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Representatives of government and univer- ident, , Trent President, Association of Universities and Colleges sities will be among the guests at Convocation Donald Theall, University of Waterloo of . Friday, February 3, when Dr. President, Douglas Wright, University of Also attending will be representatives is installed as the fourth President and Vice- Western President, George Connell of the University's Alumni Associations, Chancellor of the University at the 10 a.m. and Wilfrid Laurier President, John Weir. who, at press time, included Margo ceremony in War Memorial Hall. Other university representatives will be Shoemaker, Arts, George Dixon, CBS, Rita The installation, at which the President Maj.-Gen. Richard Rohmer, Chancellor Weigel, Mac-FACS, Wendy Parker, OVC, will speak, will be the highlight of the regular of the University of Windsor, George Bell, Will Walker, HAFA, Don Risebrough, OAC winter Convocation. About 370 graduands Vice-president, York, and Dalhousie Presi- and Barry Stahlbaum of the University of will receive graduate and undergraduate dent, Andrew MacKay, president of the Guelph Alumni Association. ❑ degrees during the morning and afternoon ceremonies. The Honorable Thomas Berger, well-known human rights champion, will Winterfest '84 receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and address the Convocation at the 2:30 p.m. View the snow sculptures at Johnston field ceremony. The last Presidential installation was held in 1975 when the late be- came president at the colorful event which combines long-standing traditions adapted from universities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Faculty members and staff will arrive in a procession led by Acting Secretary of Senate, Prof. John Powell, who will carry the University mace. Degrees will be conferred by University Chancellor William Stewart. All participants will be wearing full academic regalia. During the installation ceremonies, official greetings will be brought by govern- ment representatives and officials of other universities. Among the guests will be federal Minister of Agriculture, Eugene Whelan; Guelph MP, Jim Schroder; Guelph Mayor, Norm Jary; Ontario Deputy Minister of Cold temperatures and the abundance of is scheduled for Sunday, January 29 Agriculture and Food, Clayton Switzer, and, snow should contribute to the success of while snow-sculptures and a shinney Ontario Deputy Minister of Education and this year's Winterfest, Saturday, January tournament begin Monday, January 30. Colleges and Universities, Harry Fisher. 28 to Saturday, February 4. The Monster Snowball Tournament Bringing greetings from Ontario's univer- Snow sculptures, a snowball tourna- continues Tuesday, January 31 through sities will be Brock President, Alan Earp, ment, tobogganning and a Winter Olym- Thursday, February 2 with the finals Carleton President William Beckel, Laurentian pics are just a few of the events planned Saturday, February 4. The Winter President, Henry Best and McMaster Presi- for the week by the Central Students Olympics and judging of the snow sculp- dent, Alvin Lee. Rev. Roger Guindon, Association. tures will also be held Saturday, Rector of the University of Ottawa, David The kick-off pub for Winterfest February 4. Smith, Principal-elect of Queen's University, '84 will be held Saturday, January 28 For details of Winterfest '84 events, and , President of Ryerson, will at 8 p.m. in PCH. Cross-country skiing see "Next Week at Guelph." ❑ also be in attendance, as will Pres- President Matthews' first Senate meeting short, informal

Meeting of January 17, 1984. on Saturday mornings and there is no central • Senate approved the Guidelines for scheduling system for mid-term examinations. Determining Distinguished Thesis Rating. Such concerns will be discussed by the Board of Studies for the Associate Diploma President Burt Matthews' first meeting as Board of Undergraduate Studies sub-commit- in Agriculture chairman of Senate was short and informal. tee on policies and procedures. • Senate approved the list of graduands Also attending his first meeting as Student senator Craig Wardlaw expressed for winter Convocation, 1984.0 Acting Secretary of Senate was Professor concern about the current procedure of John Powell. having only five days for the drop and add procedure. Mr. Holmes replied that the Senators gathered for the 5 p.m. meeting matter was not on the agenda for the Board COU supports in Room 105 of the Physical Sciences of Undergraduate Studies but it would be building — across the hall from the usual considered if the matter were brought to the commission meeting place. attention of the Board.

Senators approved the various list of to reshape MOTIONS graduands for winter Convocation, approved course changes and additions to graduate and Board of Undergraduate Studies university system associated graduate faculty. They also • Senate approved the list of graduands The Council of Ontario Universities supports approved guidelines for determining distin- for winter Convocation, 1984. the Ontario government's recently-established guished thesis rating. Commission to produce a plan for reshaping Board of Graduate Studies the university system. Question Period • Senate approved course changes for the The executive heads of Ontario univer- Student senator David Fox-Revett 1984-1985 Graduate Calendar. sities "note with approval that the govern- asked if there were a new University policy • Senate received for information the ment is committed to maintaining the strong for mid-term examinations. Does Guelph additions to graduate and associated graduate and distinguished place that our universities expect its students to attend school six days faculty. They are: have held in the life of Ontario, and recog- a week, he asked, noting that he had to write Graduate faculty — G.F. Manning and M.N. nizes that the pursuit of excellence and the six mid-term examinations, four of them on Rubio, English Language and Literature; R.E.A. preservation of integrity must remain the Mason, M. McLeish and L.A. Rendall, Economics, Saturdays. He also suggested that better foundation of our universities," a COU and, J.D. Wilson, Land Resource Science. facilities for writing examinations should press release said. Associated Graduate faculty — J.R. Voceroth, be provided. He drew attention to the Canadian Department of Agriculture/Environ- COU considers the establishment of the discomfort of writing exams of several hours mental Biology, G.K. Walker, Research Associate, Commission to be a welcome signal that the duration on the tablet-type chairs and sug- /Land Resource Science, government is now prepared to address gested that tables should be provided. Reg- J.I. Elliot, Agriculture Canada/Animal and Poultry crucial policy issues affecting higher educa- istrar Arnold Homes said there is no Univer- Science, and, D.A. Barnum, retired/Veterinary tion in Ontario. It regards the establishment sity policy concerning mid-term examinations Microbiology and Immunology. of the Commission as an opportunity to achieve a new consensus on the role of universities. The executive heads expect the Commis- Year of the Rat sion to consult with the universities and the broader community in the course of its work. Chinese students prepare for New Year COU hopes to present the views of the universities it represents and it hopes all China Week '84 will be celebrated on a film and seminar led by a graduate interested parties contribute to the work of campus Monday, January 30 to Saturday, student from the People's Republic of the Commission. 0 February 4. China, Thursday, February 2 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Chinese Students in Room 103 of the University Centre. Association, celebrations for the "Year Dr. Lilian Ma, of the Chinese Canadian National Council, is to present "Golden of the Rat" begin with an opening John Norman ceremony featuring the traditional Mountain: Chinese Canadians" Friday, Chinese lion dance and firecrackers February 3 at 7 p.m. in Room 103 of Dr. John Norman, professor of agronomy, Monday, January 30 at 12 noon in the the University Centre. University of Nebraska, is a University Short- term Visiting Professor in Land Resource University Centre courtyard. China Week celebrations end with Science from Monday, January 16 until Chinese arts and crafts, imported a banquet and dance in Peter Clark Hall Friday, February 3. carvings, embroidery, silk screen fans, Saturday, February 4. Tickets for "China He will present general seminars on soil- teas and soaps are among the items to Night," which includes a 10-course crop models as well as lectures to graduate be displayed and sold in the courtyard Chinese meal, a fashion show, cultural students on radiative transfer in plant during the week. dances and a draw for a trip to Florida, canopies. Dr. Norman's research is on the are $19 and $21 for members of the Table tennis finals are Tuesday, physiological and physical processes of Chinese Students Association and $24 for January 31 at noon in the courtyard, plant stands in relation to their soil and non-members. Tickets are available in while a travelogue about China is in Room atmospheric environments. Room 224, University Centre, Ext. 8529 103 of the University Centre Wednesday, He is currently chairman of the division or at the University Centre box office. February 1 at 12 noon. of agroclimatology and agronomic modeling, Some of the special events for China For details about China Week events, American Society of Agronomy. Week '84 include "Women in China" — see "Next Week at Guelph." Dr. Norman may be reached in Room 037, LRS, Ext. 2787.0 2 A Canadian original Consumer education

Consumer education has undergone a quiet but significant evolution since its early days when it was synonymous with consumer activism. Today, consumer educators do not tell consumers what to buy or not to buy. Instead, they teach skills that will enable consumers to make wise decisions in the Dr. Roberta Bondar, marketplace. right, with Zoology The latest FAGS Sheet, "Consumer professor Roy Education — A Canadian Original," describes Anderson. the evolution of consumer education in Canada. The adversarial stance that still dominates the relationship between business and consumer groups in many parts of the world is much less pronounced in Canada. Government, consumer groups and industry No way but up work together on areas of agreement and seek to understand their differences. Astronaut-designate at Graduate Studies Day The Department of Consumer Studies Canadian astronaut-designate, Roberta in motion sickness and the relationship has been an active player in the development Bondar has to go into space — she has between vision and balance. "I never of the Canadian consumer field. Today, the apparently done everything down here. watched a NASA launch without wanting faculty members are interested in how con- These comments by Dean of Grad- to be on board, so when I read the adver- sumers get motivated to learn and how they uate Studies, Carlton Gyles, as he intro- tisement for Canadian astronauts, it acquire consumer skills. duced the guest speaker for Graduate called out loud and clear, 'Roberta On-going research in the Department Studies Day '84, were clearly a factual Bondar, where are you?' " is exploring the economic socialization of appraisal. About 4,300 other Canadians came children. Much market research has focused Dr. Bondar graduated from Guelph to similar conclusions. She told her on teenagers because they have money to with a B.Sc. in zoology (OAC) in 1968. audience about the three days of medical spend on consumer goods. Very little While here, she worked as a part-time tests and her undisguised delight to find research has been done on younger children, histology technician and as a lecturer herself among the final six from whom however. The research team in Consumer in physical education. She coached, and the 'payload specialists' will be selected. Studies is interested in how children acquire was a member of, the archery team. their values regarding money, how they In 1968 she also obtained her pilot's Outlining Canada's part in the develop specific skills like comparison licence. development of space technology, shopping. During the years that followed, Dr. Bondar voiced a strong plea for public With current technology consumers will she accumulated a string of degrees, support for the program of which she obtain more information about more including a Ph.D. in neurobiology at is a part. "The Canadian government is giving $1 million to this project, which products and get it faster than at any other the and her M.D. — with all due respect — is a very small time. This information could lead to better at McMaster University. Since 1982 amount of money to invest in something consumer decisions, or it could confuse and she has been assistant professor in the with so much potential for high-tech overwhelm consumers. The FAGS Sheet department of medicine's division of spin-offs." suggests consumer education is an oppor- neurology at McMaster. She is also a tunity to equip consumers with the skills director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic Dr. Bondar communicates a they will need to take advantage of this in Hamilton and a member of the simple self-confidence, obvious pleasure information rather than becoming over- Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine. at being selected, personal fearlessness whelmed by its complexity. ❑ To a capacity audience, Dr. Bondar and a boundless sense of humor as she described her long interest in the NASA accepts her role as Canada's first female COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS of the high and low space program (she has collected all the astronaut graciously and with a sense Arctic and Inuit stone and bone sculpture are flight badges), and her professional work of personal relevance. ❑ featured in "A Hostile Beauty," an exhibit at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre until June 14. Zoology professor Ron Brooks and Vernon Nominations sought for agricultural extension award Thomas, John Hickie, Zoology, and Norman Light- foot, Office for Educational Practice, took these OAC Dean Freeman McEwen is seeking nom- first award, in 1983, went to George Jones of photographs during different trips to the Arctic inations for the 1984 presentation of the Walkerton. for scientific purposes. Their photographs reflect T.R. Hilliard Distinguished Agricultural The winner will receive a citation and a the endless variety of natural forms and landscape Extension Award. cash award of $1,000 that may be used for in the north, and transmit the awe felt upon visit- The award, sponsored annually by the professional development, or for an extension, ing such a magnificent region. The Inuit sculpture is from the permanent collec- OAC Alumni Foundation, will recognize research or educational project of the tion at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre and someone employed in extension work by winner's choice. included is the first exhibition of a gift of Inuit government, industry or the University, or Anyone wishing to make a nomination sculpture from the Estate of Donald F. Forster, who has made an outstanding voluntary for the 1984 award should send the name late president of the University of Guelph. contribution in agricultural extension. The to the Dean before January 31. ❑ 3 WINEGARD VISITING Professor in the College AN EXHIBIT OF work partially prepared by THE BIG BROTHERS Association is conduct- of Social Science, Prof. M. Rochwald, professor of Landscape Architecture students during their semes- ing their 9th Annual Bowl for Millions '84 campaign humanities, University of Minnesota, will give a ter abroad has returned from England where it February 4 to February 11 at Town & Country lecture February 14, Room 442, University Centre was shown at the City of London Guildhall, the and Sportsman's Bowlerama to raise money for their at 7:30 p.m. on "Israel: The State of the Nation." South London Science Centre, the City of London programs for boys from father-absent homes. The lecture is free and open to the public. Polytechnic and the Central London Polytechnic. Tom Dimitroff, Athletics Dept. Ext. 3475, is co-ordinating the University Campaign. THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT will hold "CHRIST IS ALIVE and well and living in our auditions for roles in its production of Abelard and prisons" is the first lecture in the -Theology from THE SURPLUS SALES Department, Black- Heloise Thursday, February 2 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Experience" series, sponsored by the University of wood Hall, has available for sale the following items in Massey Hall. Guelph Catholic community. Connie Shaw, chaplain restricted to Departmental purchase only: three at the Guelph Correctional Centre, will present the Please notify the Drama Department of your mini trampolines, SD #330. first topic Monday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. in intention to audition by telephoning Ext. 3147. For further information and viewing, contact Room 335, University Centre. All faculty, students and staff are invited to audi- Dave Scott at Ext. 8139 between 8:30 a.m. and tion for a variety of male and female roles. Produc- 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. MUSIC FROM BANFF will be featured tion dates are April 2 to April 7. at the Thursday Noon Hour Concert Thursday, January 26 at 12:10 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. in Music THE SURPLUS SALES Department, Black- A CONCERT AND bake sale are scheduled for Room 107, MacKinnon building. wood Hall, has the following items available for sale Sunday, January 29 to raise money for the Univer- Members of the ensemble include flautist Marie- on a bid basis: 1 IBM electric typewriter, mod. C sity of Guelph choir's spring tour to points in Celine Labbe, pianist Germain St. Pierre, hornist ser. #0010480. SD #373; 1 Underwood Forum Ontario, Quebec and New York State. Called Lisa Rachel Taylor and pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald. electric typewriter, ser. #169397150. SD #336; "Muffins, Music and Mirth," the event will feature Program I at 12:10 p.m. will include J.S. Bach's 1 Underwood typewriter, ser. #15-8507869, choir members and friends in a light-hearted enter- "Suite in C minor for flute and piano, BWV. 99"; (manual). SD #325; 1 Remington-Rand typewriter, tainment with a barbershop quartet and brass trio "Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17" ser. #CJ645159, (manual) SD #292. with Ken Tinnish, Reed Jorgensen and Randy Brown. by Beethoven and "Souvenir de Rigi" for flute, horn This sale is open to the public and the closing Well-known local soloist Elizabeth Simmons will and piano by Doppler. date for the bid items will be Thursday, February 9, perform as well as choir member Gilda Di Cola and Program II at 1:10 p.m. will consist of "Concerto at 4 p.m. For further information or viewing, contact other singers. The concert will be at 2:30 p.m. No. 1 in D major for Horn and Piano, K. 412" by Dave Scott at Ext. 8139 or visit the Surplus Sales in the Music Room, MacKinnon 107, with the Mozart; "Fantasie Stuecke for Horn and Piano, Office, South Blackwood Hall, Trent Lane. bake sale afterwards. The choir plans another similar Op. 73" by Schumann, arranged by V. Reynolds; event for Sunday, February 26, same time and place. Bartok's "Suite Paysanne Hongroise," and "Fantasy KAREN WILKIN, independent curator and for Flute and Piano" by Gaubert. critic, will give an illustrated lecture on the work of Jack Bush, the noted contemporary Canadian A SPECIAL ORIENTATION program is ELIGIBILITY WITHIN CBS for the honor painter who died in 1977 after establishing himself being offered to students who will be graduating from as one of the foremost international abstract painters, Guelph and beginning new experiences, whether roll is a cumulative average of at least 85 per cent achieved within the semester based on five courses Thursday, February 9 at 8:15 p.m. in Room 114 it be business, further education, travelling or perhaps studied in semester five and up. The following are dealing with the uncertainty of the future. MacKinnon building. During the sessions, the focus will be on issues the names of the CBS students whose names have Ms. Wilkin, an authority on the work of Bush, been added to the College honor roll for Fall 1983: related to the transition process as well as establishing is in the process of preparing the catalogue raisonne (semester 5) Margaret Docker, Marine Biology; oneself in the "real" world. of Bush's work and is contributing editor of a book Gregory Barnes, Wildlife Biology; Rebecca Rodgers, The next session is "Reflections on Leaving : of essays on the painter, scheduled to be published Human Biology; Craig Strathdee, Microbiology; A Panel Discussion," Tuesday, January 31 from in the fall. The public is invited to attend the lecture, Debra Underhill, Microbiology; Thomas Johnston, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room 441, University Centre. sponsored by the Department of Fine Art. Fisheries Major/Wildlife Minor; Rebecca Halonen, This will feature a discussion of the experiences of Human Kinetics; (semester 6) Douglas Hykle, Un- individuals who have left the University of Guelph THE KITCHENER - WATERLOO RECORD specialized B.Sc.; (semester 7) Michael Walter, for a variety of "next steps". "Handling the Roller featured Professor Len Cooper's research program for Genetics Major/Statistics Minor; Gwen Hlywka, Coaster Ride of Job Hunting," Tuesday, February 7 hyperactive pre-schoolers on the front page of its John Thompson, Unspecialized B.Sc.; Melody from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room 442, University "Living" section Saturday, January 21. The spread Donald, Unspecialized B.Sc. Major/Zoology and Centre, will examine the issues related to the emo- included pictures of children in activity at the hyper- Psychology Minor; Tim Noble, Microbiology; Laura tional and motivational aspects of a job search. kinesis research centre set up five years ago by the Hazlett, Botany; Cynthia Mylrea, Human Kinetics; For further information, contact the Connection Director of the School of Human Biology. and (semester 8) Sandra O'Connor, Unspecialized Desk, Counselling and Student Resource Centre, B.Sc. Level 3, U.C. THE RELAXATION and Biofeedback Research/Therapy Clinic in the School of Human "TREE TALKS: Dialogues on a Hardwood Biology will hold a group relaxation class beginning Theme" is the title of a lecture series sponsored by Monday, January 30. Different techniques of re- A Conservation Opportunity the School of Landscape Architecture, School of laxation are practised to enhance the quality of life Rural Planning and Development and the Arboretum and reduce daily tensions. The belief that the life of a lamp is in co-operation with the Conservation Council of An individual stress profile before and after the shortened by turning it off is still with us. Ontario. The first talk is Thursday, January 26 course is included in this program. Each of the 10 This does not apply in our environment, when E.F. "Pud" Johnston, private-land forestry group sessions is one hour long and meets on Monday where the cost of power exceeds any expert will discuss "Should Hardwoods Survive in and Thursday either at 12:10 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. penalty in shortening the life. The Southern Ontario?" All lectures are at 7:30 p.m. Both include a few minutes of rhythmical relaxing break-even point for turning out fluores- in the Arboretum Centre. exercise. Fees are $90 for non-students and $75 cent lights is less than 10 minutes. If for students, with a $20 refund for participation in fluorescent lights were turned off at the DR. RUTH TATHAM from Homewood Sanitari- the research data collection. Registration is January time of our peak loading for the month, um will speak on "Aging ... A Forward and Back- 30, in Human Biology Room 209, at either the saving could be over 50 cents per ward Look" Tuesday, February 7 at 8 p.m. in the 12:10 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. To make your appointment fixture. Arboretum Centre. Sponsored by the College for a stress profile telephone Ext. 2662 or 3768 Women's Club. before January 30. 4 Female graduates paid APPOINTMENTS lower starting salaries Paula Menzies Paula Menzies has Male graduates are still getting paid higher He confirms the 50/50 ratio of male/ joined the Depart- starting salaries than their female counter- female graduates from Guelph and the 20 per ment of Clinical parts, although equal numbers of men and cent figure for pursuing further studies, but Studies as an assis- women are graduating from university-level he notes that since 1982, the number of stu- tant professor. institutions. dents doing graduate work has declined Dr. Menzies These and other results are revealed in because more students are wondering about received her D.V.M. a graduate employment survey conducted the availability of university-level jobs when at the University of by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities. they graduate. Guelph in 1978 The survey of 1982 spring graduates The MCU survey included graduates and her Master's in Ontario also notes that the unemployment from Ontario's 15 universities, Ryerson degree in preventa- rate in the spring of 1983 was 12.7 per cent Polytechnical Institute and the Ontario tive medicine at the University of California ❑ for men and 9.3 per cent for women grad- College of Art. in 1981. She specializes in the area of food uates. animal medicine with special emphasis on Ian White, Counselling and Student preventative medicine. Resource Centre, attributes the difference Five contribute At OVC, Dr. Menzies' duties will include in the unemployment rate to the fact that participation in teaching at the undergrad- women generally have lower job expectations to "Oxford uate level and farm service activities. than men and a greater willingness to accept any kind of employment. "Male graduates Leslea Dalrymple are less inclined to work as waiters, whereas Companion" Leslea Dalrymple has women would work as waitresses if they had joined Information Five Guelph professors have contributed to to because they tend to be more realistic," Services as tour co- the first Oxford Companion to Canadian he says. "Women are generally willing to ordinator. Literature. This is the first Oxford Com- work for less. We were beginning to see Miss Dalrymple panion devoted solely to Canadian litera- some signs of change in this area with more graduated from the ture, according to Drama Department chair- women moving into managerial positions but University of Guelph man, Leonard Conolly, one of the now with economic cutbacks that's been in 1983 with a B.A.Sc. contributors. arrested a bit." in Family Studies The Oxford Companion to Canadian Women are also less inclined than men and worked as a tour Literature is made up of 750 entries on a to collect unemployment insurance, he says. guide for Informa- variety of literary topics, including surveys "It's a matter of pride, I think. There are tion Services during 1982-1983. of fiction, poetry, drama and individual certain things that some male graduates She is responsible for the University's authors. will not do — they will not wait on tables tour program which involves supervising and Among the 192 specialist contributors but they might drive a taxi part-time." training 25 student guides per semester and are English Language and Literature pro- Factors, such as marriage and moving, planning the tours for more than 13,000 fessors, Elizabeth Waterston, Mary Rubio and continue to work against a woman in a job visitors annually. Judith Skelton Grant, and Languages and interview, he says. "Usually it's the woman Miss Dalrymple can be reached at Literatures professor, Ramon Hathorn. ❑ who has to move where her husband gets a Ext. 3358. Their subjects range from local Guelph job. Even among new graduates the woman Lex Ross figures John Galt (by Prof. Waterston) and often waits to see where her boyfriend Jean Little (by Prof. Rubio) to surveys of Lex Ross, former ICS gets a job, and then takes what's left." computer lab super- English-Canadian drama (by Prof. Conolly), Other highlights of the survey include: travel literature in English (by Prof. Waterston) visor, has been appoint- More than 88 per cent of university graduates and humor and satire in French (by Prof. ed service co-ordinator who entered the labor force after graduating Hathorn). Prof. Conolly also writes about for instructional in the spring of 1982 are employed — 71.5 some individual playwrights, and several technologies in ICS. per cent full-time and 17.3 per cent part- novelists are discussed by Profs. Hathorn, A graduate of time; 11.2 per cent did not find employment; Waterston and Skelton Grant. Queen's University, at the time of the survey, the unemployment "The Oxford Companion to Canadian Mr. Ross worked for rate for those between 20 and 24 years of Literature is likely to prove one of the most the Federal Peniten- age in Ontario was 18.7 per cent, and, 21.2 important Canadian reference works of the tuary Service as a per cent of the 1982 spring graduates were 1980s, certain to be consulted for many social and cultural development officer in pursuing further studies. years to come," says Prof. Conolly. 1974. In 1975, he came to Guelph to com- The most common occupations for the The 843-page Oxford Companion to plete Honors and Masters degrees in Psychol- 1982 graduates are accountants, auditors Canadian Literature is edited by William ogy, and worked as a research consultant for and other financial officers, with teaching, Toye and published by Oxford University the School of Rural Planning and Develop- computer programming and legal work Press. ❑ ment and for the Ontario Ministry of being high on the list. Corrections. Mr. White says these figures are com- A message from your Mr. Ross joined ICS in 1979 as a techni- parable for Guelph graduates. "More and Energy Conservation Committee: cal counsellor and became computer lab more graduates are going into management- supervisor in 1981. He will be responsible related areas. That's where the opportunity for the operation of the Instructional Com- in the last few years has tended to concen- puting Lab scheduled to open this year. He trate — more on the business aspects of an will also be teaching one of the Psychology enterprise rather than the research and Department's methodology courses in the development that attracts science graduates. winter semester. ❑ 5 Campinas FOCUS veterinary medicine. She is the third OVC student in as many years to do so. Reputation for Contemporaries acknowledge that Nancy is project concludes academic excellence one of the best, equally good at grasping and solving theoretical problems as she is in prac- One of Guelph's international programs, tical hands-on situations, such as surgery. Hard the $600,000 Campinas project, has come to work and dedication have gone into all those a close. A bilateral agreement between the years of achievement. governments of Brazil and Canada, the pro- Born and brought up in Hamilton, Nancy ject, designed to bring the University of decided in Grade 8 that her goal was to become Campinas up-to-date on recent technological a veterinarian. A part-time job as kennel girl advances, was funded by the Canadian Inter- in a clinic during high school reinforced her determination. Several summer jobs on farms national Development Agency, administered followed. During the first, her initial experience by the Centre for International Programs and of life on the farm, she worked for a man who co-ordinated by Food Science professor ran a 70-sow farrowing operation. By the end John deMan. of the summer Nancy was managing the farrow- Prof. deMan explains that although ing barn and the farmer was devoting himself Campinas is a relatively new university in to his cash crop. During subsequent farm experi- ences Nancy helped shingle a roof, build fences, Sao Paulo State with a student body of 8,000, shortage of funding has led to short- Nancy Van Kooten has a reputation for academic paint, milk the cows and do the haying. excellence that goes back a long way. Now in The past two summers have been less gruelling, falls in many areas. The international pro- her senior year at the OVC, Nancy garners physically, but just as demanding. In the sum- ject was designed to provide expertise, awards and scholarships as easily as flowers in mer of 1982 Nancy worked under an NSERC research equipment and training for Brazilian a daisy field. But even for Nancy, this has been grant for Dr. Roger Johnson, Department of faculty and staff members who came to uni- a special year. Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, versities and research institutions across She received four awards at the OVC annual studying local antibody response to feline student/faculty banquet last fall: two profi- viral rhintotracheitis and calicivirus. Last Canada to catch up on the latest advances in ciency prizes for standing first in her year, a summer she did research for Dr. Rick Miller in technology related to food and agricultural scholarship for top marks (from a weighted the Department of Pathology on the effect of engineering. average) in clinical orientation courses, surgery ureaplasma on bovine embryos. (Ureaplasma is As a result of the project, Campinas and other courses, and a prize for highest stand- a smaller version of bacteria.) She found her faculty members in these areas are better ing in clinical or investigative aspects of veterin- task "really exciting" because she had to learn, able to teach undergraduates, supervise ary neurology. Nancy's crowning achievement, in the space of a month, basic details about however, was to win, in nation-wide competi- embryo transfer, electron-microscopy and urea- graduate students and conduct new research, tion, the Hoechst Canada Inc. Scholarship in plasma. according to Prof. deMan. Administration of the operation was co-ordinated by Dorothy McLaren, Centre for International Programs. Guelph faculty members involved with the project were: Food Science professors Don Irvine, David Stanley, Vladimir Rasper and David Collins- Thompson, who holds a joint appointment with Environmental Biology; Animal and Poultry Science professor Henry Orr; Con- sumer Studies professor Trevor Watts; and Engineering professors Hugh Ayers, Walter Bilanski, Jack Pos and Dave Pattie. ❑

Left to right: OAC Dean Freeman McEwen University Cilfrnada and Mrs. W.H. Carr with Carr Scholarship winners Geraldine Pulver and Patrick J. Kenniff, deputy minister for municipal David Kemp. affairs in Quebec, has been named rector of Con- cordia University, effective June 1, 1984. He Two Guelph graduates who returned to the student he was involved in sports, College replaces John W. O'Brien. farm after finishing their education at the Royal, Open House, and he was a 4-H Club it it it OAC have received $3,500 scholarships. member. Dalhousie University President, Dr. Andrew MacKay, The prestigious Carr awards are made Geraldine Pulver, R.R. 1, Carrying has been elected president of the Association of Uni- annually on a bequest from the estate of Place, near Trenton, received the William versities and Colleges of Canada for a two-year term. Park Carr award, named after Leister Carr's Samuel Leister Carr to graduates whose The post was formerly held by University of Regina university career included involvement in father. A 1983 graduate of the Diploma in President, Dr. Lloyd Barber. Dr. Barber will continue campus and community activities as well as Agriculture program, Miss Pulver was a top to sit on the AUCC board of directors as past- a good academic record. It is a condition of student in the farm operators' option, a president. the awards that the recipients must be active member of Senate and the board of studies farmers. for her program and class treasurer. She is An agreement has been signed between l'Universite David Kemp, R.R. 2, Ramsayville, near now in partnership on the 285-acre family Laval, l'Universite de Montreal, l'Universite de Ottawa, a 1983 graduate of the Bachelor of dairy farm. Sherbrooke and l'Universite du Quebec a Trois- Science in Agriculture program, was awarded The awards were presented by Mrs. Rivieres to enable students from these universities the Samuel Leister Carr Scholarship. An W.H. Carr of Mississauga, sister-in-law of to utilize the sports facilities and some student animal and poultry science graduate, Mr. Leister Carr, at the OAC Conference on Farm services at no cost on the campuses of the other Kemp is now farming with his father. As a Family Perspectives. ❑ institutions that signed the agreement. 6 PUBLICATIONS FACULTY ACTIVITIES

Austin, Allan, 1983. "Roy Fuller," in British Nathaniel, D. and A. Mellors, 1983. "Mitogen Susan Brown, Head Nurse, Medical Services, Poets, 1914-1945, ed. Donald E. Stanford, Effects on Lipid Metabolism During Lymphocyte was invited by Professor E. Herold, Family and Detroit: Gale, 1983: 132-140 (English Language Activation," Mol. Immunol. 20: 1259-1265 Consumer Studies, to give a seminar on sex- and Literature). (Chemistry and Biochemistry). ually transmitted diseases, on campus recently. Carson, M.S. and T.K. Smith, 1983. "Role of Peters, M., 1983. "Motor Performance of Bentonite in Prevention of T-2 Toxicosis in Inverted and Noninverted Lefthanders," Rats," J. Anim. Sci. 57(6): 1498-1506 (Car- Professor Tom Carey, Computing and Infor- Australian Journal of Psychology, 35: 405-416 mation Science, presented a paper "Conceptual son, Robin Hood Multifoods Inc., Willowdale, (Psychology Ont.; Smith, Nutrition). Objects in Office System Models" at the IEEE Workshop on Languages for Automation held in Peters, M., 1983. "Reaction Time to Tactile Chicago, Illinois. The paper was co-authored Cassidy, K.M., 1983. "The American Left and Stimuli and Interhemispheric Transmission by Sabine Rohlfs of Interface Consulting, the Problem of Leadership, 1900-1920," The Ottawa. Prof. Carey and Roger Tessier of DMR South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 82: 386-397 Time," Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psy- chology, 35: 397-410 (Psychology). Associates, Toronto, presented a recent work- (History). shop, "Workstation Architectures" to the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Information Gilbride, K.A. and S. Rosendal, 1983. "Evalua- Peters, M., 1983. "Differentiation and Lateral Processing Society. Prof. Carey also recently tion of a Selective Medium for Isolation of Specialization in Motor Development," in (ed.) attended the ACM Conference on Human Haemophiluspleuropneumoniae," Can. J. Comm. Young et al., Manual Specialization and the Factors in Computing held in Boston. Med., 47: 445-450 (Veterinary Microbiology & Developing Brain. Academic Press: New York, Immunology). 1983 (Psychology). Dr. James MacLachlan, Director, Medical Services, attended the World Wrestling Cham- Peters, M., 1983. "Lateral Bias in Reaching Leslie, K.E., W.T.K. Bosu, 1983. "Plasma Pro- pionships held in Kiev, Russia. Dr. MacLachlan and Holding at Six and Twelve Months," in gesterone Concentrations in Dairy Cows with is the medical director for the Canadian Amat- (ed.) Young et al., Manual Specialization and Cystic Ovaries and Clinical Responses follow- eur Wrestling Association (CAWA), and was one the Developing Brain. Academic Press: New ing Treatment with Fenprostalene," Can. Vet. of the attending physicians. J. 24:352-356 (Leslie, Clinical Studies; York, 1983 (Psychology). Bosu, Madison-Wisconsin). Professor D.H. Pletsch, School of Agricul- Peters, M., 1983. Review of Porac and Coren's tural Economics and Extension Education, and McCracken, G., 1983. "The Exchange of Children "Lateral Preferences and Human Behavior," his brother, Don, conducted a weekend workshop in Tudor England: An Anthropological Phenome- American Journal of Psychology, 96: 296-298 at Five Oaks United Church Camp, Paris, non in Historical Context," The Journal of (Psychology). Ontario on "Food: Beyond the Farm Gate." Prof. Family History 8(4): 303-3137Consumer Stu- Pletsch also spoke at the Corn Fest Week dies). Rauser, W.E., 1983. "Estimating Thiol-rich Activities in Dunnville, jointly sponsored by Copper-binding Protein in Small Root Sample," the Haldimand Soil and Crop Improvement Asso- McKeown, D.B., 1983. Feed Me or Else, New Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenphysioloqie 112:69-77 ciation and Dunnville Chamber of Commerce, on York: Dodd, Mead, 1983. (Botany and Genetics). "The Rural-Urban Dilemma."

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