west of Brugesagainst heavy ahecompany steadied the situa- portedprisoner of war February enemyopposition. Capt. Griffin tion atthe particularly critical 3. He is a well-known Vancouver wasforward observation officer. timeand prevented anenemy golfer.

12 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE 1943. Beforeleaving he was em- ployed by a firm of chartered nc- countants in Vancouver.

Capt. Robt. J. Waldie - Men- F/O QuanJil Louie-Missing tioned in dispatches. Was R.S.M. on active service overseas ITebru- inthe C.O.T.C. Delta Upsilon. ary.Third Year Commerce. Big Block winner in soccer. Overseas W/O Roderick McMillan, R.C. 1944. A.l~.--Presumeddead, February, Lt. Thomas Ellis Ladner, R.C. 1945. Missingon active service N. - AwardedD.S.C., January, sinceJune, 1944. At University 1945. Threetimes mentioned in he was well-known a soccer dispatches.B.A. ’37. Osgoodt: player. Hall, ’40. P/O DonaldMathew Robson, R.C.A.1;. - Presumed dead, Feb- Sqdn. Leader Victor G.Mother- ruary, 1945. Reported missing on well - A\v,arded D.F.C. in Janu-- May 25, 1944. He left University ary. Was a secondyear student. at 18 to join the Air Force. Sqdn.Leader A. H. Sager,D. F.C.-Has takenpart in train- I)usting activities on the Western front. He isformera reporter on the London “Daily Mail,” Arts ‘38.

Pete.Andrew Ian Wark Mac- kenzie-Wounded January 21 in Italy.Had completed first year Arts.

Lt. AustinFrancis Frith - WoundedJanuary 19for second time. In actionwith the Loyal EdmontonRegiment in Italy. Arts ’42. Held a commissionin the U.B.C.C.O.T.C. Active in football,hockey and boxing. Lieutenant Lyman Cyrus Day- Chief Yeoman of Signals Thom- Lt. David Morrow, R.C.N.V.R. Smith-Killed in action with the as H. H. Goldsmith, R.C.N.-Re- - Presumeddead, February 27. Seaforthsin Italy, December 16. ported dead January 26, after be- He was on board H.M.C.S. “Shaw- Commerce ’40. Was active in ath- ing reported missing on H.M.C.S. irligan,lost inNovember. See letics. He went overseas in June, “Athabaskan.” “Chronicle,” January, 1945.

APRIL, 1945 13 P/O J. Arthur McKim, missing sinceJune, 1944, believedburied F/O Andrew M. Lang - Re Flt. Lt. R. A. Haywood-Killed in Cermany.Formerly with the portedmissing February 21. At in action March 13. Was in third A.M.S. office. University he was active in foot- yearCommerce when he joined ball. up. Heshot down a Messer- Flt. Lt. Murray R. McQuillan Schmidt 109 in June last year. -Missing after air operations. Lieut.-Col.John U. Coleman, R.C.A.M.C. - Recently promoted from rank of major on service in Italy. He formerly practised med- icine at Duncan.

Lt. Walter Douglas Elsdon - Slightlywounded December 17 inItaly. Was athird year Arts student.Kappa Sigma. Went overseas in March, 1943.

Flt. Lt. Walter Louis Fricker- Reportedmissing December 28, 1944. He was enrolledin Agri- culture.

F/OHarry Demerse Laronde- Lt. PeterHamilton, R.C.N.V. Killed March B.A. Honors, ’41. R.-Presumeddead, January 3. 8. He was on the H.M.C.S. “Alber- ni,”lost in August. See “Chron- Capt. Sydney J. Wallace - Re- icle,”January, 1945. ceived M.B.E., March, 1945. B.A. Sc.Before enlisting in 1941 he Capt. William H. Quirk Camer- wasan electrical engineer with on, R.C.A. - Badly wounded on theAmerican Can Company. He service in Germany, March, 1945. has also received a certificate from 13.A.’33. President of Players’ FieldMarshal Montgomery for Club andassociated with Zeta devotion to duty during the Nor- l’si. He later went to University mandy campaign. College, Oxford, where he won a prizefor general proficiency in jurisprudence. He was also active Cpl. Morgan Rex Porter-U.S. in rowing. Hereturned to Van- 1st Army.Killed inBelgium. couverto practise law. In 1942, Lt. John Walter Young-B.A. Had completed three yearsin Ag- hejoined the active army and Sc. ’39. AwardedMilitary Cross riculture.Saw service in North \ventoverseas in June, 1943. in February. Africa and Sicily.

14 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE Lt. Donald NevilleFergusson F/O Garfield Wallace Cross -- Lt. Lloyd Hobden - Wounded “Killed in action February 2 in Missing in airoperations over inGermany, February 18. For- Holland with the Canadian Scot- Germany,January 9. Reported merly attended university in Paris tish.B.S.A. ’42. BetaTheta Pi prisoner of war. onscholarship. Overseas in Jan- andC.O.T.C. Went overseas in uary, 1943. June, 1943.

Flt. :Lt. Gordon L. Heron -- AwardedD.F.C. B.Comm. ’38. Lieut. Alexander Knox Paton- He has had 34 operational flightis , Flt.Lt. H. P. Woodruff - Awarded D.F.C. Returnedhome Awarded M.C., March, 1945. For withthe Snowy Owl Squadron. gallantaction at Totes Village, Returnedhome in January. January.

Uelgium, where, though outnum- ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ hered threeto one, he held the Arthur Physic obtained his Air S. Thomas Parker, Arts ’31. (M. enemyforces off untilhelp ar- ForceCommission recently. He A. 1934). AssistantProfessor of rived,without thought for him- hasreceived his Air Force dis- Mathematics in theengineering self. charge and is to do Army Social school of the University of Louis- Service work at Gordon Head. ville. . Married,with two boys. W/O Alastair J. Young-Pre- Badmintonsingles and men’s sumetl dead, January. Kappa Squadron Leader W. C. “Bill” Sig- doubleschamp of Louisvi1,le and ma. Missing after a Berlin raid in Gibson hasrecently spent a few district.Very home sick for U. March, 1944. weeks in Californiaon R.C.A.F. I,usiness. R.C. and Vancouver. P/O MauriceCoupland Lator- Frank Wilson, M.A. ’36, Teach- G. C:Webber is Assistant Pro- ne11 - Presumed dead, January. er ’l‘raining, 1929-30, former prin- fessor at University of Delaware, Arts ’38. Taughtschool in Nel- cipal of Mission High School, has Newark,Del. (For further con- son.Enlisted in 1942. Reported beenadmitted to the 13. C. Bar firmationcheck with Prof. Dave missing March, 1944. and is in practice at Chilliwack. Murdoch at U.B.C.)

APKIL, 1945 15 ITALY . . .

HQ, 1 Sdn Armd Bde, EDITORS NOTE At the close of the first cycle of 4 Jan 45. BrigadierWilliam "Bill" Mur- thesecourses, Brigadier William President, phy is one of the University's better Murphy was kind enough to bring University of BritishColumbia, ' known graduates. Prior to the War, togetherat his headquarters, POINT GREY, Brigadier Murphy was in law prac- alongwith his own officers, the Gritish Columbia, tice in Vancouver. In the following Italian professors who are giving Canada. letters he shows that he has not for- theselectures; and on this occa- gotten his Alma Mater. sion, in his capacity as a graduate Dear Mr. President: of theUniversity of British Co- Durin$ the period my Brigatle :> :> ::. :> lumbia,he transmitted to me, in \vas operating in thevicinity of itsname, greetings and best 1;lorence I arrangedfor a series wishes for our Florentine Univer- of lectures to be given by English imagine that obtaining a transla- sity. speakingProfessors of theUni- tionwill present no difficulties. Should you wish to reply may I Thismessage of friendship, versity of Florence to those of my brought to us by a brave fighting personnelwho could get away: suggest that you forward me the letter and I will see that it reach- man,who, studying law in your Eachcourse was of threedays' freeCanadian University, has durationand lectures dealt with eshim. The civilmail is prob- ablynot operating here. learnedto love that liberty for thehistory and culture of Italy whichhe fightingtoday, was hly best wishes to you and the is with particular reference to Flor-' received withheartfelt gratitude ence. Twocourses were given University and I would appreciate by our University ,in whose name it if you would convey my greet- eachweek and the series ran for I in return send to you, Mr. Presi- ing to those members of the Fac- five weeks. dent, and to the University which ulty who may rememher me. Since both English and Ameri- youadminister, the assurance of can army authorities were in com- Sincerely, ourmost cordial comradeship in petitionwith us for this course WILLIAM MURPHY. thefellowship of learning. andwe won out,we regarded it Brigadier W. C. Murphy, Havingsurvived, after cruel asrather a feather in ourcaps D.S.O., ED., trials, a period of mistakes and de- and were even egotistical enough Comtl, 1 CdnArmd Bde, lusions, Italy has found again, in to feelthat we had represented C.M.F. keeping with her past, the paths Canadaelsewhere than on the of libertyand honor; and her field of battle in a c'ommendable sons - prominent among whom manner. COPY Florence, are our students-are fighting to- Icertainly feel that invarious December 27, 1944. day for civilization at the side of sections of Italy,Italians are Seal of the the Allies. But,even apart from thinkingmore of Canadathan University of Florence this newly-recovered brotherhood they have done before as a result The Rector. in arms, there exists between the of meetingthe magnificent body Italian people and the peoples of of officers and men who represent Dear Mr. President: thewhole free world a common herin this theatre. I couldnot TheUniversity of Florence, heritage of humanisticculture attend more than two of the lec- \vhich for the last three months- and ideals, of which the universi- turesin one of thecourses but although still very near the battle- ties can be the most authoritative these were certainly outstanding. line-has been able to resume its custodians. In sendingyou. Mr. Reports from both officers and 0. studies with the regaining of free- President, our greetings, I beg to IL's whoattended all lectures dom, hasbeen happy and proud express the hope that the Univer- \\.ere most enthusiastic. to be able to open its class-rooms sity of Florencemay become, aftervictory is won,a centre of As someslight repayment for tothe soldiers of theCanadian Army operating in Italy who have culturalrelations and of friendly their kindness I and a few of my understanding between the Italian seniorofficers gave a dinner for shown a desire to acquaint them- selves,during their rest-periods, people and the people of Canada, thePresident of theUniversity, a great free country in which the the members of his Faculty who with the higher Italian culture. With this end in view we have highest charateristics of two great hadgiven the lectures, and their civilizations,the American and lvives. Atthis dinner I tookthe ben carrying on for many weeks in this University special courses the European, meet and blend in liberty of conveying to the Presi- a remarkable manner. dent of the University of Florence of lectures, delivered in the Eng- yourgreetings and those of the lish languageby Italian profes- With this wish and this hope, I University of BritishCdlumbia. sors, which are attended with sat- beg you to accept, Mr. President, He has now written a letterad- isfaction by an appreciative audi- the assurance of my warmest re- dressedto you which I am en- ence of Canadianstudents who gards. closing.Unfortunately, he does are resting in our city from their Yours, notspeak English but I should field-duties. PEIROCULAMANDREJ.

16 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE The Vision for MEDICINE at the U.B. C. Just fifty years ago a medical school was started Canadiancitizen, and this is evidencedby the in- inBaltimore which was destined to change the terestin and consideration of healthinsurance course of medical education and medical research in measures. Americafor generations to come. Thetrustees of Honever, health insurance measures cannot suc- theJohns Hopkins Medical School were hard- ceed unless there are adeqtmte medical facilities of headed laymen who were determined that the school bothpersonnel and clinics for administration to to beestablished under their guidance should not medical and surgical requirements of the populace. be “just another medical school.” It is quiteapparent from recent surveys’ that Accordinglythey appointed one of the chief ’ there are insufficient medical personnel in the Dam- medical investigators of the U.S. Army (John Shaw inion of Canadato adequately care for each and Billings) to survey medical education in the United everyCanadian. Following from that, it can be States, Great Britain and Europe and to recommend concluded that there are not adequate institutional, in whatparticular way Johns Hopkins Medical clinical and other material facilities adequately dis- Schoolcould do a job inmedical education in the tributed inall communities of the country for the U.S.A. which needed doing and was not then being purpose of servicing every citizen. done. Paralleling our all-out effort in applicationof our Theresults of thissurvey as embodied in the financial resources and manpower to the war effort, new medical school are too well known throughout it would be a visionfulfilled tosee the same full theworld to require recapitulation here. Suffice it scale applicztion of our financial resources and avail- to say that as a result of this survey, medical edu- able trained personnel towards the furtherance antl cation in Canada and the States was put on an ex- maintenance of good health standards and services tremely high university level; and medical research, for every Canadian citizen. especiallyclinical research, became the rightful Such a vision wouldinclude expansion of all concern and endeavor of everymedical school medical schools so that an adequate numberof metli- worthy the name. cal personnel would be available to meet our needs. The entrance standards set were high: a Bache- Co-ordinatetl with this, would be a development of lor of Arts Degree and two foreign languages. As community clinics, hospitals, and similar public in- the great Canadian, William Osler, said at the time, stitutionsto meet the requirements of everyman, it was a good thing he got into Johns Hopkins as a womanand child throughout every community of professor, he never would have as a student. Even the country. theprofessors had to pass oneexamination, i.e., Followin,g- the old preceptthat ‘‘An ounce of they had to be under the age of forty. prevention it; xvorth a pound of cure,” such facilities Today, U.B.C. is starting on what will prol)al)ly shouldhe sufficient to permit frequent periodic heCanada’s lastmedical school for the next fifty medicalcheckovers for everyone. Such a program years. Should we not, at this critical period in the \vi11 funtlamentally reduce the amount of care neces- history of medical care, research and advancement, saryfor treatment of manycases which are only take stock of the things that are truly \vorthwhile acknowledged now inadvance stages of develop- in medical teaching methods, and implement those ment. This will in turn reduce the burden and cost in our new school? of any program of sickness or health insuiance. In no other science has tradition weighed more In establishing a new medical school,it would be heavily than in medicine, and yet the present costly highly desirable to develop this school along a line war has focused our attention on the absoll.lte nec- in which fen. if any other schools in America have essity of newmethods of treatment,research and heen directing their attention during the past gen- instruction. eration. llTewill assumethat one or another of these medical schools have each in turn been special- During the recent war years it hasbeen apparent izing on sonleparticular field of research,method that the people of Canada are capable of doing many of teaching, etc. thingsdirected towards the successful winning of However, it would appear that there is a great thewar. In other words, these efforts which have tlirth in the application of medicine to the needs of been directed without stint, have been motivated by thesmall or large community. It is therefore sug thefundamental desire to continue to live under gestetl that the hew medical school of U.U.C. should their own government, and perhaps just the funtla be so organi.cedand designed to do research work mental desire to simply live. as well as pra.ctica1 work in thefield of applied medi- Nowthat we will soonbe facing a period of cine. In thi:; respectcommunity clinics,hospitals peace, ourmain efforts will be directed towards antl other material requirements, apart from person- betterliving conditions, the primary one of which nel,could be developedand tied into the medical is the maintenance of the good health of every citi- school antl used as training grounds aswell as being zen of the Dominion of Canada. of specific serviceto every community of British The main desire of everyone of us is that of ac- Columbia. quiringand maintaining good health, for good In this way, British Columbia could again take health is the basic prerequisite for efficient and sat- the leadin makingsocial advances in developing isfactory work, as well as enjoyment of our leisure socialized andapplied medicine as a model to he time. Good healthis the prime interest of every followed by ihe rest of North America.

APRIL,1945 17 A completesurvey of existingmedical schools automatically bring to light a large number of for- should be madewherein contacts with world- ward thinking young medical men, from whom the famous antl progressiveorganizations such as the staff of thenew medical school could be drawn. IbckefelerInstitute, Alilllxmk Foundation,would It is of primary importance to gather around a exhillit successful methods of research and of teach- newschool a group of menwith the courage antl ingmedicine. lye \vould also ohtaina criterion of fortitude to forge ahead with improved methods of any unsuccessfulmethods and procedures. These teaching, and particularly the application of medical ttvo aspects must be fully considered in arriving at scienceand nlethods \vhichwill bring benefits to any improvement that it is desired to advance when every citizen in British Columbia, whether they re- organizing the new medical faculty at U.B.C. side in ametropolitan area or fifty miles from the It is assumed that fundamentally, we do not wish nearestrailway or motor highway. to just produce anothermedical school, but basically Let us thenhope that the medical school to it is our desire to build a school which will lead and . lvhichU.B.C. antl itsfriends across this continent tlirect theadvancement for the next forty or fifty have looked forward with such genuine interest over years of medicalscience and its application to the theyears, may be plannedon the basis of a thor- maintenance of the good health of all the province’s oughly survey of all worth\vhile teaching methods comnlunities. in use, or al)outto he used in Canada,the United Such a survey of institutions and methods would States and in Great Britain.

F/O JAMESROY ALEXANDER 1I.C.A.F. He was trainedas a Navigator at No. 1 MACONACHIE, R.C.A.F. C.X.S., liivers, i\Ianitol)a. and served as an Instruc- L:/O Maconachie, a Navigatorwith an R.A.F. tor at No. 4 I.T.S., Edmonton ; No. 7 S.F.T.S., Mc- Mosquito Squadron. \vas killed early in March after Lcotl. Alberta.and No. 2 A.O.S., Edmonton.He having made some 32 Immbing raids with his squad- \vas an excellent instductor, but Roy was never con- ron over Germany. tent to teach, he wanted to be the man who did the job. He \vasposted to 0.T.U. Summersitleand urent overseas in August, 1944. F/O Maconachiegraduated in Applied Science in 1931antl received his R/I.A.Sc. in 1940. While at U.E.C. he was active in many fields. He \vas Junior Member on the Council and President of the Science Men’s Undergrad.Heplayed English Kugby throughout his four years at Varsity, was a member of thehlcKechnie Cup team for several years, a metnher of the Big Block, a memher of the famous rughy team that went east in 1932. In his graduate year he organized a Science Men’s rugby team and coached it through the city league without the loss of a game. He was a member and one time presi- (lent of the Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity. Roy was well known by hundreds of University grads,mining men, and lads in theR.C.A.F. All likedand respected him. Hewas a leader in any field, highly idealistic, sound in judgment, antl deter- minedof purpose. Canada has lost a fine soldier, the R.C.A.F. a brave officer, B. C. an intelligent and Roy \vas residentengineer for the Provincial clever geologist, antl those who knew him a valued Ilepartment of Mines at Nelson when he joined the antl trustedfriend. “c. TAYLOR,I. ’34. E.A. LEE CLOTHIER

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TheCHRONICLE for last Augustcarried small a item tucked away among the marriage notices. It announced the nuptials of KathleenBarry Bingay, B.A., ’33 tb Arnold Davidson Dunton of Montreal in July of 1944. Behind that small item lies the tale of a verysuccessful lady graduate of U.B.C.who has gone far since leaving the Point Grey campus. * Kathleen Bingay, or Mrs. Dav- idson Duntonas she is now called, is a native of this province having beenborn in Trail. Her father Miss Davidson wasthen the Vice-president of Dunton theConsolidating Mining and Smelting Company. She attended school atTrail and Vernon and later came to Vancouver to attend University.She found that she was too young to be admitted to the august institution however so * she spent a short time at the Sac- red Heart Convent. In 1929 she entered U.B.C. as a freshette at the tender age of 16. Her tendencies were towards his- otryand she took many courses in this department. She also took part in the normal undergraduate life of thecampus. In 1933 she received her B.A. degree and ven- (2 tured forth to see the world. and MissBingay, or “Doff” as thathave beengiven her atten- She did so quite literally for she sheis called by her friends, was tion since she has been in Ottawa. nextembarked on Europeana very busy. She is most interested in any le- tourincluding considerable time Trailwas not to keep her too gal problems with a constitutional spent in England. Somewhere al- long,however, for she was soon aspect. In the Department which ollgthe route she developed an offeredaposition in the Legal is veryhighly staffed by male interest in the study of law and on Department of the Department of lawyers, she is very well regartl- her return she enrolled in the Law L

APRIL, 1945 Page 19 tiesand new buildings will ren- clcr thcuniversity capallle of ew orizons for the[Tniversity Illectillg new nccvls. 'I'he illrreasecl 1)rovisionfor go\.ernment schol- UY arships will enable more students NH toobtain a university education. Illhen one reflects that, just prior to the war, per cent of the stu- EDITOR'S NOTE could do muchto make possible 50 dentsat Oxford and Cambridge Mrs. MacInnis is a former U.B.C. an affirmativeanswer. Honesty compels the admission were there because of scholarship studentwith the class of '25. She assistance,while the comparable that our Canadian universities are took her degree,however, at the figurefor Canadian universities University of Manitoba.She has farfrom giving the necessary kind of leadership. In thephysi- was 10 per cent, it is very evident been for a number of years a mem- thatsuch action is long overdue ber of thme Legislative Assembly and cal sciences,yes. But inthose mattersaffecting the social and in thisprovince. is keenly interested in education in Muchmore needs to bedone thisprovince. Naturally, the views economic pro1)lems of ourtime, no. Thereare, of course,notable before we can ensure a university expressed hereinare those of the educationto all whocan qualify author and a.re not necessarily sub- exceptious here and there, but in on thebasis of merit and adapt- scribed to by the CHRONICLE. generala wall of silenceguards anyconclusions reached. ability. Wemust broaden our a$ :> To some of us the reasons ap- curricularconceptions, including pearonly too tragically ohvious. our ideas of the qualifications es- If it is to fulfill itsfunction, a Instead of being the challenger of sentialfor university entrance. universitymust be morethan a thestatus quo, the university is This is not to advocate lowering collection of well equipped build- becoming one of its most fervent standards.But it doesmean the ings. It mustinclude more than defenders.Some of us fearlest inclusion-at the university level an extensivelibrary antl compe- the modern syuthesis of town antl -of many subjects hitherto con- tentlecturers. addition,In it go\vnmay mean the complete sideredinsufficiently academic. must provide a challenging intel- transformation of theuniversity Other treasured fetishes must fol- lectual climate-a climatewhere intothe leading apologist for low Greek into the lim1,oof non- the student is encouraged to ques- monopolyindustry antl finance. compulsory requirements. tion the validity of the ideas and Substantial monetarycontribu- Thegeographical hroatlening institutions of theworld about tions from such sources may help begun by the Ilepartment of Uni him. More than this: the student to buildne\v facilities, Init they versityExtension should be car- must not rest content with analy- rarely fail to exert a powerful in- riedforward through the estah- sis. The challenge of theuniver- fluence in favor of theinterests lishment of JuniorColleges in sity must be such as to make him of the donor. strategiccentres throughout the feel a keen sense of responsibility, \Yhat steps can be taken to en- 1)rovince. Thesecolleges would and a resolve to accept his share sure wider social horizons for the provide the first two years of uni- in replacing the outworn parts of uni\,ersity?Here in British Co- versitywork, including courses the social fabric by others in line 1uml)ia ournew President has especiallysuited to the locality \vith the demands of the day. donemuch to emphasize its po- concerned,and would also give It is precisely because such in- tentialimportance to the people terminal short courses. The many formed and responsible leadership of theprovince. The fivemillion advantages of suchcolleges are has beenlacking that anti-social tlollar grant being voted this year evident. A muchhigher propor- maniacs like Hitler have heen able l)y the 1,egislntul-e for new facul- tion of students ~vouldbe ena1)led towork their will on credulous millions. To provide useful leader- ship,the university must recog- nize that socialchange is inevit- able. Thevital question at this Greetings- rc\-oIutionarymoment is: Canit come J)y consent? The university FROM THE COMMODORE CABARET ULd HASTINGS STREET W. FINE FOODS GOOD MUSIC SMART CLOTHES FOR THE YOUNGER SET 872 GRANVILLE ST. PAcific 7839

20 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE to advancetheir knowledge and n~onopolyin the matter of univer- Ideas arc Iveapons in the Ixlttle geta start with their university sity facilities? for hunl;m freedom - ;L battle course than is the case at present. Broadeninginterests call for \vhichis aln.ays in thewin- Theincreasing congestion of I,roadeningcontrols. 'I'otlay our ning. Let the university examine youngstudents in Vancouver university is far too narrowly un- fearlesslythe type of ideabest n.ould beavoided. Perhaps most der the influence of business and suited to the work of liberation in important of all, thewhole local government. A more democra3c: o~trday. Let it a1,antlon the ivory districtwould benefit from the board would include wider repre- tower in favor of the factory, the proximity of suchan institution sentation from farm people, indus- field, the office, the home-wher- everthe people are to he found. 4 lvhichcouldused befor many trial n-orkers, the professions and ,l I here, and only there can the uni- adult educational activities. Why other sections of the comnlunity. \rersity give the leadership neces- should Vancouver-and to a lim- Democracymeans "people work- saryto achieve new heights of I itedextent, \.'ictoria - enjoy a ing together." human greatness. Annual Keunionn in Ottawa otta\va. C;Ltlatla, Among those atthe head talllc \Yere rcpresen- Rlarch .l7, 1945. tatives of thethree armed services. The complete Mr. l'resident : head table list was' President N. A. AI. MacKenzie; Prof. 1:. H. Solvard; Col.and Mrs. J. H. Jenkins I was gladto get your letter of March 6 n-ith '23) ; Group Capt. and Mrs. Allan Jones (B. news of activities at the coast. (B.Sc. Sc. '28 and Arts '28) ; Lt. Cdr. J. R. Deane (B.Sc. I thought that it was a good move to publish a '43) ; Lt.Bunny Pound (Arts '31) ; Dr.and Mrs. straightalumni journal and it seemedto me that Cliff. Stockwell (B.Sc. '24 and Arts '30) ; Mrs. Phyl- the January number was a particularly fine job. lis Turner (.4rts '26) ; Dr. J. D. RiacLean; Mr. and You ask for some details of our annual reunion Mrs.Ab. Whitelely (Arts '28). which went off in fine style last evening, even if I as retiring chairman say so. It is a prol,lem of some By a fortunatecoincidence, Dr. Gordon Shrum magnitude tofind accommodation in Ottawa on auy- happened to he in Ottawa and has plane becoming thing less than six weeks' notice for a gathering of grounded,he \vas ableto attend the reunion. Mr. thesize which a U.B.C.reunion now involves. and Mrs. Urotlie Gillies '36) came t1on.n from Urae- When we learned of Dr. MacKenzie's plans we were side to renew oltl friendships. veryfortunate in beingable to secure the use of The I)anquet opened by thelighting of candles theGlebe Collegiate Cafeteria and Gym. ,412 en- on all thetahles. After dinner the President gave tertainmentcommittee consisting of MargotBur- a short talk telling of hisimpressions of the Uni- gess,Marjorie Findlay, Jim Macdonald, Walter versity and the province, the present problems Barss and Lt. Don Sage was recruited to assist the whichwere being met on thecampus and some- executive of myselfand Mrs. Betty Stockwell. thing of the larger plans for the future. all of which . OzzieDurkin handled the publicity and representa- \\.as followctl Ivith great interest by those present. tives in the various departtnents and services can- The election of officersfollowed. Don S. Smith vassed the grads. (Arts '31. Sc. '32) was elected chairman of the Ot- There are about 250 names on our list of persons tawa group, while Pvfarjorie Findlay (Arts '39) was \vhohave been connected in one n-ay oranother electedsecretary. Don Smith (residence 41 Union withU.B.C. Ouradvance ticket sale mas 173 and Street) is wi1.h the National Research Council, while we expectedthat perhaps 183 mightturn oltt. Ac- MarjorieFitldlay (residence 210 SomersetStreet) tuallythere were 190 presentlast evening, which is attached to the Foreign Exchange Control Board. made a bit of a problem for the caterers. After the conclusion of the business session the Thetables were decorated with blue streamers groul) moved tothe gym, where dancing was en- andyellow caudles while irises and daffodils gave joyed for the I.)alance of the evening. addedcolor to the head table. F/O PatCowley Brown, a young Vancouver artist now Jvith the I<. JVishing you the best possible success in alumni C.A.F. in Ottawa,prepared a striking poster with activities. a totem pole motif to hang on the wall behind the head table. AB. WHlTEI,EY.

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APRIL, 1945 21 .. WHAT KIND OF DORMITORIES DO WE WANT AT U.B.C. :\t some universities, dormitories consist of elab- oratehalls and students liveluxuriously. In such places board rates are as high as $45.00 per month. .\t U.13.C., Ive must make sure that’we get the greatcst accon~~notlationpossi1)le for the money ex- I)encletl. The I)oard rateshould he as low as pos- siI)le. around $25.00 per month. ,,I hese dormitory l,uildings could he two-storey, semipermanent Imildings. They could be built in such a waythat there are two students to each roo111 and laitl out so that there are no long noisy corriclors. I;irst consideration should begiven to making theI)uiltling sound-proof and providing opportuni- ties for study. On the main floor there might be a dining-roomrun on a cafeteriastyle, such as the lt.C.A.1:. stationsrun theirs, antl whereeach stu- (lent serves himself and then returns his dishes. This dining-roomcould be used asa study hallin the evening and should he properly lighted with modern lluorescent lighting. It might he \vise to centralize noise centres such as the \\ashroom and to economize by having rows of sholvers.hut not bath tubs. The roofs of the I)uiltling might he surfaced so that students can take ;L hlanket antl lay out in the sun, as there is such a tleficiency of sunlight in Vancouver. ! )ormitory 1)uildings should he situated so that they \vi11 have a pleasant view with ample grounds arountl themand if possiblenear the gymnasium antl tennis courts. 1;ntry intothe dormitories should be on this hasis : he who comes furthest gets.first chance ; plus this. all out-of-town freshmen must live in, during thefirst year. After that they may live out,and \vi11 have had a chance to get a line on a suitable place. l\.e ha\-e got to get the centre of gravity of U.U.C. life moved out to the campus, and this is the hest \Yay of doing it. If we make the charges right, there \vi11 be a crush to get in. !;urnishings for the dormitories should be stand- art1 antl there is a chancethat we mightprevail upon interested parties in furnishing different rooms such as had been done at other universities. MaryMcLeod, ’40, hasonce more been in the film newsfrom Hollywood. It wasannounced in February that the charming young starlet had been Whether for Home or Business Oflice our signed to a new contract with Universal Pictures. She is nextto beseen in Universal’s “That’s the STATIONERY AND PRINTING Spirit,” with Jack Oakie and Peggy Ryan. DEPARTMENTS will serve you in many ways. MissMcLeod has formerly been an M.G.M. playerwhere among other films shemade “An American Romance” with Brian Donlevy. She is a former Vancouver girl and attended school at Kit- silanoHigh. Later she attended the University, where she was very active in the Players’ Club. Be- 566 Seymour Street PA 0171 Vancouver fore her graduation in 1940, she taught school for a while at Gilmore Junior High School inBurnaby.

22 THEGRADUA~E CHRONICLE English Universities and the War

T3y F/O :IRCHIE PATON, D.F.C.

, EDITOR’SNOTE Flying Officer Archie /’atoll, U.F.C.,editor of the Ubysseyin 1941-42, bas arrived back front overseas 4 and is now takinga course at I’atr‘icia Hay, V.I. He finished his tour of “ups” as a navigator withthe famous + “Moose” squadron, and arrived home on November 14, 1944. Ne marriedMiss Claudia Matlreson, Arts ’42, in Ilecember. F.O. Paton is tbe elder son of Rev. and Mrs. 7’. S. Paton, 257 East Sixtieth. He attended sclsools in Mis- sion andChilliwack, and graduated wlitb’ tbe class of Arts ’42, beforeedisting. He went 0versea.s in May, 1943. Citatiou for lsis D.F.C. reads: “l>.O.Paton has taken part in nunterous attacks on major targets in Germany. U’hen returning from bis first operational sortie his air- craftwas forced down on theNorth Sea and it was sonte timebefore a rescue could be effected. ‘” . I lns harrowing experience, bowever, did not dim- inish h,is entbusiasnzfor operational flying. An excel- k-[o\v have 1:nglish universities survived the war? lent navigator, his outstanding skill and leadership have ’l‘hat’s one (I€ themore common stock questions done much to increase the operatima1 efficiemy of the people ask \\hen you return from Britain. less experienced nuvigators in the squadroTt.” Fortunately, they have survived amazingly well. Hecause of lwation, Oxford and Cambridge areboth materiallyLntouched by theravages of bombing. The pearl grey spires of Oxford still tower majesti- cally into the pearl grey skies. The famous bridges of Cambridge still span the winding Cam as is flows peacefully through the grounds of Kings, Caius and “INVEST IN THE BEST” St. John’s. Andfrom the universities have come greatcontributions to the successful execution of their country’s mighty war effort. Ido not pretend to know the extent of these universities’ ux- programs, but during a week spent at Cambridge in the summer of 1943 I gained a per- sonal insight: into life behind the imposing walls of the famous colleges there. I visited Cambridge with a group of 2!6 servicemen and women wearing the uniforms of Canada,Australia, New Zealand and theUnited States. We came as guests of the uni- versity and were billeted in twos and threes at the various colleges, thus enabling us to mix intimately with the undergraduates. Canada’s Eighth Victory Loan witha nationalobjective ‘To live ant1 attend lectures in an institution with of $1,350,000,000 starts on April 23 andends on a tradition of‘ 700 years behind it, walk the halls and May 12. courtyards v.here the greatest men in English his- tory once spent their undergraduate days, and learn Yourbond investments are investments in yourcountry, your faith in the armed forces and your future. I

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APRIL,1945 23 something of ho\r. English education evolved and is One of my first impressions at Downing College taught totlay wasonly half thevalue of my stay. was the extreme youth of the I,lack-gowned students Gettingto know the modern English undergrad, Isaw in thedining hall and about the square. I eatingwith him in his“Great Hall,” being enter- discoveredthe reason quickly. The only students tained to tea in his own room, boating on the river at university in Britain over 18% years of age are Cam antl swimming ’neath the shatloivs of colleges either medicals or engineers who must maintain an and bridgesfamous the world over, completed the unbelievablyhigh first-class average. Thus, many picture, past and present. lads start college with the knowledge that they will Oxford and Cambridge vie for the honor of IIeing Ixahle to complete only one year hefore the call-up theoriginal seats of learning in theBritish Isles. sendsthem into uniform for the duration. Mean- However. Oxford has undisputed claim to the first time,military trdning similar to that effectivein university foundation, for it is recorded that in 1209 this country’s universities is carried out. anupheaval in the Unievrsity of Oxford led toa I usuallyate with the students at Downing in migration of aconsiderable number of scholarsto theGreat Hall. Every time 1 enteredthis room I schoolsalready in existence on thebanks of the couldn’t help comparing itto pictures 1 remembered Cam and swimming ’neath the shadows of colleges in history books of the dining halls in feudal castles. antl bridgesfamous the \vorld over, completed the Darkand dingy, its high roof wassupported by city it is today. It may be best likened to a federa- roughoak beams, and from its ornatewalls hung tion, with the tlzenty colleges comprising the uni- several huge oil paintings of former Downing mas- vcv-sity being the states or provinces. ters. Long plain tables and hard benches lined the 1’robal)ly themost beautiful building of the room,and at one end was a dias from which the scoresto be seen here is King’s College Chapel, faculty table overlooked the rest. The masters only which we toured under the guidance of the Provost appeared at the evening meal, filing in majestically of King’s.Five hundred and t\vo years old (the througha door leading from their private lounge. Chapelwas erected by the college’s founder, King All thestudents stood to attention beside their Henry VI), this edificeis a masterpiece of Gothic places till the head master muttered a Latin grace. andTudor design. The lovelystained glass win- I was really amazed at the difference in fare of do~vs, a giftof King Henry VIII, have mostly been theundergrads and the faculty. On my last night removed for safekeeping, but even now the beauty at Downing I was invited to eat on the dias with of the placeinside is breath-taking. the high and mighty. After a week of being one of AIy “home”was Downing College,one of the thehoys on theground floor, theexperience was illfants of the Catnl,ridge family, as it was fountled trulyrevealing. Indeed, the gap between teacher, comparatively recently”n 1807. My room, situated and student in almost every instance was peculiar 011 the grom~d floor of astone dormitory opening to one used to the more dernocratic associations of ontothe college square, \vas apparentlythe study a Canadiancampus. of someformer student. Two sides of thelarge I made several acquaintances among undergrad- chamberwere lined withfull Ilookshelves, a fire- uates durnig my visit. Two were final year medical I)lace occupied the third. and great plate glass lvin- students \Tho shared quarters in the same huilding tlo\vs atlmitted ample light in daytime, but at night as myself. One day they invited me to tea in their the room was very inadequately lit by a small elec- room and we got into a whale of an argument on tric 11~1111 in the centre of the ceiling. The furniture co-education.Although now CamlIridgeand Ox- consisted of a huge iron I,etl, a roll-top desk of an- ford both have women’s colleges, there is little deal- cientvintage and two large old-fashioned chairs. ing between them and the centuries’ old men’s col- ‘l‘he nearestbathroom facilities were in the next leges. We comparedtheir system with our own, huiltling, one story up. For some unexplainal~le rea- antlcame to the conclusion we could each profit son the room had an eerie atmosphere, and frankly from one another, even though OUR experience has did not strike me as very cosy quarters for an un- heen so short. dergraduate. Anothernew friend was a young engineering Ourprogram at Caml)ridge consisted of con- student who was leaving to join the R.A.P. at the cluctetl tours of the various colleges and several spe- end of theterm. I rememberone evening we de- cial lectures given by Head Masters and Fello\vs on cided togo for a midnight swim. The night was a \vide range of subjects,The tradition of ages cloudless and the stars reflected from the river like hung heavy as we passed through halls familiar to phosphorescentgoldfish. Overhead, the bombers Wordsworth in St. John’s, Byron at Trinity, Coller- circlefor height, then set course for another raid idge at Christ’s, or Cromxvell at King’s. on Hamburg.It was the last week inJuly-the Urehad ample free time to Ivander about the weekthat German port was razedto the ground. tonmand fraternize with the students. It was ex- My friendand I climbedthe back fence into the tremelyhot that Iveek antl severaltimes I accom- college grounds that night, as he should have been ]);tnietl someDowning undergratls to the bathing in by 11 p.m. We wentto his roomand made tea Iwach on the river. Yes. although it was the entl of and talked about war. July there\\ere students at Cambridge. Even in He was impatient and restless antl could hardly peacetime, they don’t have the five months’ summer wait for the college term to entl so he could learn vacationcommon in Canadian and American uni- to fly. I rememberedhow Ifelt those last two versities,hut for the past six years, classes have years at U.B.C. But then I only read in newspapers beenalmost continuous the year round. Classes, and heard on the radio what these British lads were that is, for students who are allowed by the govern- seeingfirst-hand. Thousands of milesaway on mentto contipue their undergraduate studies. PointGrey it washard enough to concentrate on

24 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE academicstudies. Here in Cambridge,untlergraclu- WATCH FOR THE PRODUCTION OF “CLAUDIA” EARLY IN MAY ates studied to the tune of bombers taking off from ,, thesurrounding fields,mingled in thetown with 1he l’layers’ Club Alumni are presenting this airmen just back from operational sorties, and some- witty comedy, the well-known human story by I~ose ~ timesspent nights in sheltersinstead of labs. Franken.It willbe well remembered by readers I Nevertheless- they carried on antl their instruc- of “Redhook.” The Players’Club Alutnui guar- tors carried on; holding high the torch of learning, antee a good evening’s entertainment with a spleu- as it were, inside those austere halls. ,411~1although did cast in this popular play. Mrs. E. A. Wootlwartl some of thegreatest brains in thecountry were is theproducer. I~lizaheth Jackson is Claudia antl turned tolvards inventing and researching for war. Bill Buckingham is David. Theother parts are others were keeping alive the ancient arts of peace. taken Ily hJiltlretl Caple.Doris Uuckinghatn, Jack One day, during a lecture frcim one of those mas- Sash,Lacey 1;isher andLorraine Johnston. ters who make Cambridgethe institution it is, I “Claudia” \vi11 be presentedat the University Theatre.Tickets at $1.00 antl 75c areol)tainal)lc 1 tnademy first, antl probably last, attempt at poetry. It was inspired by listening to the Provost of King’s fromthe A\lunlni Associationlcar Editor : rls in the halls the white-haired Provost I a111 enclosing my checlue for $3.00 to cover lu!. ,,Expounds to warriors from beyond the sea .\lumni fee ;tud AlumniChronicle sul)scription. 1 he poems of ancient Homer. Here is a news itemthat should be of interest =\nd as the Catnhridge sage re\.ives ;tgain to some. Those tales of Grecian splendor, Marguerite(Rita) McDonaltl of Arts ’25. is a The parallel of men’s thoughts and dw(1s- sergeant in the United States \V.,\.C.’s Il‘henlast -4way from home, what’ere their titne- heardfrom she was in Eugland. Most of Rita’s Ts emphasizedon youths far from their native time since graduation has been spent a.s a 1,iI)r:tri:tIl shores. in theUnited States. :\nd Ajax ;tnd .lchilles live totlay \-ourssincerely, 111 those who long for Canatla and IIOIIIC.. mrusmmt ;\rcccLI,ocx. *Pronouncetl “Keyes.” (RlRS. JOHS hlcCULLOCI I) ‘2.5.

THE UNIVERSITY AND in Dairying; I’hil T:itzjanlc*s, thosebenefits that are expected PENICILLIN (;ratluate in Dairying; John Ro1)- I)y the public. Not generally enough kno\vn is il!son, Graduate in Dairying. \:rite to us andgive 11s your the factthat the University of The CHRONICLE -\voultl I)c ideas. BritishColumbia has produced pleased to receive nelvs of othcr Pay your fees. many hundreds of rratluates who gratlu;ttes engaged in research. Support your illumni .\ssocin- havegone far in the field of re- tion. search.These people usually do THE .UNIVERSITY BELONGS C. E. TED B;\YNI

APRIL,1945 25 ”February sa“ theannual Mu- sicalSociety production. Gilbert and Sullivan’s“Gondoliers” held sway . . . the Jazz Society held a Along the Mall recordsession . . . student elec- tions were in progress . . . the I,. S.E. presented a prominent violin- ist as a ‘‘pass” feature . . . the EDITOR’S NOTE Spokane . . . a blood donor drive Junior-SeniorClass party was opened on the campus and 45 en- held at the Commodore . . . Third To provethat University da.y.5 gineersmade a groupdonation YearApplied Science was the don’tchange too greatly with the . . . Mary Ann still went shopping. firstclass to go overthe top in pmsitlg years,the CHRONICLE the Blood Donor drive . . . Presi- presents some mtes on current un- December saw Examinations dentMacKenzie spoke tothe In- I dergraduate activities. . . , thePhrateres organized ternationalRelations Club on Christmas cheer for nursery child- post-Ivarproblems . . . Interna- ::. ::. ::. ren . . . Sixteenco-eds started to tionalStudent Service week was trainfor the Red Cross Chorus held xvith anobjective of $3000 . . . Editor John Tom Scott of the November sa\\’ Xavy Week 011 . . . theannual Pub-Council bas- ’ thecampus under the energetic Ullyssey represented the Univer- ketlmll fiasco was held . . . the L. chairmanship of JuniorMember .sity atthe Canadian University S.E. formed the University Sym- .\llanAinsjvorth. Purpose was Press Conference in Montreal . . . phonicClub. VarsityThunderbirds hooped toraise funds for the Navy and Marchsaw the annual Com- 1Tet-chant Marine Funds . . . the theirway to victory over the J\-estern JVashington Vikings. merce Banquet and Senator J. W. L.l,\.ssey headlined“LIud-Sling- deB. Farris was the speaker . . . ing HighlightsArts-Science De- January saw exam results Lvith the Players’ Club presented “The Ilate” . . . Dean Daniel Buchanan the usual repercussions . . . Dr. Taming of theShrew” . . . the represented U.B.C. at the Pacific (korge M. Weiraddressed the Mock Parliamentwas held . . . Sorth-WestConference on Arts 1”arliamentary Forum . . . the Red musicalactivities at the univer- ;tl~tI Sciences . . . a I:all Ball \vas Cross Uall ;vas a big success . . . sity\yere co-ordinated under a organized antl blissPeggy Holt open meetings of the A.M.S. tlis- governingcouncil . . . theCoed \\.as cronmetl Queen . . . the Dis- cussedchanges in theStudents’ gave the girls a chance . . . mem- ciplineComimttee levied $5 fines Council set-up and Dr. Mackenzie bers of theC.O.T.C. held a pro- 011 tlvo students for using the fire \vas the firstU.B.C. president to test meeting against being- arbit- hose in anundergraduate feud attend an A.M.S. meeting . . . the rarilyforced to assign their pay . . . theVarsity track team took fraternitiesand sororities enter- . a U.B.C. branch of the Cana- s;c.contl place in the Pacific Coast tained Dr. antl Mrs. Mackenzie at . . Cross Country Championships at tlinner. dianLegion was formed . . . a three-day .4r111~ Show was held to raise funds for wounded veter- ans . . . antl so it goes.

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26 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE EDITOR’S NOTE The recent gifts to the University by Mr. H. K. McMillan sbm a mostwelcome support to theUni- versity. We haveasked Mr. MC- i 1325 \\.’est 12th Ave.. technical sales, and at present the .2.lrillaw tocantributz his views on lTanouver,T3. C.. titlethe Company gives me is higher educatiolz in afuture issue. P‘e1)ruax-y 17, 1945. **I;r~elantl LuljricantEngineer” In themeantime we prid a short I )ear Sir : and“Aviation Specialist.” letter from him. Tust sa\v myname in print in I mustmention that in 1942 T March 8. 1945. I jvrote my thesis which gave me a ]>ear Sir: ~ issuelastthe of esteemedour “Chronicle.” ant1 amsomewhat licence to practise as a member (of I have your letter of i\’Iarch 7th. perplexed again-as I havebeen theAkx)ciation of Professional Ihave no timeto \\rite an ar- , t \\henmentioned ontwo other oc- 1:ngineers. Thesubject of my ticlefor delivery toyou hefore casions. thesis was “IndustrialLubricn- March15th. as I shall he out of .As a graduate I valuethe tionantl Lubricants” - readit the office almost all the time prior ~ “Chronicle” hecause of its sincere some time! As a matter of record, tothat date. antl informative material ! also its it is being used as a text at U.B.C. \d’ithout detracting from any of g-ossip on all the other graduates in one of the Chemical Engineer- itsother important functions, I -\\-here they are, what they are ing classes-check this with Iloc \voultl like tosee the University tloing. etc. I also like toknow Sayer. 1)uiltl LI~asound centre for the that such gossip is true antl not I marrietlthe girl of my heart stutlyantl teaching of thebest misrepresented in any \yay. I-Ion- ill 1930. You knewher as an 1111- method of increasing the produc- c\.er. judging from my OM’H exper- tlerg-ratluate of theclass of ’31, tivity and making the hest use of ience. there’s sotuetirnes room for 1)y the nanle ol Mal)el L. McDon- suchgreat natural resources as tlou1)ts on this score-xvhich leads ald. She \vas an honourstudent. forests. fish antl agriculture. me to say. “\\‘hen you \\-antthe thentook a post-gradcourse in BritishColumhia cannot take dope on a horse,get it from the I‘tlucation, and has been the prin- her part in maintaining population horse’s mouth !” cillal partner in our nlaritalcor- in Canada until her resources are 1 graduated, as you know, in 1)oraticm of :Mabel and Ern.e managed on a basis of perman- ChemicalEngineering. Class of c”clrk\\ . e 11.’’ So! we haven’t any ence antl increasing productivity. 1933. ant1 hecausepetroleum had children-just a springer spaniel. Teaching the 1)opulation to ac- heen the suhject of my graduating \\-e hought a waterfrontlot in complishthis objective consti- thesis. it follo\ved quite naturally \\‘hytecliff last year, and hope to tutes a long-termprogramme. of thatI approached the Home Oil 1,uiltl ourdream house Tvhen the Ivhich theUniversity should be Co. Lttl. for a joh. Duncan Fraser, jvaris over antl materials again the inspiration antl vocal point. a graduate of ’23, thensuperin- 1,ecomr: available. \?-ishing you every success with tend of their refinery, took me in, Yours very truly, ?-our puhlication, and gave me a jobon the bull 1;. K. CARSWELI,. Yours sincerely. gang. Evidently I swung the bull H. R. LlcMILL,.4N, satisfactorily enough, because af- Prcsident. tersix months. T was takeninto Svcretar~-. ;\lumni Association : closerconfidence andstarted ;\s I kno~v that the AlutnniAs- No. 8 C.M.U.. \\,orkinx- in theTest and Engin- sociationis anxious ‘to keep thc Tufts Cove. N.S. cering-1al)oratory Ivith A4rt Rees. ”(;ratluate liecord’ ’antl your mail- Fell. 24, 1945. gratluate of ‘28. thentheir chief ing lists correct antl up to date, I [)ear Airs. Gross: chemist. Testing petroleum prod- \voultl like to inform you that my Lluch to my surprise, for I had ucts for refinery control. tnanufac- ntltlres:; is no\v changed to: no idea that my Ivhereabouts were turingne\\- petroleum products. Lieut. (17) D. I<. Bannerman. linoum. T recently received a copy and designing new refinery equip- II.c.N.\~.K.. of theJanuary issue of the ment was myexperience \\it11 4633 lT7est Third Avenue. “Chronicle.” Tt was certainly Home Oil for three years. l‘ancouver, B. C. grand to get a “breath” of U.B.C. Tanuary1. 1936, T joinedthe ’l‘el. : ALma 1656. oncemore. and since I am back StandardOil Co. of B. C. Ltd. I \voultl like to take this oppor- in Canada again, \vould like to re- \vho hat1 just built 3 new refinery tunityto sxy thatmy copiesof ceivethe “Chronicle” each issue. in l3urnal)y. antl \\erereatly to the U.E.C. “GraduateChronicle” Tt is also high time I took out start refining petroleum products have been forwarded to me regc- a life membershipin the Alumni in Canatla forthe first time. As 1;lrIy and I always look forward to Association, so would youmind plantforeman. it was I who lit themeach month. In these days letting me know what the cost is b theinitial fires in thefurnace. and \\.henthe Alumni are so xvitlely antl also what a lifemem1)ership madethe first gallon of gasoline scattered antl movingaround s:~ for the “Chronicle” will be. Might antl other compenent products in much, it is certainly nice to have as wellclean it all up at once. our ne\v toppingplant. some meansthrough which we Haverun into a few U.B.C. .After t\vo years of plant opera- cankeep in touch with the Uni- (:radsin my travels, and in case tion ant1 control. I \vas transferred \.ersity antl also toread of the vou don’tknow. Mark Colins is tothe Company’s sales tlepart- \\,hereal,outs of other graduates. a F/O doing patrol work off the ment (1)ack on the hull gang, says Yours truly, East Coast. Doug Cox is a F/O YOU !). from which I graduated to Donald K. Bannerman. and the last I saw of him he was

APRIL,1945 27 att;tchcdto the II.C.A.1:.‘1‘r;ms- C‘oast, a11d I

* NOTES from HERE and THERE * ‘l‘hc UniversityStudents’ Council has been Miss Mary IGdd, 13.A. ’41, is now with the Navy, changed in composition from nine members to elcv- Army and Air Force Institute in New York. en. ,\1he two new members are a sophomore antl a *** co-ordinator of social activities. Dr.Walter M. Barss. ’37, hasbeen chosen by *** theNational Research Council to be in charge of hliss Mary (.>allacher, 1i.S..of LTanoouver,a for- the new electron microscope in the Otta\va la1)ora- tner 1)re med.student at the University, recently tories. *** broke traditionat the University of Queens when shc \vas electedby an overn-helming vote as the 1:ormer U.B.C. students graduating from Queens first\\wman ever to sit on themedical court. in medicine include: Albert Mi. Perry, Kenneth C. Boyce, M. AlbertMenzies and Robert Edward *** Simpson.Graduates in Medicinefrom Toronto in- Major 13. MorrisWilson. ’31. senioreducation clude : PeterBell-Irving, Victor J. F‘reeman, Alan aclt.isor forreinforcement units overseas ,has been J. Kergin and William K. Lindsay. I)romotetl to Lieutenant Colonel. *** *** BrigadierSherwootl Lett, D.S.O., M.C., I<.D., ” ,, I wo ne\v Imrsariesare to be ofleretlthis Sep- has retired from the army and resumed law practice in Vancouver. He has been 32 yearsa soldier. He ’ teml)eratthe University. :2 $100 annualbursary has been put up by the Provincial Council and Cana- vas wounded at Dieppe and later in Normandy. E dian Daughters’League. A $50 homeeconomics Brig.Lett was the first President of theAlma bursary has been set up hy Gamma Phi Sorority. MaterSociety and was Rhodes Scholar for 1916. Scveral other new prizes have been given. He has studied at Oxford antl other European uni- *** versities. *** TheAlumni Association’s Bursary Fund is in F/O R. A. Lamont, ’40, hasbeen promoted to need of supportfrom r2lumni. Anycontributions Flight Lieutenant after 35 operationalflights over sent will becomepart of thepermanent fund. Germany.

28 THEGRADUATE CHRONICLE : U. B. C. Scientists and the War

For the firsttime the closely guarded secret of The record is an exceptionally fine one and only I;.U.C.'s contribution in science tothe .war effort A' a small part of the story has been told here. When can be revealed. Ithas heensuch a closely kept the whole is re\.ealetl the proper credit can be given secret that even members of the faculty who lvere t to those \vhI) ha\-e clone so much for their country. notactually concerned in thework were not wel- come.About fifteen or twenty students and six professorswere engaged in the xvork antlall \\.ere under oath of secrecy before commencing the untler- BEST WISHES taking. TO THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF The \vorkhas been going on since 1939. It in- THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA cluded the production of two new explosives. These were developed at the University and one is already Compliments of in commercialproduction in llasternCanada. The \vorkarose out of the request of the National Re- searchCouncil that the universities of Canada KER & KER LTD. should help with specific problen1s. These pro1,lerns REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE \\.ere largely those arising out of actual hattle con- ditions.The Chemistry Department at the Uni- 475 Howe Street PAcific 3241 versity, under Dr. 12. 1-1. CIarIC, set to \vorI< on the field of explosives. One of the most important of the fields vxploretl \vas that of obtaining flashlesspropellants for roc- kets. 'I'\vo entirelyne\v propellants nere prepared in the University's lahoratories. 'l'hey were tlesignetl for use in jet-propelled aircraft antl in rocket 1~otnl)s. TheBritish Colt1ml)ia scientistsalso \\orketl to- \v:\rtls perfecting kno\v11 propellants. Other U.U.C. research people concentrated their energies on war gases. Methods of detection of these gaseswas investlgatetl \vith good results. A study \vas made of the effect of certain Allietl \var gases now known to the military authorities. 111 Septem1,er of last year most oi the work on explosives was finished antl the University receivetl glowing commendation from the National Iiescarch Council forthe results achieved. Now the same people who were engaptl in the research indicated above are putting their energies to\vartls more peaceful objectives. They are explor- ingthe secrets of suchthings as compregnatetl wood, foam glass, ant1 plastics. They may welllay Manufacturers of "MAJOR" thefountlations for ne\\: intl11stries withinthe Brand Aluminum Products 1)rovince. Aircraft and Industrial Aluminum U.1-3.C. graduates have also Iwen active in tnin- Castings inw. One of them, a geologist, tliscoveretl a mercury h mine atPinchi Lake. This mine is no\v coutrihu- tingmuch to the war effort. University engineers A1 ALUMINUM FOUNDRY LTD. were the first to introduce a new method of location FAirmont 0327 - 0328 scheelite, from \vhich cames the very valuaI)le metal WESTSECOND AVENUEVANCOUVER, E. C. trln~sten.

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.. . . A Message to All Alumni Concerning Frederick W. Bogardus, ’33, has been promoted to Acting Lieutenant Conlmantler, K.C.N.V.IC. the ConvocationDinner *** Once again it is my pleasure. on Ilehalf of Con- vocatiollI’:xecuti\.e. toinvite all Xleml)ers of Con- Nt. 1,t. 1)onaltl S. AlcTavish. I<.:\, ‘34, hxs Iwen vocation to he present at the Annual Banquet. which I)rotnote(l to Squa(lron 1,eatler. is to I)e held this year at the Hotel Vancouver, (JII *** ,,I hurstla),. May loth, at 7.15 p.m. .After alnlost five years’service \vith the 1C.C.X. In order to pro\.itle a more interesting evening, E‘., Flt. 1,t. L\7. 1-1. I:irmingham, I%,:\. ’33, has been the meeting \vi11 be streamlined Ivith practically all put on thereserve list and \vi11 conduct ;L general . , toastsand after-dinner eulogies being eliminated. architecturalpractice in Vancouver. 1(I ‘I’his \vi11 enahle you to give undivided attention to the tlrlicacies of the table. Ivhich can be gently cligestetlIvith theIml-mots of theSpeaker of the c\,r~~ing.\\.ho \vi1 tleliver an interesting address. The :llumniAssociation is sponsoring a (lance Ivhich \vi11 be heldin the I3allroom immediately after the I3ancluet. Tickets for the Banquet or Ihnce BRITISH can I)e ohtainetl at the Banquet Hall door prior to Ill? 1klnq“et. I:ICl

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