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1967 University of President: Herbert Stoker Armstrong Chancellor: Honorable Chief Justice C.C. McLaurin Honorary Degrees: Eric L. Harvie W. Bruce Hutchinson Jean S. Boggs James A. Corry Ernest C. Manning James M. Harrison Eric W. Robinson Donald C. Rose George H. Thompson J.W. Grant MacEwan Gordon H. Love Lester B. Pearson Enrolment: 4935 Full time students Degrees awarded: 922 Faculties: School of Social Welfare is established. Faculties of Business and Fine Arts are established. Physical Education becomes a school with its own Director. Buildings: The Bookstore moves to the lower floor of the Students Union Building. New Buildings: MacEwan Hall officially opens - Lieutenant Governor Grant MacEwan cuts the ribbon The Central Heating and Cooling plant is completed. The Environmental Sciences Centre in Kananaskis opens. Library About 3000 volumes are stolen from the library every year. Holdings: 170,000 volumes, 2250 periodicals Employees: Faculty: 522.4 FTE Support staff:191.9 FTE Total persons employed: 2344

Budget/Fees Full course = $100.00 Half course = $50.00 Full time students in Arts, Education and Physical Education pay $250 - 300 Full time students in Science pay $250 – 350 Full time students in Engineering pay $250 - 400 Events: Speakers/Lectures/Seminars/Visitors: Dr. Chester Ronning (Distinguished Lecturer) speaks on “A Canadian Viewpoint on the War in Vietnam.” Second Century Week (to celebrate ’s centennial), 1200 participants arrive in Calgary and Edmonton. Linda Inkpen, Miss Canadian University hosts the week. Music: The first concert in the Students’ Union Building ballroom is held on October 13. The folk singers, Ian and Sylvia play. There is some concern that the concert might have to be cancelled as the ballroom hadn’t passed its fire inspection. However, temporary fire equipment is installed so the concert goes ahead. Gordon Lightfoot performs at the SUB ballroom. Technology: The U of C Data Centre is located on the fourth floor of the library (now known as the library block). It houses a System 360, Model 30 computer which is capable of remembering 65,536 facts. It has four magnetic tape drives and is capable of reading 1000 key punch cards a minute. It has terminals connected to it in the Engineering, Arts & Science and Education buildings. It runs 24 hours a day. One storage unit has the capacity of 1600 bits. That’s 32 times as dense as a tape recorder. Students Students across Canada protest when Dow Chemical Company of Canada recruiters came to their campuses. Polystyrene is made by Dow Chemical. This chemical is used in take-out coffee cups, Christmas decorations, some toys and napalm. Napalm is being used by the United States in Vietnam. The recruiters do not come to the U of C campus. Canadian Events: Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson Governor General: Georges Vanier, then Roland Michner ’s premier: Ernest Manning Calgary’s mayor: Jack Leslie A UFO landing pad is built at St. Paul, Alberta. Canada celebrates the centennial of Confederation. While visiting Canada, supported ’s separation attempts, angering the Canadian government. Marshall McLuhan’s The Medium is the Message is published. is adopted by parliament as Canada’s national anthem. hosts . Yellowknife replaces as capital of the Northwest Territories. The air force, army and navy become the Canadian Armed Forces. Grey Cup (CFL) –.Hamilton Tiger-Cats over the Roughriders

The World: Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, is convicted of numerous crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Vietnam War: 25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City. This offensive’s target was to destroy the Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border. Secretary General U. Thankt makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam. U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for the first time. The first North Sea gas pumped ashore at Durham, England. Boxer Muhammad Ali refused to do military service. China announces a successful hydrogen bomb test. Race riots occur throughout the United States. Apollo 1 destroyed in a fire on the launch pad. Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed. Chuck Yeager established a speed record of Mach6.7 in the X-15 research aircraft. Dolby sound eliminates audio hiss. IBM creates the floppy disc. Cordless telephones enter the phone system. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine are the first to create a synthesis of biologically active DNA in a test tube. Stanley Cup: Maple Leafs over the Alpine Skiing: Men’s overall champion, Jean Claude Killy (); Women’s overall champion, Nancy Greene (Canada)