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NEWS BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Vol . 10-25 18th July , 1966

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL RESOURCES

The Department of Physical Resources, under the direction of Mr. David Scott, is responsible for all building programs and planning schemes within the University complex. From the approved architects' plans for a new building to the last light-bulb fixture to be installed, the Department of Physical Resources supervises and controls each step in the development. It is also responsible for all maintenance in the existing buildings including janitorial services, and for making renovations where they are necessary. The model plan, which is normally housed in the Foyer of the Administration Building, was designed by this department. For the past three weeks, the model has been on loan to the City of Guelph as part of the Development Fund program. Three major sections have been set up under Mr. Scott. Engineering Services with Mr. W.A. Brown at the head is in charge of Construction, Utilities, Maintenance and Engineering. Mr. M.G. S p a n k i e , P . E n g . has been appointed head of the Engineering Section under Mr. W.A. Brown. He can be readied at EXT.306. Mr. Jack Little is Head of the Construction Section, and Mr. Harry Parkinson controls Utilities. In the Maintenance Section, Mr. W.H. Rozel, P.Eng. has been appointed Head, with Mr. W.F. Bohn assuming the new position of Maintenance Co-Ordinator, and Mr. C.F. Hardy the position of Maintenance Trades Supervisor. Mr. Rozel, who is also responsible to Mr. W.A. Brown will supervise the development and implementation of maintenance programs and the administrative programs to support these programs, their budgets and the analysis of the organizational structure for future needs. His extension is 854. Mr. Bohn will develop and maintain scheduling systems, facility history records, inspection standards as well as the estimating and co-ordinating of major maintenance projects. His extension is 856. Mr. Hardy will control the general line administration of all maintenance tradesmen, trades training, work procedures evaluation, investigation, estimating and supervision of maintenance projects. His extension is 855. These appointments are part of a general reorganization which was necessary to alleviate the work load inflicted on the department when the Department of Works withdrew as the construction and maintenance agency for the University. The other two main departments are Planning Services under Mr. Doug Taylor and Auxiliary Operations under Mr. John Mason. 2 APPOINTMENT

DR. DAVID R. COWDREY has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Physics in Wellington College. He graduated in honours physics from the University of Leeds in England and is, himself, a native of London, England. Since then, he has obtained a post-graduate diploma in electronic computation and in 1965 was granted a Ph.D in Biophysics from Leeds. Before his appointment to the University of Guelph on July 1st, Dr. Cowdrey spent one year at the Radio Biological Research Unit at Harwell. At Guelph, he will teach general physics and biophysics and continue his research in the area of structural analyses at the bio-molecular level.

GRANTS. DR.J. CRAIG ALEXANDER, Department of Nutrition, OAC, has been awarded a $3500 research grant from the National Research Council for chemical and biological studies of heated fats, and fats used for deep frying foods. PROFESSOR ROY.C. ANDERSON of the Department of Zoology has received a major equipment grant of $5000 from the National Research Council. This is in addition to an operating grant of $8000 received earlier. These funds support work on parasites of the central nervous system of animals. The Canada Council has awarded short-term grants to 207 Canadian scholars, for research in the humanities, the social sciences and the fine arts. The awards vary in value up to a maximum of $1500.PROFESSOR R.A. BARRELL who is Head of the Department of Modern Languages at Wellington College was one of the recipients for his present studies in French Linguistics in Britain and France.

announcements Professor From England To Give Illustrated Lecture On "Italian Byways" On Tuesday July 19th, PROFESSOR K. SPEIGHT, Reader in Italian Studies at the University of Manchester, England, and currently Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, will give a public lecture entitled "Italian Byways". It will consist of coloured slides, taken by Professor Speight, with her own commentary. All faculty members and the general public are invited. Time: 7:30pm. Place: Room 200, Chemistry and Microbiology Building. Art Exhibition Opens July 20th An exhibition of drawings and paintings by PAUL BUCHANAN is being sponsored by the Campus Exhibits Service at Macdonald Institute. Official opening is from 7:30 - 9:30pm on Wednesday July 20th. Refreshments will be served. Closing date for the exhibition is August 6th. 3

ANNOUNCEMENTS.. continued AUCC EXAMINES UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LIBRARIES A comprehensive study of Canadian university and college libraries is being undertaken by AUCC largely under a Canada Council grant. The report which will be completed in September, 1967, will investigate present resources, co-operation between universities, possibilities for automation,administrati on and financial support of the libraries. Faculty opinion on the quality and scope of library service will be an important part of the report which will serve as guidelines for library development to 1980.

FACULTY ACTIVITIES Conferences DR. J.H. BALLANTYNE, Head of the Department of Anatomy, is attending the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Council Meeting and Annual Convention in Vancouver July 16th - 20th.

PROFESSORS ELIZABETH GULLETT and MARTHA RIDER attended the pre conference course,"Foods Today and Tomorrow" of the Canadian Home Economics Association in Montreal. Trips to the potato irradiation plant at St. Hilaire and Slack's mushroom farm at Waterloo were included.

DR. G.W. FULLER, Poultry Science, OAC, is attending the Gordon Research Conference on Food and Nutrition on July 18th - 22nd in New London, New Hampshire. MISS M.D. CAMERON attended an Institute on the Use of the Library of Congress Classification, sponsored by the American Library Association, in New York. A registration of 700 indicated the widespread adoption of this scheme and the interest in using it to the best advantage. L.C. Classification was adopted for the University of Guelph Library two years ago. DR. W.J.B. DITCHFIELD and DR.F.C. THOMAS of the Virus Research Institute, OVC, were invited to attend and give papers at the First International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases in Stresa, Italy. This conference was jointly sponsored by The Grayson Foundation of the United States and the Unione Nazionale per L'Incremento Delle Razze Equine of Italy because of their mutual concern for prevention and control of those infectious diseases of the horse that assume an international significance. They attended the conference last week. Meetings DR. G,H. BOWMAN and DR. G.K. MACLEOD, Animal Science, presented papers at the Canadian Society of Animal Production Annual Meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were entitled, "The Location of Cites for Backfat Probing" of swine and "The Effects of Feeding Raw Soybeans on Rumen Metabolism and Milk Composition of Dairy Cows". 4 FgguZ-t.V ActftJttigs. . continued

Meetings DR. R.A. CURTIS and DR. R.A. WILLOUGHBY, Department of Clinical Studies, OVC, attended the annual meeting of the American Clinicians at the University of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio.

DR, C,A,V, BARKER, Head, Division of Animal Reproduction, OVC, was in Louisville, Kentucky,to attend the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Barker participated in the large animal section of the program and presented a paper. Speeches PROFESSOR J.P. HARNEY, Department of English, spoke on the Provincial Affairs broadcast on CJBC, Tuesday, July 12th. Experimental Projects

MR. PRAKASH C. SHARMA, a graduate student at OAC, spent nearly six weeks in Lambton County studying farm organizations as part of his Masters thesis.under DR. H.W. CALDWELL, Head of Extension Education. He learned a great deal about the organization, management, ways of life and technical efficiency of advanced farm societies.

PROFESSOR P. KURTZ, Agricultural Engineering, has just completed an experiment for determining the machine effects on field drying hay which has been in operation for the last six weeks. Vi s i tors MESSRS WILLIAM JOHNSON of Manitoba, JACK DREW of Saskatchewan, LEN BAUER of Alberta and PETER CHOW of B.C. from the Western Farm Management Extension Association, were on campus to work with the committee developing a national mail-in farm records system.

Field Day The Guelph Junior Farm Field Day was held at the University of Guelph on Saturday, July 9th, 1966. Over 500 Juniors participated in the various Team Events and Individual Events. Participants were from all parts of Ontario and represented the 19 counties in the Guelph Field Day Area. Open House Recently, 1500 4-H Club members representing 21 counties of — Ontario participated in the"4-H Open House" program on the campus. Nearly every Department of the Ontario Agricultural College, as well as the Ontario Veter inary College, Macdonald Institute and Wellington College took part in presenting a program entitled "Meeting Man's Needs Through Education". 5

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Publ ications PROFESSOR H.W. GOBLE, Department of Zoology, is the author of a small bulletin recently published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, entitled: "Occasional Home-Invading Pests".

"Chromatographic Evidence of the Occurrence of Oleic Acid Metabolites in Erythrocytes from Essential Fatty Acid-Deficient Rats". BRIAN L. WALKER. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Vol.114, p 465, 1966. “ A NEW 11 POINT PROGRAM FOR DO-NOTHING PEOPLE" The following is an excerpt from the September 1965 issue of "Data Processi ng News". To facilitate the arguments of the skeptics who will staunchly maintain "It can't be done" or "Yes, but our operation is different", the following list of steps, developed at the University of Chicago,has been modified slightly to fit the data processing field. This list is dedicated especially to those who have not made an effort to RETHINK their system of Information flow. 1. Profess not to have THE answer. That lets you out of having any. 2. Say that you must not move too rapidly. This avoids the necessity of gettingstarted, 3. For every proposal, set up an opposite and conclude that the middle ground (no motion whatever) represents the wisest course of action. 4. Say that the problem cannot be separated from other problems. Then it can't be solved until all other problems have been solved. 5. Ask what is meant by the problem. By the time it is clarified, it will be too late. 6. Discover that there are all kinds of dangers in any specific formulation of conclusion; danger of committing the organization too deeply; of having your statement in the hands of the wrong people. 7. Appoint a committee without clarifying its function. 8. Wait until an expert can be consulted. 9. State in conclusion that you have all clarified your thinking - this obscures the fact that nothing has been done. 10. Point out how the deepest minds have struggled with the same problem. This implies that you deserve credit for having even thought of it. 11 j n closing, thank the problem. It has stimulated discussion and 'investigation, contributed to your growth, opened up new vistas, shown you the way, and challenged your inventiveness. You may have wasted two perfectly good years, but the problem would get a medal. 6