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*. LlBRdRY SIX NEW Major-GeneralVictor Odlum of Vancouver has donated his personal library of 10,000 books to UBC. Thelibrary, which General Od- Iumcollected over a period of 60 years,embraces awide variety of i*. BUllDlNCS subjects, includingliterature, bio- graphy,history, philosophy, reli- gion.science and art. GeneralOdlum’s library will be housed in aspecial room of the UBC library to beknown as “The ’OPENED Rockwoods CentreLibrary.” Gen- eralOdlum will himself recata- Sixnew buildingscosting more new look Yogue the books interms of the than $5 and a halfmillion were R. C. H. “BILL” ROGERS UBCsystem and present a printed ready for University of British Col- homecomingchairman copyof thecatalogue toUBC as umbia students when they rreturned for ‘63 evidenceof the gift. tothe campusSeptember 16 for General Odlum is a former news- the 1963-64 winter session. Otherfeature events are sep paper publisher in Vancouverand homecoming avate golftournaments -for men The mostexpensive is a $1,421,- was Canadian high commissioner andwomen graduates followed by 343 structure for the department of Abright newlook for UBC’s inAustralia as well as ’s luncheonand dinner inthe Fac- elaectrical engineeringwhich took 1963 Homecomingcelebrations is ambassador toChina and . ulty Club, class reunions,and the 15 monthsto complete. The four- forecastby Alumni Association General Odlum wasan MLA for officialsorganizing the annual re- annualAlumni ball, whichthis four years and served on the boards 1 +#smy -bum xontains 75,000 turn t% ‘the’ .campus October” 24, v-retttrns--to” the Commodore o+ govermrs of the-Umvcrsitp and square feet of space. It consists of Cabaret. classrooms a n d laboratories f o r 25 and 26. of theCanadian Broadcasting Cor- Returning graduates will be able Adetailed list of Homecoming poration. undergraduateteaching and ad- evehts will befound on page two vanoed research. to choose from sports,social, and In 1959 GeneralOdlum donated academicevents designed togive of this edition of “U.B.C. Reports.” his fiveand a half acreestate at Theelectrical engineering build- greatermeaning to Homecoming. BatchelorBay near Whytecliff to ing is the second buildingon a 15 Alumni officialsare cooperating the Universityfor work inthe acresite at thesouth end of the withthe UBC extensiondepart- fields of fine arts and public affairs, campus forthe faculty of applied ment to present an academic semi- andapproved student activities. science. The first unit, a chemical naron space whichwill feature a engineeringbuilding, was opened Mercury space capsule, the vehicle three named in 1961. Thecompleted develop used theinAmerican manned mentwill consistof six buildings. space program. to UBC board Thelargest lecture theatre on The capsule will go on display the campusseating 450 students is inthe UBC armoury October 16, of governors ten days beforethe space seminar part of a $1,398,503 addition to the T.hree appointments havebeen opens inthe auditorium ofthe physics building. The addition also made tothe UBC board of gover- uncreuse contains tutorial rooms and labora- newphysics building wing. Admis- norsby theLieuienant-Governor- sion. to the armoury free. torises for 500 students. is in-Councilunder the new Univer- giving Theseminar will beaddressed sities Actwhich came intoeffect A new wing has also been added by officials from Canada’s Defence Contributionsto the Alumni As- on July 1. t.0 thenearby chemistry buildi,ng Research Board, the National Aero- sociation’s 1963 annual giving ap- The appointments are Mr. Walter at a cost of $1,039,756. It contains nauticsand Space Administration peal haveincreased nearly 100 per Koerner,Mr. John Liersch, and classrooms andlaboratories for in Washington, a,nd the Institute of cent compared to the same period Mr.Leon Ladner. seniorundergraduate work inor- Space Studies in New York. in 1962, alumniofficials have re- Mr.Koerner and Mr. Li3ersch ganic, inorganic and physical chem- Interestedgraduates should con- vealed. weremembers theof previous istry. tact the UBC extension department Contributionsto August 31 this board appointed by the Lieutenant- forregistration details. year amounted to $50,235.28, a leap A new $600,000 cafeteriaand Governor-in-Council.Mr. Ladner. Some brand newcampus build- of 99,7 per ce,nt over the same commissary kitchenwill ease the formerlya memberof the board ings willloom large in Homecom- period in 1962. The number of don- shortage of eating facilities on the elected by the Senate, now sits on ing plans. orsalso increased from 1960 in campus inthe coming year. The theboard as an appointeeof the AHomecoming bonspeil cover- 1962 to 2224 in 1963. top floor of the building features a Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. ingthe three-dayperiod will be ’. An increase has alsobeen noted double-linecafeteria- seating 600 Two other members of the board held in the new winter sports cen- in the average donation to the ap- students. It is open from 8 a.m. to announced their resignations in tre at the south end of the campus. peal. This year the average gift 6:30 p.m. Monday toFriday, and August.They are Dr.Percy Ben- FatherDavid Bauer will ice his was $22.58 while lastyear during until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. goughof Vancouver and Mr. Rob- Canadian Olympic hockey team on the same periodthe average was ert H. 6. Kerof Victoria. The ground floor of the building Friday,October 25, for a game $14.88. The Senate ofthe University, is a commissary kitchen which will against theEdmonton Oil Kings. Last year thetotal amount sub- meeting onSeptember 20, elected preparefood for transportation to The new $600,000 commissary and scribed tothe appealover the the following persons to the Beard: fourother major food c,enters on cafeteriawill bethe sceneof the year was $36,749.55. This year’s Mr.Nathan Nemetz, Mr.Donovan the campus. annualreception and luncheon for goal is $100,000 from 4,000 donors. Miller. and Mr. J. Stuart Keate. UBC’snew Fr ederic Wood graduatesSaturday.on Faculty AAGfunds areused for a var- Underthe new UniversitiesAct, Theatre-the second unit of the members, leadingstudents and iety of purposes including scholar- theSenate elects three persons to fine arts center-cost a totalof graduates willmingle in the new ships, the President’s fund,the the Board for three-yearterms. $598,758. It was opened officially on building at the corner of the west Library. and recreational facilities. September 19 byPresident Emeri- mall and Universityboulevard. The committee in charge of the ap- tus Norman MacKenzie a few min- ThroughoutSaturday students peal is currentlyinvestigating the utes before the curtain went up for willguide graduatesabout the establishmentof a seniorstudent theinaugural performance of the campuson toursof new buildings. loanfund. Englishmusical “Salad Days.” Following theHomecoming lun- Graduates who have not yet con- Thetheatre seats 400 persons cheon, football fans will be able to tributed shouldsend gifts to the andalso includes three classrooms see the current edition of the Thun- Alumni office, .mom 252, Brock each seating 50 students. The stage derbirdsplay the University of Hall, UBC, Vancouver 8. of the theatre features two revolv- SaskatchewanHuskies in the sta- ing stages for complexscenery dium. changes. 1 UBC’s new wintersports center U. B.C. REPORTS at the southend of the campus is now in full operation and contains VOLUME 9 - No. 5 hockeyand curlingfacilities. The S E P T. - 0 C T., 1963 $5OO,OOO buiiding seats 1500 persons. ” THE FACULTY the PRESIDENTJOHN B. MAC- . DONALD was honouredby the Newsman’s Club of B.C. in August export as the 12th recipientof “British Columbian of the Year” .award. Thehonour is awardedon the results of votes by editors of daily of andweekly newspapersand radio and television news editors throughout the province. The first winner of the award in 1952 was presidentemeritus DR. By DAVID M. MYERS N.A. M. MACKENZIE. Dean, Faculty of Applied Science Dr.Macdonald was alsohon- ouredduring the summer with In the many discussions that have been stimu- honorarymembership inthe Brit- lated by the publication of the Macdonald report ishColumbia Dental Association. onhigher education in , the Th,e honor a ry membership is question is often asked: “Why should we produce awardedto thosewho have made graduates towork in otherprovinces or coun- a meritoriouscontribution to the tries?”This is akinto the question:“When did OPPORTUNITY science and art ofdentistry. you stopbeating your wife?” It implies anas- ARTHURERICKSON, a.ssociate sumption which, if invalid,makes the question professor in the school of architec- meaningless. Toput the matter straight, let us ATSUNDOWN ture, was a member ofthe team examine the assumption. Do we, in fact,lose our For 27 yearsone ofthe bestbargains inBritish whichwon first prizefor the de- graduates toother places? Yes, wedo losea sign of thme new Simon Fraser Uni- substantialproportion of them, but wealso gain Columbia has been theprogram of evening classes of theUniversity of B.C. versity on Burnabymountain. manywho received their education elsewhere. In association with Vancouver Thereal question is whether our balance of For a ridiculously few dollars, usually less than the cost of a night on the town,anybody who wishes can architectGeoffrey Massey, Mr. tradein talent is satisfactory; no seriouscom- take advantage ofthe province’sfinest brains and Ericksonprepared amaster plan plaint can be made against our exports of talent talentsto make that wish come true. forthe new university in a con- if theyare exceeded byour imports;indeed a It isthe modern university’s responsibility or even testentered by 71 B.C. architects. healthyinterchange of talent isgenerally re- dutyto reach outto everylevel of the community, Aninternational group of judges garded as essential in a civilized community. andUBC meets it most ably. Last year 8,000 attended wereunanimous in th4eir choiceof It isdifficult to analyze ourtrade in trained its night courses and, certainly in many instances, lives the Erickson-Masseydesign for people, as they do not appear as items in balance werereshaped and destinies dramatically altered as a SFU. sheets or budgets. However, I have attempteda result. DR. GEORGE R. F. ELLIOTT, tentative examination on the following bases and Thecalendar for this Fall now has been r’eleased, assumptions. professor ofpreventive medici.ne notonly for the UBC campusbut, tobring the uni- and a.ssistant provincialhealth of- (1) If we consider a profession in which British versityphysically closer tothe people, for Bur,naby, ficer, has been appointedhonor- Columbiaoffers less opportunitiesthan else- NewWestminster, Richmond and North and West ary physician to the Queen. where,we wouldexpect our ratio of exports Vancouver. Dr. Elliott was one of a number toimports to be relativetyhigh. Conversely, It is exhilaratingreading in itself - between Re- ofarmy, navy and air foroeveter- if it is not unduly high in sucha profession, it corderFlute, Introductory, and Philosophy’s What Is answho wererecently appointed . islikely to be lower still in athers. Leftof Morality, and AnIntroduction to Digital Com- to the position. His appointment is (2) Engineeringis sucha profession. Although puters,there is something inthis program for all. fortwo years. incertain areas, such as thoserelated to for- Whatevera person’s academic backgromd,the ele- estry and forest products,one wouldexpect a mentsof a universityeducation are no farther away PROF. WALTON J. ANDERSON, netimport of talent, the secondary industries than the mailbox. - THE VANCOUVER SUN. head of the department of agricul- are far more widespread and highly developed tural econom,ics,has resignedto in the central provinces and in the U.S.A. than takethe post of director of re- in B.C., andthe demand for engineers conse- search ofthe Agricultural Econo- quently is camparativelylow in B.C. micsResearch Councilof Canada. (3) My investigation is thereforeconfined to Dr.Anderson, a memberof the theengineering profession, and if it discloses UBCfaculty since 1947, tookover areasonable relation of exports to imports, his new post in September. Object then, taken over all areas of activity, the criti- ofthe federal-provincial council is cismthat we are exporting talent would seem to strengthen Canada’s agricukural to be unjustified. homecomingcalendar industrythrough a long-range re- My data are drawn primarily from the list of search programin economics and members published in 1962 by the Assaciation of THURSDAY,OCTOBER 24 rural sociology. ProfessionalEngineers of British Columbia. This ALL DAY - Homecoming bonspeil in the winter sports DR. MIKLOSUDVARDY, asso- list discloses that there are 2895 membersregis- centre at the south end of the campus. Mercury space ciateprofessor inthe zoologyde- teredto practise their profession in B.C., of capsule on display i.n theUBC armoury from 10 a.m. partment, is ona year’s leave of whom 379 are disqualified by virtue of residence to 10 p.m. Admission is free. absence at theUniversity of Cali- elsewhere; thereare therefore approximately 12:30 p.m. - Pep rally in the War Memorial gymnasium. forniawhere he has been invited 2500 registeredpractising engineers inthe prov- Featuredperformer is singerJosh White. to be their “Lida Scott Brown Visit- ’ ince. There is no simple way of determining how 7:30 p.m. - Duplicate bridge tournament for graduates ingLecturer’’ for the current aca- many practising engineers are not registered, but in the faculty club. demicyear. asurvey acr‘ass Canada by the Dominion Bureau He will give lectures throughout of Statistics, about two years ago, led to the esti- FRIDAY,OCTOBER 25 the fall andspring ontopics re- mate thatabout 65 percent of engineers w’ere ALL DAY - Space capsule on display in the armoury, latedto ornithology. registered intheir provincial associations. If we 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. During the summer Dr. Udvardy accept this figure for B.C., we conclude that there 9 a.m. - Space seminarsponsored bythe extension visited a number of universities in are 3900 professionalengineers practising inthe department opens inthe newphysics buildi.ng. Cana- Europe,Canada andthe U.S.A., province. dian and American officials from the Defence Research wherehe lectured and took part An analysis of the membership list mentioned Board, theInstitute of Space Studies in NewYork, in meetingsoflearned societies. aboveshows that of 2895 members, 1281 (44 per theNational Aeronautics and Space Administrationin cent)received their qualifying degree atthe Washington, D.C., a.nd the Bell TelephoneLaboratories PROF. SAM BLACK, ofthe University -ad B.C.; there is noother institution will discuss various aspects ofthe space program. faculty of educationand the de- in the province which givessuch a qualification. Interestedgraduates should contact the extension de- partmentof fine arts, has been Makingthe assumption thatthe proportion of partmentfor full details.The seminar continues until electedsecond vice-president of UBCtrained men amongthose notregistered is 5 p.m. todayand until 12:30 p.m. onSaturday. theInternational Society for Edu- the same as amongthose registered, thetotal 9 a.m. - Ladies’ golftournament beginson the UBC cationthrough Art, which met in engineering population in B.C. consistsof: golf course. A lu.ncheon will follow at 1:30 p.m. in the August in Montreal. : 1720 facultyclub. Trainedat UBC DR.A. J. WOOD, professor of Trainedelsewhere : 2180 11 a.m. - Men’s golftournament begins on theUBC course. Adinner will follow at 5 p.m. inBrock Hall. animal husbandry i.n the faculty of Consideringnow the supply engineers in of EVENING Reunions class of ’23 andlaw ’53. agriculture, was the only Canadian B.C., the average time betweengraduation and - - 7:30 p.m. - Officialopening winter sports centre. invitedto address the sixKinter- professionalcompetency is about four years. 8 p.m. Hockey inthe winter sportscentre. Cana- national C o n g ress of Nutrition Thus, the total output of trained engineersmay - dianOlympic team vs theEdmonton Oil Kings. whichmet inEdinburgh during be estimatedapproximatery by taking the. total August. Dr. Woodalso visitedre- graduationfigures from the. University up till - search laboratoriesand universi- 1SU:”fhe number is-4037. It is rSason’irble to sup SATURDAY, OCTOMR- 26 ALLDAY TheMercury space capsulecontinues tiesin Great Britain and Iceland pose that,of these,,some 10 percent have been - on displayin the armoury, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. New before returning to UBC. lost deathor through leaving the profession, by UBCbuildin-gs will alsobe open to graduates. andthe number enrolled in theprofession with- PROF. JOHN E. BIER, ofthe 9 a.m. Space seminarcontinues inthe auditorium out auniversity qualification is small.Thus, the - department of biology andbotany, ofthe newphysics buildi.ng. totalproduction to date is approximately 3600. deliveredapaper at theWorld 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. - Homecomingluncheon and We can now examine our balance of trade: Consultation on forest genetics and receptionin the newcommissary cafeteria at the cor- tree improvement,sponsored by Trained at UBC and practising in B.C. .. 1720 nerof the west malland University boulevard. Grad- TrainedatUBC and practising else- fheFood and Agricultural Organ- uates will have an opportunity to meet leading faculty izationof the United Nations, in where ...... ~~ ...... ~..~~.-.....~.~ ...... ~~ 1880 members duringthe luncheon. Trained elsewhere and practising in B.C. 2180 Stockholmin August. 12 NOON - Class of ’18 reunion in faculty club. Dr.Bier was theonly Canadian Allowing for errors in my assumptions, it may 2 p.m. - Football in the UBCstadium. UBC Thunder- universityfaculty member invited be concluded that the numbers in the three cate- birds vs the University of Saskatchewan. to speak at the conference. This goriesare roughly equal. Theevidence does not EVENING - Reunions ofthe classes of 1928,’33, ’38, is thefifth consecutiveyear that suggest that our exports exceed ourimports. ‘43,’48, ’53, and ’58. Dr.Bier was invitedto speak at Engineersrepresent about six percent of the 9 p.m. - Annual alumni ball at the Commodore cabaret. themeeting of a learnedsociety enrolmentat UBC. It is reasonable to assume, For information and ticket reservations call the Alumni in Europe. in the absence ofevidence tothe contrary, that Associationoffice, 224-4366. the tendency for a graduateto leave theprov- PROF. D.J. WORT,of the bio- ince is greater in engineering than in the average logyand botany department, Pre- ofthe remaining 94 percentof the University sentedpapers at meetingsof the population. AmericanInstitute ofBiological Thus, there appears to be no truth in the sug- 2 Sciences in Amherst,Massachu- gestionthat UBC is training graduates to leave U. B. C. REPORTS setts, in August, and at the second the province; rather, it appears that weare fall- triennial conferenceof the Euro- ing a little short of meeting our own needs, and VOLUME 9 - NO. 5 peanAssociation for Patato. Re- search in Pisa, Italy, in September. thatour imports of talent exceed ourexports. ’ SEPT. - OCT., 1963 CONSTRUCTIONof the Woodward Bio-Medical Library, above left,on the site science collection.Tenders havebeen call-.d forconstruction of a new $2 million of theHealth Sciences Centreopposite the War Memorial Gymnasium, hasbegun. officeand classroom building, above right.to house thefaculty of commerce and TheBoard of Governors has approveda grant to match funds contributed by Mr. the social sciences departmentsof the faculty of arts. The eig-ht-storey officeblock . andMrs. P. A. Woodward’s Foundation.The buildingwill house 100,000 volumes willfront on UniversityBoulevard whiie a four-storey classroom block willfront andcontain aspecial room to house theUniversity’s history of medicineand onthe main mall.Architect for both projects is Thompson, Rerwickand Prott. foundation new building aids library will cost construction $2 million The board of governors has auth- A $746,946 contractfor construc- ovizod thecalling of tenders for a tionof the Woodward Bio-Medical newmulti-purpose classroom and Library at the University of British office building to cost morethan Columbia has been awarded by the $2 million. BoardGovernorsof Frankto Thebuilding, to be constructed Stanzl Construction Ltd. ofVan- at the corner of the Main Mall and couver. UniversityBoulevard. will house Constructionof the three-storey thefaculty of commerceand the building, which will cost a total of social sciences departmentsof the $950,000, willbegin immediately. faculty of arts. Expected o pe n i n gdate is the new theatre Expxted completion date of the summerof 1964. building is thesummqr of 1965. Gifts covering half the total cost officially Thebuilding will consist of an of the building havebeen made to eight-storey office blockfronting theUniversity by Mr. and Mrs. on UniversityBoulevard and a P. A.Woodward’s Foundation. A opened four-storeyclassroom block on the matching grant has been approved Dr.-N. A. M. MacKenzie,presi- MainMall. Attached to the class- by the UBC Board of Governors. dentemeritus of UBC, officially former roomwing wit1 betwo lecture TheWoodward Bio-Medical Lib- opened thenew 400-seat Frederic theatres each seating 300 students. rary will be constructed on the site WoodTheatre in UBC’s finearts Thelecture wing of the block ofthe University Health Sciences centreSeptember 19. history willcontain 12 classrooms with Centre on UniversityBoulevard Theofficial opening ceremonies seatingaccommodation ranging oppositethe War Memorial Gym- took place minutes before the cur- from 45 to 100 persons. In addition nasium. tain went up on the inaugural pro- head dies this wing will contain seven labora- Whencompleted Healththe duction in the new theatre, the gay Professor Walter N. Sage, former tories, ten seminar rooms, sixpro- Sciences Centrewill include a 400 Englishmusical entitled “Salad head of the department of history ject rooms, and five departmen- bed teaching and research hospital Days.” and a member of the UBC faculty tal reading rooms. servingthe whole of British Col- It was Dr. MacKenzie who open- from 1918 to 1953, died September Faculty of artsdepartments um,bia, theFaculty of Dentistry, edthe original Frederic Wood 11 following a long illness. He was whichwill be housed in thenew Schools of Rehabilitation and Nurs- Theatre,a converked army hut on 75. building are psychology.sociology, ing, andother professional schools theWest Mall, in 1952, Dr. Phyllis Prof. Sage, one ofthe senio,r anthropology. political science, inthe health field. G. Ross, chancellorof the Univer- scholars in Canadianhistory, was economics. and the Institute of In- TheWoodward Bio-Medical Lib- sity, presided at the openi,ngcere- associated with the B.C. Historical dustrial Relations. Association for more than years rarywill combine in oneeasily- mony. Alsopresent at the cere- 40 andmade the history of B.C. a accessible collectionall UBC’S mony was Frederic G. C. Wood, subjectfor seriousstudy by pro- holdings inthe fi,?lds ofhuman professoremeritus of English‘ at fessional historians. biology,andpre-clinical health UBC, after whom both theatres are sciences, and with the development Born in London,, on named. August 9.1888, Prof. Sage was edu- of the University hospital, the clini- ProfessorWood was amember calhealth sciences. cated at the University of Toronto, of thefaculty when UBC first wherehe received his bachelorof The building of 35,000 square‘feet opened its doors in 1915. In the en- artsdegree in 1910. tie obtaineda wings dded will spat more than 250 readers and suingyears he founded the UBC second BAdegree and the master house 30$00 to 40,000 volumesin- Players’Club, which staged thirty ofarts degree from Oxford Uni- +e educafiom itially. Eventually, the Library will majorproductions and innumer- versity where he studied from 1910 house 100,000 volumes. abk one-act playsduring his to 1913. He also reeived a diploma building A feature of the building will be directorship. in economics andpolitical science A $1.767.461 contract for construc- separate study rooms which will be He was renownedamong gener- withdistinction from Oxford. tionof phase two of theCollege open 24 hoursa day forthe con- ations of students for his courses Prof. Sagewas awardedthe de- of Educationbuilding at the Uni- venience of studentswho require on the Englishnovel and play- gree of doctor of philosophy by the versity of BritishColumbia has study space afternormal closing wrighting.He resigned from the University of Torontoin 1925. beenawarded toBedford Con- hours. UBC faculty in 1950. Beforejoining the UBC faculty struction Co. Ltd. Therewill also be a room con- Representhgthe Canada Coun- in 1918, Prof. Sage lecturedat The contract was awarded by the taining bookson thehistory of cil, which contributed half the cost CalgaryCollege and Queen’s Uni- provincial government’s depart- medici.neand science namedfor ofthe $500,000 theatre,was Mrs. versity.Appointed at the rank of ment of public works.which is the late Charles Woodward. former W. J. Dorrance. assistant professor at UBC, he rose the architect for tfw project. M.L.A. and founder of Woodward’s Otherdistinguished guests were to full professor by 1928. Phase two of th’e building con- Prof. Sagewas head of the UBC sists of twowings to be added at Stores. UBCalready has a sub- Dean S. N. F. Chant, representing history department from 1932 until thenorth and south ends of the stantialcollection of books in this PresidentJohn B. Macdonald; Mr. heretired in 1953. The Senate of existingbuilding. which was com- area and it is hoped that additions C. I. Taylor, provincial department will be made in the near future. theUniversity granted him the pletedlast year. of education; Mr. G. G. Woodward, titleof professoremeritus of his- The north wing will be made up presidentof the Community Arts toryon his retiremerit.He served ofspecialized classrooms forthe Councilof Vancouver; Mr. E. L. as aspecial lecturer in theUBC teachingof mathematics. science, Affleck,president of the Players’ historydepartment until 1955. art. music. and other subjects. The Clubalumni; John MasonBrown, Prof. Sage was afellow of the south wingof the building will the distinguished New York drama RoyalHistorical Society,London, contain offices for members of the critic,and Miss Dorothy Somerset, andthe Royal Societyof Canada, Facultyand College of Education. professor, head of UBC’s theatre department. anda past pres. of the Canadian Expected completion date for the Historical Associationand the B.C. newwings is December, 1964 son die in Historical Association; He was the A third phas: ofthe building, a first Canadian to be electedpresi- smallgymnasium. will becon- dentof the American Historical structed in the future. freak flood Association. Pacificdivision. Dr. RogerClubb, anassistant A prolificwriter, Dr. Sageau- prokssorin the UBC English de- U thouredmore than 120 books,pa- partment,and his eight-year-old pers, andreviews onhistorical son, weredrowned during August subjects. Prof. Sagewas also a while on holiday in Grand Canyon longtime member of the UBC Sen- NationalPark in Arizona. ate. From 1939 to 1942 andfrom Dr.Clubb, 35, and his son, were Vol. 9, No. 5 - Sept. - Ocf., 1945 to 1963 he was one of 15 mem- library grant 1963. Authorized as second berselected by Convocation. hiki.ngin a dry creekbed when class mail by the PostOffice A S280.000 Canada Councilgrant they were engulfed in a freak flood Department,Ottawa, .and for will eyableUBC to proceed with payment of postage In cash. caused bytorrential rains. Published by the, University improvements and additions to the Dr. Clubb joined the UBC faculty of British ColUmblaand dm- Library. in 1959 after graduation from Yale, tributed free of charge to friends and graduates. Of the The grant. which covers half the where he received his Ph.D. in University. Permlsslon IS granted for,the materlal ap- total cost of the work. will be used 1959 andhis M.A. in 1953. He ob- pearing hereln tobe reprinted to complete stack andstudy space tained B.A. degrees fromLondon freely. J a m e 8 A. Banham, 3 atthe rear of theLibrary. University in 1952 andthe Univer- editor; Lare,e Spray Heide, assistant edltor. The editor U. B.C. REPORTS The space was enclosed but not sityof Kansas in 1950. w e I c o m e s letters, which finishedwhen the ~011thwing of Dr. Clubb is survived by his wife, should be addressed to the VOLUME 9 - No. 5 Information Office, U. E. C., theLiGrary was added in 1960. Jean, anda youn!lerson. Vancouver 8. S E PT. - OCT., 1963 SCIENTISTS DIG UP ClAsSIEs ,EXPANDED B.C.3 PAST UBC’s extensiondepartment has Universityof British Columbia decentralizedits 1963-64 evening archaeoJogists h av e pinpointed class programand is also offering about 50 sites Once occupiedby an expandeddaytime program on Indians in the lower Fraser Valley, and off campus and in WestVan- som of whichwill help to fill in couver. a four thousand year gap in B.C.‘s Inaddition to the usualnumber prehistory. of courses onthe UBC campus, the department is offering 16 even- The sites, locatedbetween the ing classes inthe areas of music, mouth of the Fraser River and the literature,public affairs, and edu- canyon above Yale, were found by cationindowntown and central Robert S. Kidd, aUBC graduate Vancouver. nowdoing postgraduate work at An extensiondepartment official Washington, andDerek Smith, a saidthe idea behinddecentraliz- UBCstudent taking honours in ingthe program is togive inter- anthropology. ested adults inthe metropolitan They examined old river terraces Vancouverarea more opportunity DR. THOMAS PERRY andgulleys leading from higher foundin Canada, Dr.Borden said. L. to take part in the program. levelsdown to the Fraser River Thearchaeologists found large Residents ofNorth and West andinvestigated leads frominter- numbers ofcrudely flaked tools Vancouverand many living in the estedcitizens who wrote or tele- made from riwr cobbles which easternsections of the Va,ncouver phonedDr. Charles Borden, direc- wereused as choppers,scrapers, area find it moreconvenient to torof archaeologicalstudies at and gouges. drive to central Vancouver than to Dr.Borden said it wouldbe UBC, and supervisor of four UBC MS RESEARCH the campus, theofficial said. projectsduring the pastsummer. necessary for geologists to assess Thedaytime program, the offi- One’ objective of the survey was the age ofthe site since there cial added, is aimed at providing to locate sites occupied by Indians werme no charcoal or other remains PROBES adulteducation opportunities to between 3OOO and 7000 years ago. which could be dated by the radio manypersons whoare unable to “Severalsites which seem to con- carbonmethod. attendnight classes because of tain material from this period have Funds for the latter two projects TRACE METALS workor family comtpitments.The beendiscovered,” Dr.Borden said, wereobtained from the National daytimeprogram i.ncludescourses Researchaimed atunravelling “but we shallnot know for cer- Museumof Canada, theUBC re- in public affairs, psychology, music, the myst.eriesof the crippling dis- tain until intensiveinvestigations searchcommittee, and Dr. H. R. literature, painting, pottery, French MacMillan. ease multiple sclerosis has begun begin.” and Spanish. at theUniversity of British Co- Among newcourses offered this Some ofthe siteslocated seem lumbia. yearare introductory Swedish and to ‘date back 8000 to 9OOO years or Dr. Thomas L. Perry, an associate introductoryUkrainian conversa- more, Dr.Borden added, which professor thein department of tion; concepts andcontradictions wouldmake them as oldor older pharmacology, has received a grant ofnon-violence; the criminal, the than anythingyetinvestigated. of $12,500 from the Multiple Scler- judgeand the public; unemploy- Funds to carry out the survey came real estate osisSociety of Canada totest a ment in Canada, and the executive fromthe National M use u mof theorythat the disease is related homemaker. Canada. toabnormal concentrations of one foundation Liberalarts coursescover his- As theresult of asecond pro- or more trace metals in the human tory, archaeology, film aPPreCia- jectunder Dr. Borden’s direction, body. tion,literatwe andhistory, while it has been ascertained that there Scientistshave already shown established the science section inclydes courses are no significantarchaeological that high concentrations of several TheReal Estate Institute of on the mechanism of development, remains in the Peace Riverbasin trace metals in thae brain can cause BritishColumbia will establisha ornithology,and identification of area which will be flooded by the mental deficiency and other neuro- $100,000 Educationand Research seed plants,ferns and allies. PortageMountain dam reservoir. logical diseases, Dr.Perry says. Foundationfor the expansion of There are, however,signs of Hecites as an insta.ncea com- archaeologicalremains onriver academic workrelating to estate management atthe University of plaintknown as Wilson’s disease, terracesabove the level of the which produces loss of intelligence new parking British Columbia. reservoir pool.These will be in- . andcertain physical symptoms as .Income fromthe $1OO,ooO trust vestigated in thefuture. a result of an ,excessive concentra- fundwillsupport scholarships, rules aid Theflooding which will result tion ofcopper incertain areas of bursariesand prizes to graduate from the dam construction at Port- the brai.nand liver. and undergraduate students in the age Mountainwill actually be an A disease of sheep which closely field of estate management, enable to visitors aidto future Investigations, Dr. resembles multiple sclerosis has UBC to purchase additional library Ntew regulations designed to help Borden said, sincea higherwater reinforcedthe trace metal bbory, material, and finance research pro- studentsand visitors park more level will makse higher areas more Dr. Perry says. The disease, known jects in estatemanagement. easilyon the University of British accessible. as “swayback,” shows up in lambs Thecapital sum will bevested Columbia campushave been an- Bob McGhee,a Universityof bornto ewes which havegrazed inthe VancouverFoundation and nounced by UBC’s trafficdirector Toronto honours student, and UBC on vegetationcontaining large graduateMichael Lemiski carried the income of approximately $5000 SirOuvry Roberts. amounts ofmolybdenum and low The new wrinkle for students is outthe survey withfunds pro- peryear allocated by grantsa concentrafions of copper. committee made up ofsix mem- apay lot at the southend of the videdby the provincial govern- Studiesof the frequency with campus intendedfor those who mentunder theArchaeological bersfrom the Institute and three whichmultiple sclerosisoccurs in don’t have time to obtain an inter- Sites Protection Act of 1960, which past or present members of UBC’s variousparts of the world have facultyof commerceand business impermit in advance fromthe providesfor the investigation of suggested thepossibility that the administration appointed by Presi- sitesthreatened by urban expan- diseasemay be associated with traffic office. dentJohn B. Macdonald. sion orindustrial development. variationsin the trac*e metal con- “Thepurpose ofthe lot,” Sir ColonelHerbert R. Fullerton, Forthe fifth year in a row an tent of the soil. Ouvry said, -“is to provide space for eight-manteam ofarchaeologists presidentof the Real Estate In- To test the theory Dr. Perry and thosestudents who use a second continued work in the Fraser Can- stituteof B.C., said“The educa- his assistants plan to analyse urine family car occasionally,and those yon north of Yale, where evidence tionand researchfoundation now samples frommultiple sclmerosis who drive an unregistered car to ofoccupation dating back to 9800 beingestablished by the Real sufferersand non-sufferers inthe th,p campus as the result of break- years agohas beendiscovered. Estate Institutewill provide, in same household. downs.” Further excavationof an Indian perpetuity,the necessaryscholar- Each ofthe samples- will be Studentswho have to use a sec- pithousevillage revealed a series ship funds totrain and educate tested todetermine the concentra- ond car in an emergencycan re- future teachers in the field of real of separate habitationlevels and tions of the 14 trace &elementsfound claimthe 50 cents a day parking estateeducation; to developnew evidenceearlierof occupation in the human body. charge byreporting to the traffic teachingmaterials and texts, and downto the 20-foot level. Six of these elements - copper, officeand producing their parking Mostof the deposits areprehis- toprovide opportunities for ad- iron,cobalt, zinc, manganese, and receiptand sticker number. toric and containonly Indian arti- vanced study and research in real molybdenum - areessential to Pay lotsfor daytime visitors to facts. Overlying these areremains estate for at a Canadian humans, Dr.Perry says, because the campusare another innovation whichyielded trade goods, Dr. University.” they arecomponents of $enzymes this year, Sir Ouvry said. “We dis- Borden said. Theearliest trade Professor Philip White,head of whichcontrol body functions. aeicles, some tubularcopper foil the division of estate management covered that 10,000 cars used visit- -The . remainingeight are not or’s pay lots when we mperi- ~ ,W,come from a pirhouse whkW in UBC’s .commerce faculty, said thought to benecessary, but some mentedwith them onweekdays was probablyinhabited in the late the income fromthe trust fund are knownto have toxiceffects if only during the past summer,” Sir 1700’s. wouldprovide for further expan- theyare present in excess quan- Ouvry said. Atthe next highest level,glass sionof work inthe field of real tities, Dr. Perry says. beads and iron objects were found estate at UBC. Carryingthe theory one step Entrances to the pay lots will be which would suggest an occupancy He said funds for aid to students further,Dr. Perry speculates that manned at all timesby attendants dab ofabout 1810. andpurchase of librarymaterials multiple sclerosis sufferersmay whowill adjust visitor’s parking Aprize find during these in- were most welcome, but the great- possess some inhlerentgenetic .de- space to meet the demand. “ASa vestigations was thefragments of estneed lay in the area of re- fectwhich prevents them from’ result, we will beable to ensure a beautifullycarved woodenbox search. eliminating one ofthe metals. parking space to all visitors,”said which had been partially destroyed “We will nowbe able,” he said, Dr.Perry says hisresearuh will SirOuvry. in a fire. A charcoalsample from “to expandour program of re- have value even if it is found that The west mall, from International the same levelwill besubmitted search inthe area of Canadian concentrations of metals in the hu- House tothe FraserRiver lot is for accura*e datingby the carbon mortgagepolicies and the more manbody are u.nrela?ed tomul- nowopen to two-waytraffic, Sir .method. . .. - - , .. * . efficient use ofmortgage funds, tiple sclerosis, sincethe direction Ouvry announced.Cars emerging *The discovery is significant, says and begin new work on the struc- of future research is oftenaided fromthe Fraser riverlot will be Dr. Boeden, because it represents ture of real estate markets in Can- bythe elimination of one or an- ableto leavethe campus more the first wooden carved object ever ada andthe function of private other possible avenues of research quicklyvia Marine Drive as a found in B.C. in a prehistoricIn- ownershipof real property.” which need to be explored. resultof the change. dian site. Studentsand visitors may park Later in thesummer the party, Dr.Perry is also doingresearch bed byDonald Mitchell, MA in supported by the Medical Research anywhereon the campus in the anthropology, UBC, began excavat- 4 Council of Canada which is aimed evening, SirOuvry pointed out, ing anearby site which maydate at discovering if there is a relation- except in certain areas whichare backmore than 12,000 years. U. B.C. REPORTS shipbetween mental illness and reserved day and night for facutty This wouldmake it the oldest VOLUME 9 - Nq. 5 otherbiochemical processes in the memberswho return to work or siteof h u m a nhabitation ever SEPT. - OCT., 1963 human body. teach.