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Hastings 2222 Marine Drive, 736-9166 255-4381 West Vancouver 926-5508 5590 Victoria Dr. 3295 W. Broadway Hours of business 9 a.m.4 327-8301 736-7451 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Mon. CKronicle VOLUME 26, No. 3, FALL 1972 5 THEGREAT TREK ValerieHennell 11 THE CHESS ODYSSEY OF DUNCAN SUTTLES N. E. Omelusik 16 DR. GEORGE SZASZ B.C.'s Pioneer REUNION In Sex Education Viveca Ohm 24 ALUMNI OPINION DAYS SURVEY RESULTS are coming for the 28 ALUMNI NEWS classes of 33 SPOTLIGHT 1927 38 LETTERS 1932 1937 1942 1947 EDITOR Clive Cocking,BA'62 1952 1957 EDITORIALASSISTANT Susan Jamieson,BA'65 COVER AnnetteBreukelman 1962 ADVERTISINGREPRESENTATIVE Alumni Media, (604-688-6819) On Saturday, October 21, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE there's dinner at the UBC Mrs. R.W. Wellwood, BA'51, chairman, Frank C. Faculty Club followed by Walden, BA'49, pastchairman, Mrs. Frederick Field, dancing in the Ballroom BA'42, Dr. Joseph Katz, (BA, MEd, Manitoba), of the Koerner Graduate (PhD, Chicago), Trevor Lautens, (BA, McMaster), Student Centre. Dr. Ross Stewart, BA'46, MA'48, (PhD, Washington), Robert Dundas. BASc'48 If you haven't already received Harry Franklin, BA'49, Ian MacAlpine, LLB'71, a letter from the chairman of Mrs. Nathan Nemetz, BA'35, Dr. Erich Vogt, (BSc, MSc, Manitoba), (PhD, Princeton), your reunion class giving all the Valerie Hennell, BA'70, MA'72. details of this special evening contact the UBC Alumni office Publlshed quarterly by the Alumnl Association of the University at 6251 NW Marine Dr., of Brltlsh Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. .Business and edl- Vancouver 8, B.C. or 228-3313 torlal olflces: Cecll Green Park, 8251 N.W. Marlne Dr., Vencou- ver 8. B.C. (604-228-3313). SUBSCRIPTIONS: The Alumni Chronlcle Is sent to ell alumnl of the unlverslty. Non-alumni subacrlptlons are available at $3 a year, students $1 a year. Reunion Days '72 Postage peld at the Third Class rate. Permit No. 2067. Member American Alumnl Council. Duffers and Pros. please note that theannual Reunion Days men's golf tournamenttees off earlyOctober 6. Registrations must be received by Sep- tember 25 at the Alumni office at the address or phone listed above. 3 A Week That Built A University And Began A Tradition Valerie Hennell Somethinghas happened to this dents were housed on the grounds quired.Under the leadership of university - something not easy to of the General Hospital,with class- AMS president-elect Ab Richards describe - and yet something which es being held in tents, shacks, attics (BSA ’23)an organizing committee should receive mention here. It is and even a church basement. Con- was formed to discuss plans for a only now, in the presence of the ditions bordered on the intolerable Student Publicity Campaign.The genuine, that we have come to real-- hopelesslycrowded and ex- committee was made upof Aubrey izethe futility of thoseJlorid tremelyrundown. Although the Roberts (Arts’23), Jack Clyne (BA phrases in which we were wont to provincial government had in 191 1 ‘23), R.L.“Brick” McLeod (BA congratulateourselves upon our setaside 3,000 acres of land at ’25), MarjorieAgnew (BA ’22), collegespirit. That immaturity is Point Grey for the University, con- JackGrant (BA ’24), PercyM. passed,and in its place we have struction of buildings had been in- Barr (BASc ’24), AI Buchanan (BA a consciousness- and a pride- too terrupted in its early stages by the ’24), Joe Brown (BA ’23, MA ’25), genuine to dress in purple patches. outbreak of World War I. For 10 John Allardyce (BA ’19, MA ’21), We havc come into our heritage. long years the only evidence of a and Betty Somerset (BA ’24), who university at the appointed site was later married fellow-organizer Jack the skeleton frame of the science Clyne. building and thebeginnings of some AubreyRoberts describes the In this brief editorial The Uby- barns. It wasestimated that stu- campaign asone which predated ssey of November 2, 1922. summed dents in the agriculturalcollege the public relationsprofession by up the events of a week which was were wasting 6,000 hours going to 20 years.“We thought of every- to become a landmark in UBC his- and from their fields at Point Grey! thing: speakers,letters to com- tory.Something had indeed hap- And despite repeated promises to munity leaders,flashes on news- pened to the University, and it is the contrary,the provincial govern- reels, cards on the street cars. We difficult to know whether or not at ment was making no effort to re- organizeda pressbureau which the time thestudent body as a commenceconstruction. Inthe provided promotional material for whole shared this sense of creating spring of 1922 the students decided a month before and coverage dur- tradition. Nonetheless they whole- it was time totake matters into ing the actual campaign.” All the heartedly joined together to forge their own hands. promotion was designed to encour- acampaign which is still remem- The biggest problem wasto age the general public to sign peti- bered as a turning point in the de- make the public aware of the condi- tions urging the governmentto velopment of UBC, acampaign tionsat the Fairview Shacks and “Build the University”. When the which is nowfondly recalled as to gain support for the expansion students left for summer vacation simply The Great Trek. of the infant university. Today we they were armed with petitions and In 1922, UBC was hardly recog- might simply enlist the aid of a tele- charged with collecting a minimum nizable as a university in any terms vision crew; in1922 considerable of 25 signatures each - and when we might apply today. ItsI, 176 stu- imaginationand initiative wasre- classesrecommenced in the fall 5 1,700 signatures had been obtained. The committee sought to increase this number to 50,000, a goal which was not only reached but was ex- ceeded by 6,000 by early Novem- ber. The ways and means by which this was achieved is a story in it- self.Betty Clyneremembers polishing shoes on campus to help raise money to print the petitions. Earle Birney (BA ’26) recalls riding a street car all one day soliciting signaturesfrom the passengers. Students made speeches in movie theatres and wrote letters to MLAs and members of government. The women on the committee made an appealto the women ofB.C. to support the petitions, and succeed- ed gettingin several women’s organizations to endorse the campaign.By October the movement was in high gear and much encour- aged by growing public support. October 22-28 wasdesignated Varsity Week, when a highly con- centrated effort torally further support was to be made. Planned ac- tivities included radio speeches and ahouse to house canvass. In the “Muck-A-Muck,” the literary sec- tion of The Ubyssey, certain sug- gestions were offered for the success of the canvass: 0 Allco-eds wear their prettiest clothesand canvass officedis- tricts. 0 Allmen tocanvass residential districts, and to ask for the lady of the house. If she who answers the door appears to be over 30, say: Is your mother home?If she is under 20 call her Madam. If she is somewhere between these ages - figure it out for yourself. 0 Portraits of the Chemistry tent, theArts corridor, and the Science men may be offered as proof of thenecessity for removing the The pre-Trek campaign aroused great publicity,with The Province University from the City. (above)running a now famous cartoon. Andon the day of the march Whether or not students followed the need tobuild the University wasfurther emphasized by studentfloats. thisadvice, Varsity Week was a tremendous success. A photograph of the chemistry tent appeared in The Province on October 26, and on the 27th the front page featured a cartoona depicting then UBC President Klinckgazing bemused ata giantshoe overflowing with students. The caption read: The UBC president lived in a shoe, He had so many students, he didn’t know what to do. 6 Hecramped them, and squeezed them and trusted to luck, While the government dawdled and Aresort to match passed him the BUCK. “Build theUniversity” ads were a matchless setting run in the papers and window dis- play space was donated to the campaign bydowntown stores. Brick McLeod set up a booth at the fair The Harrison (now the PNE) andoffered to push baby carriages while mothers sign- in British Columbia ed the petition. Another enterpris- ing student set up a soap box in a British Columbia created the setting. The Harrison downtown pool hall. added a full range of facilities for relaxing fun.The result Excitement was building as the is a resort of uncommon charm. Here, in the midstof campaign gained momentum. Var- natural beauty, you can enjoy swimming in heated pools, sity Week was climaxed on Octob- golf, riding, boating, water-skiing.Plus the delight of er 28 with a parade through town nightly dancing and entertainment.

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