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UNIVERSITY NEWS BULLETIN Volume 22 Number 16 78 04 20 Spring celebration at Arboretum J.C. Taylor Nature Centre to open

The sap buckets are put away and the maple syrup evaporator has been retired for the season. The J.C. Taylor Nature Centre will soon be the focus of yet another spring cele- bration: its grand opening. The Honourable Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the University, will officiate at the opening ceremonies Saturday, 78 04 29. Appropriately, the open- ing at 14:30 will proceed outside, amid the natural spring beauty of the Victoria Woods section of the Arboretum. The J.C. Taylor Nature Centre, a small and Steam curls from the unimposing bungalow, provides classroom and J.C. Taylor Nature display area for the active environmental Centre during sugaring- education program at the Arboretum. off recently. The build- Natural materials help achieve a rustic charm ing will be officially and simplicity which focus attention on the opened 78 04 29. surroundings and displays rather than on the building itself. Square, London and Government House, most famous sons, is a tribute from the Uni- A distinctive steep roof will later be fitted Ottawa. versity to the City on its 150th birthday. with solar collectors and the building heated The Nature Centre was named in honor of with solar energy. Part of the basement will The John McCrae Nature Trail will also be the late Professor J.C. (Jimmy) Taylor who was become a reservoir for heat storage when this dedicated during the ceremonies. This trail on the faculty in the Department of Horticultur- solar heating is installed. links the two existing loop trail systems in al Science for 37 years and retired in 1973. During the opening ceremonies, an English Victoria Woods and Wildgoose Woods. The Prof. Taylor was a well known and respected oak tree, Quercus robur, will be planted to new trail passes by the Nature Centre, dips horticulturalist and naturalist who was commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen through the gravel pit rehabilitation area, active in the early planning of the Arboretum. Elizabeth. The modest 2.5 meter specimen through some majestic mature evergreens, As a member of the Guelph and Provincial was lifted (officially) from the grounds of along a century-old fence row, through a Windsor Castle and arrived in Guelph via the demonstration forest and past Wildgoose Horticultural Societies, he was concerned High Commissioner's office on Trafalgar Pond. The trail, named for one of Guelph's about nature education. The Centre that now bears his name will further his life-long interest in nature appreciation. Arboretum naturalist Alan Watson has planned a busy season of activities, from the maple syrup demonstration to an evening devoted to "slimy songsters." More than 1,800 children and adults from the Univer- sity community and the Guelph area visited the J.C. Taylor Nature Centre during the maple syrup demonstration. The wood-fired evaporator never ceased to fascinate the visit- ors and most of them trouped through the woods to help collect the sap. Their reward for helping was maple syrup, of course. After the opening ceremonies, perhaps the visitors will stroll along the nature trails to breathe in the sweet smells of spring, hear the A spring bird is spotted by quiet rustle of the trees and see some of the a family of hikers in the shy, wild creatures that make the Arboretum N Wildgoose Woods. such a fascinating place throughout the year. ❑ Electron microscopy art The Sweeny and Acland combination

What happens when a scientist dabbling in art teaches a course with an artist dabbling in science? Something both wonderfully excit- ing and uniquely stimulating occurs. Why, then, has such a course only been offered once, and why did two Canadian instructors have to go to North Carolina to give it? The course called "electron microscopy art" was designed to complement and utilize the ideas and talents of microbiology professor Phil Sweeny and Elora artist Laurence Acland. The lengthy discourses of these friends over science-art relationships were well-known to former botany and gene- tics professor Michael Torez, who recently went to Lawrenburg, North Carolina, to join the faculty of St. Andrews Presbyterian Col- lege. Prof. Sweeny, with a unique art collection. Prof. Torez, asked by the College to design a new course, promptly seized the opportunity to introduce "electron micros- copy art" — and the Sweeny and Acland com- Russian interest high in soybean program bination — to St. Andrews. Soviet interest in the soybean crop is soaring, The purpose of the four-month course was says Ukrainian visiting professor V. Ivanovich to take scientific images from Prof. Sweeny's Sichkar. The crop's value as a high protein electron microscopy work (he conducts feed for livestock and poultry was recognized research on muscular dystrophy), and convert by the USSR several years ago, but the them to an art form. Enrolment in the present one million ha of soybean planted in course was restricted to the 10 best science eastern Soviet Russia no longer suffice. The students and the 10 best art students. For intention now is to increase both the acreage three weeks they attended sessions given by Prof. Sweeny on the use of the electron mi- of land under cultivation, and the quality of varieties sown. croscope and the production of electron The Ukraine, already the USSR's primary photomicrographs, as well as photo engraving wheat-producing republic, is one of the key and printing classes held by Mr. Acland. areas in the new soybean program. Prof. Prof. Torez and art instructor Ann Woodson Sichkar is a research scientist of the Kirovo- took over the teaching of the course when grad Experimental Research Station, where Prof. Sweeny and Mr. Acland returned to breeding experiments and selection Ontario. At the end of the course, each techniques are aimed at producing high- student was responsible for submitting two yielding varieties of soybeans which are prints, which were then hung in a campus adapted to a short growing season. "There are now 50,000 ha of soybeans growing in art exhibit. Prof. Sichkar. the Ukraine," says Prof. Sichkar. "The plant "It was the first time such a thing had ever has great potential there." Prof. Beversdorf also emphasizes that this been attempted," says Prof. Sweeny, "and the Prof. Sichkar arrived in Canada in early program will benefit both countries. Canada results were really gratifying. Science students February to work with the Department of has had access to more germ plasm and has discovered an interest in art that they never Crop Science professor W.D. Beversdorf for been breeding soybeans for a longer period of suspected they had, while art students were 10 months on a co-operative breeding program time, so there are many good varieties here. genuinely attracted to the scientific con- at the University. The climate of southern This is particularly true in Ontario, which cepts." Ontario is comparable to that of the Ukraine, has higher soybean yields than any other Will a course like "electron microscopy although the latter tends to be drier in the province or state in North America, he says. art" ever come to the University of Guelph? spring and summer and has a longer growing "Many of the Canadian varieties grow well "It would be next to impossible to teach season. in the USSR, which is not surprising since the this kind of a course on a large campus," says "I brought Ukrainian lines with me," says North American germ plasm was originally Prof. Sweeney. Prof. Sichkar, "which we will cross with introduced from Asia. It has been worked "Facilities, such as a dark room, electron University soybean lines. When we collect the over very extensively, however, so it is very microscope, and printing press are used by seeds, half of them will be grown for selection beneficial to have access to the new germ too many people. On a small campus, there is in the Ukraine and half of them here. Then plasm which Prof. Sichkar has provided us an educational potential which will never be we will maintain an exchange of information with. Hopefully, we will be able to increase realized by larger universities and colleges," which will enable each country to select the the soybean yields of each country by he says. ❑ lines which are best suited to its climate." combining our efforts," says Prof. Beversdorf. ❑ 2 Narratives of the Studies control of white wheat damage New Testament An 'insolvable' problem may be solvable, after all. Ontario wheat growers have tradi- Drawings from an extensive collection of the tionally suffered heavy financial losses as a E.B. Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento, result of pre-harvest sprouting damage result- California concentrating on narratives of the ing from rain, but ongoing international New Testament, specifically from the life of research is pointing to a solution. Christ, are now on display in McLaughlin Recent studies by a visiting professor in Library. The exhibit "New Testament the Department of Crop Science, Professor Narratives in Master Drawings," continues to N.F. Derera, and others,have been aimed at Thursday, 78 04 27. finding a source of resistance to pre-harvest Forty drawings by master artists of six sprouting damage which can be utilized European countries are represented, spanning under Australian conditions. The northern a period from the late 15th through the 19th wheat belt of Australia is in a predominantly century. The result is an exhibition which summer rainfall area, and thus pre-harvest illustrates the wide-ranging character, author- sprouting damage is a frequent occurrence. ship, provenance and media of the Crocker Although Australia traditionally produces Collection. only white wheats, a deliberate attempt to Australian visiting professor, N.F. Derea, The exhibition is circulated by the Western find tolerance to sprouting damage in white checks the results of white wheat breeding Association of Art Museums and is co- experiments with Professor L.A. Hunt in the grained wheats was not made prior to 1973. sponsored by the Department of Art at the growth room of the Crop Science building. Previously it was assumed that effective University of California at Davis, and the E.B. protection could only be found among red the University of Sydney and head of that Crocker. Art Gallery of Sacramento. For further information, contact Heather grained cultivars. university's wheat research centre at ❑ The recent work on the white wheats has Narrabri, accepted Prof. Hunt's proposal and Hatch, Ext. 3158. been very successful. It is now known that arrived at Guelph in early March. several hereditary characters, one of which is "During the five months which I will seed coat imposed dormancy, may (depend- spend at this University, I hope to learn more ing upon the environmental conditions) about sprouting physiology, in addition to Assistant Librarian for Staffing and Services. Appli- protect the plant from sprouting damage. initiating the control program," says Prof. cations should be addressed to Mrs. M. Beckman, Laboratory back-crossing methods have Derera. He brought with him from Australia Chairman, Search Committee for Assistant Librarian, successfully introduced these characters all of the technology and much of the germ University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, into previously susceptible white wheat plasm which will be needed to set up the N1G 2W1. varieties, and it is expected that Australia breeding program here. Grounds Machinery Operator, Grounds Department. will eventually be sowing white wheat "Guelph is benefitting from previous Job rate $5.62. Probation rate $.20 per hour lower than job rate. resistant to pre-harvest sprouting damage. research and technology developed internation- Custodian 2, Housekeeping. Job rate $4.89. Department of Crop Science professor ally," says Prof. Hunt, "but will be one of Probation rate $.20 per hour lower than job rate. L.A. Hunt was eager to have Prof. Derera the first areas to implement the findings. Technician, Grant Position, Biomedical Sciences. spend his sabbatical time at this University, The fundamental work achieved to date, MTS 3. Salary range $178.42 - $249.13. initiating a similar program and developing which has sorted out the components of Stationary Engineer, Central Utilities. Starting rate facilities for infusing resistance through sprouting, will be brought to a focus to $7.01. Two month job rate $7.76. breeding and selecting for resistant varieties. handle this problem which Canadian farmers Library Assistant, Circulation, Library. Salary Prof. Derera, director of wheat breeding at have. "0 grade 002. Salary range $124.25 - $161.42.

CHOIR ON TOUR — The University of Guelph making in environmental and social matters. The novice to advanced courses for orienteering competi- Choir is presenting the first concert of its first tour of conference proceedings are edited transcripts of the tion. Registration is from 11:00 to 13:00 at the site, northern Ontario at Elliot Lake Secondary School, six formal presentations made at the meetings and just one-half mile south of the Arkell Research Thursday, 78 04 20. Fifty Choir members under the provide a range of viewpoints on public participation Station on Victoria Road. direction of Fred Stoltzfus will also give concerts at and government in Ontario. For further information, Central United Church, Sault Ste. Marie, 78 04 21; contact Dennis Kuch at G-OPIRG, 824-2091. CANCER MONTH — The Canadian Cancer Church of the Epiphany, Sudbury, 78 04 23; First Society, Wellington County Unit, has been canvassing United Church, Timmins, 78 04 24; Englehart High HOLIDAYS — The University of Guelph will door-to-door during April. If you were missed, you School, 78 04 25 and Pro-Cathedral of the Assump- observe the following public holidays this year: may make your donation to Allyson Trimble, front tion, North Bay, 78 04 26. Victoria Day, Monday, 78 05 22; in lieu of Dominion desk, Department of Information, level 4, University Ruth Heidmann-Stoltzfus, piano accompanist, and Day, Friday, 78 06 30; Civic Holiday, Monday, Centre. Ms. Trimble will provide an official receipt. Denise Turcotte-Hawkins, organist, are with the 78 08 07; Labor Day, Monday, 78 09 04 and The County goal for this year is $90,000. Choir. Choir members will also present choral work- Thanksgiving, Monday, 78 10 09. Holidays for the shops for the secondary schools. Christmas period will be announced at a later date by Personnel. DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED — The Prime Minister of India has acknowledged the receipt NEW PUBLICATION — The proceedings of the BIRTHRIGHT — A seminar and discussion on the of $1,000 collected last semester by the India November, 1977, conference on public participation nature and purposes of the organization called Students Association of the University of Guelph. in environmental assessment, "People and Environment," "Birthright" will be held in Room 335 of the Uni- The money will provide relief in the cyclone devas- are now available as a joint publication of the Guelph versity Centre, Thursday, 78 05 18, at 20:00. For tated areas of India's Andhra Pradesh/ Tamil Nadu Ontario Public Interest Research Group (G-OPIRG) further information contact Pat McCarthy, 821-3126. and the University Centre for Resources Development. regions. Bringing together people from various public ORIENTEERING — The Guelph Gators interest backgrounds, the conference served as a Orienteering Club invites everyone to attend its VOLUNTEER — The Guelph YM-YWCA needs forum for the exchange of ideas about and experiences annual spring meet on Sunday, 78 04 23. The club a volunteer preschool program assistant. Call Marie with public involvement in governmental decision- will provide instruction for beginners and will have Smith at the "Y", 824-5150.

3 Splashing success for rowing team

Guelph Lake is more than a means of flood regulation, a local swimming hole or a good picnic site. Professor Douglas Auld, Econom- ics, who rowed as a student at the University of Western Ontario, was quick to appreciate its potential and, shortly after the lake was created in the summer of 1976, helped organize the Guelph Rowing Club. He is now the president of the club.

Since then the club has had some splashing successes. It was directly responsible for bringing the rowing, canoeing and kayak por- tion of the Ontario Summer Games to Guelph in 1977, when Kitchener hosted the games. Because of a lack of facilities in Kitchener, these events were going to be cancelled until the club intervened. In the autumn of 1977, the Senior Varsity Gryphons, the University's rowing team comprised of members from the Rowing Club had an astounding victory when they won the Ontario University Athletic Association's championship in their first year of competition. Guelph's rowing team: Left to right, Jerry Wilson, Tim Storm, Tim Britton-Foster, Jim Marino, Guelph Lake is considered by experts to Mel LaForme, Jack Wilhelm, Rick Wismer, Rick Trapp, Bill Shenck and coach Derk Guidney. be one of the finest rowing places in Ontario. "The main objective of the club is not to mental training." At present the organization Already it has helped attract students to this win," says the professor. "It is to interest has club rowing, which includes members University who are seriously interested in young people, usually under 30 years of age, from all walks of life, and, in the fall, the rowing, says Prof. Auld. in the best all-round sport for physical and University rowing team. ❑ The changing collective identity of Francophones

The rise of the Quebecois nation-community that, while previously all Francophones in English. When one talks about Quebecois, has radically affected the collective sense of Canada belonged to the French-Canadian Franco-Ontarion and Franco-Manitobans, the identity of many French-Canadians. In nation, the Quebecois began to exclude from context is Francophones, and the structural Ontario, a Franco-Ontarion identity has their "we" the other Francophones in criteria which underlie group boundaries are emerged largely as a result, according to Pro- Canada. emphasized. The terms outline different fessor Danielle Juteau Lee, a sociologist from Although this rejection was central to the institutional spheres and refer to different the University of Ottawa who recently lec- emergence of the Franco-Ontarion collective territorial bases. tured on "The Emergence of Franco- identity, Prof. Lee noted that, in Ontario, According to the 1971 census, the popula- Ontarions" at the University. internal changes also played an important tion of French origin in Ontario was approx- This new collective identify is manifest in part. Here, Francophones also found that the imately 740,000, or 9.6 per cent of the total many ways, said Prof. Lee, citing examples cultural basis of their sense of identity was population. It is unevenly distributed within from speeches, songs, group organizations and being eroded by similar economic and social the province, with the highest concentrations a survey of individuals. changes. In addition, the isolation, which had in the Ottawa-Carlton area and some centres Prof. Lee stressed that the collective iden- helped the Francophone community maintain in the north and east. tity of Francophones, both in Quebec and a sense of identity in a predominantly English- In considering the Franco-Ontarions' Ontario, changed because the boundaries by speaking province, was disappearing. In order chances for survival as an ethnic group, Prof. which they differentiated themselves from to maintain their identity, this minority group Lee said the election of the Parti Quebecois other groups altered. has also begun to emphasize structural factors has increased their bargaining power on a Formerly, she noted, French-Canadians in and is exerting pressure upon their provincial short-term basis. Also, the political elite of Quebec emphasized cultural factors, such as government for greater autonomy in schools, Ontario oppose separatism and have decided the French language, Catholic religion, and health service, and courts. For Franco- to consolidate the position of its Francophone rural way of life, as a basis for maintaining Ontarions, boundary maintenance now means minority by encouraging French-language boundaries and a sense of identity. However, broadening the institional completeness of schools and experimenting in bilingual courts. this cultural basis of identification was eroded their collectivity and increasing their control However, in Ontario there are other Franco- when industrialization and urbanization sec- over its internal functions. phones of European and African descent. ularized norms and values and modified the These changes are not unique, Prof. Lee Whether these groups will ever define them- rural life pattern. As a result, structural said. Ethnic groups do change over time by selves as Franco-Ontarion depends on the factors (the institutions within which culture various merging with other groups or dividing. ability of this ethnic group to mobilize is embodied) were emphasized as a basis of The French-Canadian nation is separating into resources and enlarge its boundaries as a means identity. In Quebec, boundary maintenance component parts, namely Quebecois, Franco- to attain its collective goals. came to mean controlling the internal func- Ontarions and Franco-Manitobans. When one The lecture was sponsored by the Depart- tioning of society. talks of French-Canadians now, the context is ment of Languages and the Office of the Sec- The basis and boundary of the collectivity Canada, the criteria emphasized are cultural retary of State Canadian Ethnic Studies in Quebec were therefore transformed, so and a distinction is made between French and Program. ❑ 4 Radio Gryphon Awareness seminar What better time than spring to cultivate an applies for FM licence awareness of the world in which we live? Awareness and environment, society, media Radio Gryphon, the University of Guelph of most university radio stations (usually run and politics will be topics of discussion Satur- community radio station CF RU which by the student council) at all." day, 78 05 06, when the Mac-FACS Alumni "doesn't fit the mold," is applying for an FM Funds for capital purchases come from the Association holds its 11th annual Awareness licence. estate of the late Frank Ryan, as a gift from Seminar. The present AM station is commercial, non- Mrs. Ryan in memory of her husband (who profit, and has a Carrier-Current Licence was a pioneer Canadian broadcaster and a Author and lecturer, Mrs. Phyllis which restricts transmissions to existing member of the University's inaugural Board Meiklejohn, will conduct the morning pro- power lines and the cable network in the City of Governors). Operating costs are met by gram on personal awareness while the after- of Guelph. CFRU-AM can be reached at 820 the University, students, advertising, and noon will be devoted to special interest AM or 105.7 Cable FM between 14:00 and membership fees paid by individuals gaining sessions on social awareness. 02:00. radio experience. Ten years of persistent endeavor are cul- An active member of the Ontario Educa- minating in the submission of an application There are five salaried members on the tion Association, Mrs. Meiklejohn is program for an FM licence, which proposes an FM Radio Gryphon staff and about 35 volunteers co-ordinator of family studies for the associa- station to replace the current AM and Cable who broadcast during the semester months. tion's annual convention as well as FM operation. If the application is success- In addition, some 30 individuals undergo a educational consultant to McClelland and ful, CFRU-FM could be on the air as early as one-semester training period, so they are Stewart Publishing House. She is author of May, 1979, and everyone within a five-mile ready to replace the volunteers as they leave. "The Family" and "People and Change." radius of campus will be able to receive it on There is a regular turnover rate which ensures a high level of enthusiasm in the stu- Discussion leaders for the afternoon pro- 93.3 FM. dio, and renders CFRU programming diverse gram include Professor Richard Vosburgh, Program content will not be greatly altered, and spirited. chairman of Consumer Studies; Mrs. Joan as the station has been growing towards the Donaldson, former editor and producer of FM style for several years now, but the schedule "CFRU is a University community radio both CBC and CTV public affairs programs will be more consistent from one semester to station," says Mr. McDiarmid. "All students, and documentaries; Guelph alderman Clara the next. faculty, staff and alumni of the University Marett, and Rabbi Bernard Baskin, "To function with the new licence we feel belong to the Radio Gryphon Society which of Anshe Scholom Temple in Hamilton. it is necessary to have some limited advertis- holds the AM licence. Each member of the ing," says station director Ian McDiarmid, Society has the opportunity to vote at the There is a $10 registration fee for the "but recent CRTC decisions ruled against a annual meeting, when new policies or Awareness Seminar which will be held in the commercial FM licence for CF RU, because concerns are discussed and new representatives Physical Sciences building. For more infor- they consider it to be a 'student' station. are elected to the University of Guelph Radio mation, contact the Alumni Office, level 4, In fact, Radio Gryphon does not fit the mold Board." ❑ University Centre, Ext. 2122. ❑

Where were you when Kennedy was assassinated?

When you heard that President Kennedy had Almost everyone in the second age group, the tendency to remember events of the been shot, do you remember where you were, 97.5 per cent, claimed nearly perfect recol- distant past is dependent on the meaningful- with whom and the time of day? Some sur- lection, and of these a full 100 per cent ness and relevance of the experience of the prising results turned up when Professor of the Americans said they could remember. individual. In the case of the assassination, Daniel Yarmey, Psychology, asked these and As might be expected, considerably fewer in frequent rehearsals of the event through the related questions to 182 Americans and 215 the youngest age group remembered, and here mass media have also helped to maintain Canadians twelve years after the event. the difference between Americans, 85 per clarity. Although it is the event, and not the Maurice Bull, a student at the University of cent, and Canadians, 66 per cent, was notable. individual's activities, which is rehearsed, the Tennessee, assisted in the survey. activities are remembered because they form For Prof. Yarmey this difference reflects the context or background for the event. the attention given by schools and family in An unexpectedly high percentage from Clearly President Kennedy's assassination was each country to an event that happened when both countries, 90 per cent for Americans and a significant event for people on both sides of the subjects were only six to 10 years old. Of 84 per cent for Canadians, claimed to remem- the border since their memory for contextual the senior citizens, only 50 per cent of the ber their activities when they heard of the activities remained strong 12 years later. Americans and 72 per cent of the Canadians shooting. Contrary to expectations, the num- remembered. This may be related to a general ber of Canadians claiming recollection did not Martin Luther King's assassination was decline in memory, and not specifically differ very greatly from the Americans. Prof. probably equally significant for the black related to the Kennedy assassination accord- Yarmey's study was concerned with investi- community, adds Prof. Yarmey. However, ing to Prof. Yarmey. gating the stated clarity of the subjects' for North Americans as a whole there is no recent comparable event to the Kennedy recollections and did not question accuracy. The subjects were also asked if they assassination. Prof. Yarmey speculates that remembered their activities one, four, and 24 individuals reacted similarly to Lincoln's The subjects, drawn from both sexes and hours prior to and following the critical event. assassination, but we have no way of knowing. various occupations, were divided into four For all, their memories were clearer closest arbitrary age categories: 18 to 22, 23 to 27, in time to the event and then dwindled con- 28 to 65, and 66 and over. Although males siderably. The survey, recently published as a paper, and females differed little in their replies, is part of a larger study by Prof. Yarmey on interesting differences occurred between age According to Prof. Yarmey, who special- the relationship between memory, cognition, groups. izes in the study of memory and cognition, and social situations. ❑ 5 International colloquium University Canada "Marcel Proust et la Nouvelle Critique" is Cultural Attaché for the Canadian Consulate the subject of an international colloquium in San Francisco, will speak on "The Com- York's brief to the Ontario Council on Uni- sponsored by the Department of Languages munication Problems of Creative Artists versity Affairs (OCUA) recommends a pro- to be held at the University Friday, 78 05 05, Viewed by Doubrovsky and Deleuze." After vincial education inquiry with special atten- to Sunday, 78 05 07. Literary scholars from a discussion period at 14:30, Jean Ricardou tion to the role of universities as they prepare France, the United States and Canada will of Paris, author, critic, and a leader of the for the changes expected in the mid-1980's read papers on different aspects of "La "Nouvelle Critique," will speak on "Proust: and onward to the year 2000. The brief will Nouvelle Critique" applied to Proust's De ('Expression a la Production" at 15:30. be presented 78 05 06 on the York campus. writings. The program has been co-ordinated The French Consulate invites all registrants * * * by Professor Irene Pages of the Department to a cocktail hour to be held at 17:30. This of Languages. Professors N. Johnson and K. will be followed by dinner, "Diner Balbec," University of Waterloo's board of governors Grimstad, Languages, and Mrs. Virginia Gray, at 19:00. Professor H.C. Clark, Vice-Presi- has approved a 2.5 per cent scale increase in Office of Continuing Education, are assisting dent, Academic and M.E. Wermester, Cultural professors' salaries. Some $635,000 was Prof. Pages with local arrangements. Attaché to the French Consulate in Toronto, slotted for faculty merit increases and that The official opening will be at 19:45 are expected to attend. will provide an average merit increase of Friday in Music Room 107 of the Arts build- On Saturday at 08:30, Professor Marc around 2.9 per cent. Salary increases for ing, where all the lectures will be given. At Hanrez of University of Wisconsin will discuss most non-union staff were also approved, 20:00, Professor E. Marantz of the University "Proust et Celine," followed by Professor with the average being about 5.4 per cent. of Manitoba will speak on "Topography of Joan Rosasco of Columbia University, who Effective 78 07 01, the minimum salary for Combray or The Inversion of the Sacred and will speak on "Le Texte et sa Doublure" at an assistant professor will be $17,485; asso- the Profane." At 20:30 a buffet, with a cash 09:00. At 09:30, Professor Jean Milly will ciate professor, $22,730, and full professor, bar, will be held in the reception room of speak on "Nouvelles Recherches Stylistiques $29,724. Johnston Hall. sur la Phrase de Proust." After a discussion On Saturday, at 09:00, Professor S. period at 10:00, Professor Emily Zantz of Sarkany of Carleton University will speak on Did science writer David Rorvik really Hawaii University will speak on "L'Individu- "Reception et Pragmatique des 'Plaisirs et les recruit the scientific talent required for the Nation: A Structural Analysis of 'A la Jours'." Professor M. Muller of the Univer- cloning of a U.S. millionaire? He claims so in Recherche du Temps Perdu'." sity of Michigan will speak at 09:30 on his forthcoming book "In His Image — The "Proust et Flaubert: Une Dimension I nter- A general discussion at 11:00, moderated Cloning of Man." But a University of New textuelle de 'La Recherche'." After a by Professor J. Erickson, University of Kansas, Brunswick molecular geneticist and professor discussion period at 10:00, Professor S. Dou- and Prof. Pages, followed by lunch, will con- of biology says probably not. Dr. Margarida brovsky of New York University, will speak clude the colloquium. Krause says the cloning is possible, but she at 11:00 on "Recit de la Metaphore, Meta- Except for those of Professors Marantz, doubts a scientific writer could recruit such a phore du Recit chez Proust." Speakers and Zants and Finn, the lectures will be delivered team and she does not really believe a team of registrants will gather for a lunch in the in the French-language. scientists would agree to do it without report- University Centre at 12:00. Because of grants from the University and ing their achievements in a scientific journal. * * * Professor M. Raimond of the Sorbonne, Canada Council, there is no registration fee Paris, will discuss "Structure de la Scene For the colloquium. For further information Legal and ethical problems often challenge Mondaine dans 'A la Recherche du Temps call Prof. Pages, Ext. 3167, Prof. Johnson, doctors as much as medical ones. A new Perdu' " at 13:30. At 14:00, Dr. M. Finn, Ext. 3168, or Mrs. Gray, Ext. 3958. ❑ course tackling these thorny issues is now compulsory for fourth-year McGill medical students. It is taught by lawyers, philosophers and government representatives, For Sale — Colonial couch and chair, 821-8867; Accommodation Available as well as by medical staff. Antique bureau, lap desk, shelf, garden tractor with For Sale — 4-bedroom house, Honey Crescent, 821- rototiller and mower, 821-7332; Television, bed 1975; 2-bedroom house near University, 821-7985; springs, bed/chesterfield, bookcases, table, chairs, 3-bedroom house on five acres, Beaver Valley, 822- Alma Mater pole lamp, cardtable, dresser, motor oil, cheeseboard, 3797; 2-bedroom townhouse, Stone Road Mall area, books, 822-8295; Maple commode, double mattress, 823-2574. visiting professor electric blanket, 3816; Aluminum sliding window For Rent — House near Yonge and Lawrence, with wooden frame, four panes, screen, 76 x 38; Professor H.I. Grossman of Brown University, Toronto, June 20 to July 22, in return for looking 1974 Volvo, 28' house trailer, 8756; 1973 Toyota Providence, Rhode Island, will be an Alma after cat, 3011; Three furnished rooms for students, Corolla station wagon, AM-FM car radio, 10-speed 856-9123; 3-bedroom townhouse, 821-8143; Room Mater Fund Visiting Professor in the Depart- bicycle, 821-1633; Radial tire, HR 78-14, 824-0817; to sublet, Meadowview Ave., 822-8844; Bed and ment of Economics starting Monday, Six-chair dinette set, 822-9803; 1970 Ford Maverick, breakfast in Edinburgh, Scotland during July, August stereo, television, blender, radio, electric kettle, 78 04 24. and September, 8759; 3-bedroom furnished house in Prof. Grossman will give a seminar for fac- toaster, 2 snowtires, 78-16, sterilizer, iron, 824-6648; Elora as of Sept. 1 for one year, 843-3643; 2-bed- ulty and graduate students on Tuesday, Double bed, box spring, mattress, dresser with room apartment in Hamilton, 2125; Furnished 1- 78 04 25, entitled "Employment Fluctuations mirror, night table, table lamp, baby needs, women's bedroom apartment to sublet to Aug. 31, 8317; and the Mitigation of Risk" in Room 307 of fur coat, winter coats, hostess rack, 5-piece dinette Furnished 3-bedroom house from Sept. 1 to July set, 824-7186; 1970 Chevrolet Impala, 1972 Mercury the Arts building at 15:00. He will also give 30, 1978, 3361; Apartment on Gordon St., as of May Comet, 3452; 1973 Vega Astre, stereo set, 3687; a seminar on Wednesday, 78 04 26, entitled 1, 824-2345; Cottage for rent — 3-bedroom cottage 1974 VW Westphalia, 658-4573; Two-horse trailer, "Adverse Selection, Dissembling, and Com- on Bruce Peninsula, 824-9760. 3330; Weaving and tapestry looms, 846-9746; 1967 petitive Equilibrium" in Room 132 of the Accommodation Needed — Self-contained apartment Oldsmobile, 836-3104; 1973 Gitane moped, 3641; in a house for May 1 by young married couple, Arts building at 15:00. Boy's 3-speed bicycle, 836-7609; Oak bedroom suite, 836-8215; Cottage on Manitoulin Island, or tent Prof. Grossman plans to participate in a double box-spring, mattress, hair dryer, ironing trailer, for two weeks in July, 823-1393. number of informal discussions between board, 3397; 1977 Honda, 822-5636; Gibson 7.5 faculty and graduate students about their cu. ft. freezer, 2718; Cedar rails, 824-0808; 1974 Goods and Services — Full and part-time day care research work. ❑ Honda dirtbike, 824-0814. available in a provincially licensed centre, 824-5150. 6 FOTCUS FOCUSon, R.C., 1978. "Keys to the Genera of the Lam, C.T., C.D. Malkiewich, and C.V. Senoff, 1977. Metastrongyloidea." (C.I.H. Keys to the Menatode "(Carbenelpentacarbonyl Complexes of Chromium Parasites of Vertebrates, edited by R.C. Anderson, and Tungsten." Inorg. Syn. 17, pp. 95-100,(Chemistry). A.G. Chaubaud, and Sheila Willmott). Common- wealth Agricultural Bureaux, England, No. 5, pp. 40, (Zoology). Leslie, J., 1978. "God and Scientific Verifiability." Philosophy, Vol. 53, pp. 71-79, January, (Philosophy). Assouku, R.K.G., and I.R. Tizard, 1978. "Mito- genicity of Autolysates of Trypanosoma congolense." Separatum Experientia 34: pp. 127, (Veterinary John, T.M., S. Itoh and J.C. George, 1978. "On the Microbiology and Immunology). Role of the Pineal in Thermoregulation in the Pigeon." Hormone Res. 9, pp. 41-56, (Zoology). Bartocci, G., 1977. "Er Consijo." Finarete, Milan, Dec. pp. 31, (Languages). Bartocci, G., 1977. "Foscolo." Fenarete, Milan, Jones, R.W. and R.W. Sheard, 1977. "Conditions Dec. pp. 45-47, (Languages). Affecting in vivo Nitrate Reductase Activity in Chlorophyllous Tissues." Can. J. Bot. 55: pp. 896- Heather McNeil. Gabriel, H.G., J.C. Alexander and V.E. Valli, 1978. 901, (Land Resource Science). "Nutritional and Metabolic Studies of Distillable Fractions from Fresh and Thermally Oxidized Corn Jordan, D.C., Margaret R. Marshall and Patricia J. A smile for Heather Oil and Olive Oil." Lipids 13, pp. 49-55, (Nutrition and Pathology). McNicol, 1978. "Microbiological Features of Terrestrial Sites on the Devon Island Lowland, What is it like to work where the people you Gentry, P.A., F.R. Woodbury and W.D. Black, 1978. Canadian Arctic." Can. J. Soil Sci. 58: pp. 113-118, are serving never smile and some are outright "Comparitive Study of Blood Coagulation Tests in (Microbiology). hostile? "I'm used to it," says Heather McNeil, the Horse and Pony." American Journal of Veterinary who works in parking administration collecting Research, 39121: pp. 333-336, (Biomedical Sciences). payments for parking and sign violations on Kawash, G.F. and N.A. Busch, 1978. "Personal Dy- campus. namic Conflict as a Predictor of Expressed Marital Gray, C.G., K.E. Gubbins, and P.A. Egelstaff, 1978. "No one is every happy to pay a ticket," Happiness." Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34: "Thermodynamic Derivatives of Correlation Functions." she says. "But if people tell me they're angry pp. 171-176, (Family Studies). Mol. Phys. 35, pp. 315-329, (Physics). then I can talk to them and, if necessary, explain. The difficult cases are ones where Hallett, F.R., T. Craig and J.A. March, 1978. "Swim- Mach ie, G.L., 1978. "Effects of Pollutants on people throw the ticket down, mutter, curse, ming Speed Distributions of Bull Spermatozoa as Natality of Musculium Securis (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). roll their eyes, but say nothing to me. Then it's Determined by Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering." hard for me to say anything to help them." Biophysical Journal, 21: pp. 203-216, (Physics). Mortimore, G.E., 1977. Review of "The Sorcerer's Some parking violators seem to think that Apprentice: An Anthropology of Public Policy," by Mrs. McNeil should be as somber as they are. Jofriet, J.C., 1977. "Corrosion Protection for Con- Cyril Belshaw. Canadian Review of Sociology and One, she recalls, took strong exception to the crete Farm Silos." Can. Agr. Engrg. 19: pp. 59-64, Anthropology, 14:4 November, pp. 444 446, fact that Mrs. McNeil happened to be laughing (School of Engineering). (Formerly with Sociology and Anthropology). about a personal incident with one of her colleagues in the office. "Do you think parking tickets are funny?" the angry parking violator demanded. "If I did," Mrs. McNeil commented, University videotape premiere "I'd be laughing continuously." If a violator has apparently valid reasons for The color videotape production featuring you support programs at the University, the better being excused, Mrs. McNeil will refer the case and other University employees will have its we can tell others about what it offers as an to an appeal board comprised of faculty, staff, premiere early next week. The videotape is a institution. Our liaison activities are designed undergraduate and graduate representatives. central feature of "Operation Interest," a to inform the University community first to People whose cars have been towed away cause the greatest problem, says Mrs. McNeil. program to encourage you to get to know help all of us become more effective spokes- According to the regulations, if any fine is not other parts of this University community and men. In addition, the Committee hopes to Paid or appealed within seven days and another to help us all to become more familiar with its obtain a clearer view of the inside of our Uni- fine is incurred within six months of the unpaid programs. versity so that it can advise on policies to ease fine, the car is automatically towed away at a You will be invited to an exclusive showing internal tensions which might be communi- cost to the owner which varies between $10 and $20. "Many people don't know this regu- of the videotape sometime in the next two to cated to our public." lation and are very upset when they can't find three weeks. Members of the Liaison "Traditionally we have seen liaison as in- their cars. They are further upset because I Committee will arrange for the showings volving only those people who deal directly can't tell them exactly how much the towing which will be accompanied with a short talk with secondary school teachers and students," will cost. It's done by a private company, and and an opportunity to exchange ideas and continues Prof. Stevens. "Now we realize cost varies with each situation." Everyone ask questions. This is a golden opportunity to should read the parking regulations, she advises. that our relationship with the community Some people know the regulations only too learn about the University as a whole — from involves all of us and an expanded public. well but continue to have problems. One driver, administrative offices to undergraduate lab- We could all become well-informed enthusias- Mrs. McNeil recalls, had his car towed away oratories. tic promoters of the University of Guelph. time and time again because he refused to pay The Liaison Committee was established There would be less of a need for favorable for his tickets and continued to park illegally. early this year to encourage closer communi- publicity in other ways if we are getting it in She is curious about this person and would like to have met him. "I never did though," she cation between the University and the local the most desirable way possible — by word of observes, "because he never came up to pay!" and regional community. Chaired by Profes- mouth from students who are pleased with Mrs. McNeil has been with Parking Adminis- sor J.R. Stevens, Assistant Vice-President, the opportunities we provide and from fac- tration since her graduation from Guelph Col- Academic, the Liaison Committee draws to- ulty and staff who are happy in their work." legiate in 1976. Recently married, she is inter- gether representatives from each college, The videotape (perhaps starring you in ested in reading, fitness, and business, particu- Alumni Affairs and Development, Depart- your work milieu) will not make headlines larly accounting. Having become accustomed ment of Information, Registrar's Office, Pro- at the Cannes Film Festival, but it will inform to somber faces, she is content with her job: "I hear the same stories over and over, but vost's Office and the student body. and probably surprise you with the breadth often a new one comes up to brighten the day." ❑ Prof. Stevens observes, "The more we know and variety of pursuits that create Guelph's about and appreciate the academic and unique learning and living environmCarbene)pentacarbonyl

7 Next Week at Guelph THURSDAY, 78 04 20 Commemorative plaque unveiling Seminar — OAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SEMINAR, 08:30 to 16:00, Rm. 113, PS bldg. The Guelph Conference, a landmark in conservation history in Ontario, Meeting — AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 19:30, Rm. 103, UC. will be commemorated in War Memorial Hall Tuesday, 78 04 25, when Worship — CATECHISM FOR THE CURIOUS, 20:00, Rm. 335, UC. the Honorable Frank Miller, Minister of Natural Resources, will unveil a plaque from the Grand River Conservation Authority. "Natural resources form a delicate balanced system in which all FRIDAY, 78 04 21 parts are interdependent ... they cannot be successfully handled, piecemeal," a brochure that was published as a result of the conference, Conference — ONTARIO CHEESEMAKERS CONFERENCE, Arboretum Centre. said. Although many groups and individuals had been interested in Workshop — CAREER PLANNING FOR WOMEN, 09:00, Rm. 442, UC. Spon- conservation for decades, this was the first public statement of that sored by Personnel. concern. Another result of the conference was the eventual establish- Worship — MUSLIM JUMA PRAYERS, 12:30, Rm. 533, Chapel, level 5, UC. ment of the 36 Conservation Authorities in the province and the new Conservation Branch of the provincial government. The commemorative plaque will be unveiled at 14:30. Among the SATURDAY, 78 04 22 platform guests will be two delegates to the 1941 conference, Monroe Examination results to be submitted by 17:00. Landon of Simcoe and C.R. Purcell of R.R. 1, Claremont. Other guests Auction Sale — 10:00, Athletics Centre arena. will be: G.M. Coutts, general manager, G RCA; OMNR officials, R. Berger, director of the Conservation Authorities Branch, and A. Latour- nell, president of the Soil Conservation Society of America. SUNDAY, 78 04 23 Members of the University community are invited to attend the un- Worship — ZOHR PRAYERS & QURANIC DISCUSSION, 13:30, 9th fl. lg., Arts veiling ceremony. For invitations, contact Dr. A.J. Whitworth, level 4, bldg. University Centre, Ext. 3842. ❑ Spring Meet — GUELPH GATORS ORIENTEERING CLUB, 11:00, one-half mile south of the Arkell Research Station on Victoria Road. All you really need is up for auction

MONDAY, 78 04 24 "If you have the Volkswagen," suggests surplus co-ordinator Kathie Academic Review — Continues to Wednesday, 78 04 26. Swackhamer, "we have the bumper. We also have sewing machines, Courses — BULK MILK GRADERS' COURSE and the PLANT MILK GRADERS' typewriters, calculators, bicycles, furniture, watches ... even a stereo!" COURSE. Dept. of Food Science. All of these items and more will become available to the public this Saturday, when the University holds its annual auction sale. Surplus materials, abandoned and unclaimed articles from the campus police TUESDAY, 78 04 25 Lost and Found, and vehicles ranging in size from sedan to half-ton Plaque Unveiling — GRAND RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY, 14:30, truck to tractor all await your bid. WMH. Proceeds from the lost and found sales go to the University Police Continuing Education Course — A CULTURAL JOURNEY THROUGH SPAIN, Bursary, whereas equipment payments are returned to the declaring begins. departments. "Last year's sale was a tremendous success," says Ms. Seminar — EMPLOYMENT FLUCTUATIONS AND THE MITIGATION OF RISK, Swackhamer, "and this year, by combining the surplus and lost and Prof. H. Grossman, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, visiting professor, found auctions, we offer an even broader selection of items. You'll Dept. of Economics, 15:00, Rm. 307, Arts bldg. just have to come early and see for yourself what there is to buy!" The fun starts at 10:00, Saturday, in the Athletics Centre Arena; ❑ WEDNESDAY, 78 04 26 won't you come? Seminar — ADVERSE SELECTION, DISSEMBLING, AND COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM, Prof. Grossman, 15:00, Rm. 132, Arts bldg. Did you know?

Coming Events . That the University has reduced its energy consumption per square foot by over 12 per cent since 1972 through conservation efforts. Friday, 78 04 28 — Last day for submission of student petitions. Monday, 78 05 01 — Registration for spring semester. . That considerable extra savings are possible with your help in turning off unneces- Tuesday, 78 05 02 — Classes commence. sary lights and equipment.

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