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VOLUME 13, No. 7 VANCOUVER 8, B.C. ” DECEMBER, 1967

NEWPRESIDENT HERE JUNE 1 - TheUniversity of B.C.’s president- designate,Dr. F. Kenneth Hare, will take uphis newpost June 1,1968. Enrolment Mr. Justice Nathan T. Nemetz, chair- man ofthe Board of Governors of UBC, has announced that Dr.Hare Warning will assume his presidential office fol- lowing a briefholiday after relin- quishinghis present position as mas- ter ofBirkbeck College of the Uni- Issued versityof London. In the meantime,Dr. Hare will pay B.C.’s three public universities have twobrief visits to the UBCcampus. warned that enrolment [imitations may benecessary in 1968. BANQUET SPEECH Hewill arrive in Vancouver Jan. Dean Walter Gage, actingpresident 21 to address an annual banquet spon- of UBC, issued his warning statement sored bythe UBC Commerce Under- late in Octoberfollowing a meeting graduateSociety in association with of the Senate. theVancouver Board ofTrade on STATEMENT APPROVED Jan. 22 inthe Hotel Vancouver. About half of the 500 guests at the The Senate, andlater the Board of banquet will be businessand finan- Governors,approved thefollowing cial leaders; theothers will be stu- statement, whichwill appear inthe dents. 1968 UBCCalendar: This will beDr. Hare’s first oppor- “TheUniversity reserves theright tunityto address the businesscom- tolimit enrolment in 1968-69 and munity.He will speak on “Business thereafter if its facilities and resources andthe University.” areinadequate. It followstherefore On Jan. 25, Dr. Hare will attend the thatthe University may not be able openingof the Legislative Assembly to accept all candidates who meet the on the invitation of Premier W.A. C. minimumrequirements as laiddown Bennett. Hewill spend two days in - in theUniversity Calendar. This pro- Victoriabefore returning to England. visionapplies both to students apply- Hewill return to Vancouveragain ingfor admission forthe first time late inMarch and is scheduled to and to those applyingfor readmis- address theVancouver Institute on sion.” “UniversitiesUnlimited” on March 30. Dean Gage emphasized that UBC is Dr. Hare’s appointment as president not yet in a position to state whether ofUBC was announcedon June 29 or not a restriction of enrolment may this year. He succeeds Dr.John B. benecessary in September, 1968. Macdonald,who was president for five years from 1962 to June 30 this “However,” headded, “we feel it is year. advisable to warn prospective students Dean Walter Gage is actingpresi- nowthat suchaction may be neces- dentof UBC during theinterim sary in September, 1968, andthere- period. after.” WIDESEARCH DeanGage said theBoard of Gov- Dr. Hare’s appointment as president ernorswould consider the statement climaxed an international, eight-month inthe light of their review of the search by a Board of Governors’ presi- University’sphysical and financial re- dential selectioncommittee. sources. Thecommittee cast its net wide, The Senate ofthe University, he solicitingnominations from the UBC said, wouldthen decide which stu- faculty and other sources. All told, 111 dents it would beable to accept. candidates inCanada, th-e United “UBC’s situation,”Dean Gagesaid, Statesand theUnited Kingdom were “has been made difficult as a result of considered. the fact that our freshman enrolment Dr.Hare brings to his newpost a for the current year was considerably distinguishedbackground as a me- beyond our estimates.” teorological scientist and academic ad- ministrator. FRESHMENINCREASE Anative of England,he was edu- This year UBC enrolled 3,755 fresh- cated at King’s College of the Univer- men as compared to 3,386 the previous sity of London, where he received his year. bachelor of sciencedegree with first class honors in geography. An official at SimonFraser Univer- Helectured in geography at the sity said theirregistration was now Universityof Manchester in 1939-40 - approximately 5,000 and an enrolment and then joined the British Air Minis- limitationwould be imposed in 1968 try as an operationalweather fore- “if necessary.” caster. TheUnivercsity of Victoria’s warn- After the Second World War he came ing came in the 1965-66 annual report to Canada to teachgeography at Mc- of PresidentMalcolm Taylor, who Gill University. Fluently bi-lingual, he wrote:“Unless an increase in funds tookhis Ph.D. in geography at the is forthcoming, we shall be seriously French-languageUniversity of Mont- short of space in 1968, and shall have real in 1950. to consider emergency m e a s u res, He became a Canadiancitizen and among themlimitation of enrolment rose to become professorand chair- in 1968 or 1969.” manof McGill’s geography andme- c teorology department In 1962 he was nameddean of arts and science at McGill, a post he held until 1964 whenhe returnedto Eng- UBC Doctor Joins landto becomeprofessor of geo- graphy at hisold almamater, King’s Research Council College. He was namedmaster ofBirkbeck Dr. Stephen M. Drance, associate College in August, 1966. professor ofophthalmology in UBC’s faculty of medicine, is one of six new WRITESBOOK membersappointed to theMedical Dr. Hare is well known for his work Research Councilof Canada. inthe field of meteorologyand is authorof a widely-usedtextbook on Dr. Drance, who is director of glau- climatologyentitled “The Restless comaservices inthe UBC ophthal- GRADUATE STUDENT PaulThiele uses a Brailleedition of Winston Churchill’s Atmosphere.” mology unit at the Vancouver General history of the second world war as a book rest in the new Charles Crane Memorial He is a past chairman of the Arctic Hospital, will serve a three-year term Libraryin Brock Hall. The Library, used bythe 18 blindand partially-sighted Instituteof Canada, a fellowof the onthe Council, which makesgrants RoyalGeographic Societyand is cur- students registered at UBC, includes the largest private collection of Braille books to Canadian scientists for medical and rently president of the Royal Meteoro- biomedical research. in the world. Details on page four. Photo by B. C. Jennings. logical Society.

i. I TRAIN WATER POLLUTION EXPERTS UBC Lake, Parf of lnfernafionalProgram Marion Lake, inthe University of Since 1963, MarionLake has been productionproblems and thetraining “Our aspect of the International Bio- B.C.’s10,000-acre Research Forest near theobject of an intensivescientific ofexperts capable ofdealing with logicalProgram aims to fill this gap. Haney, B.C., isn’t much to look at. study by a task force ofnearly 30 suchproblems. MarionLake is one ofa number of Statistically, it’s a halfmile long, peopleheaded byUBC zoologist-fish- Dr.Efford puts it this way: lakes in variousparts of the world 200 yards across at its widestpoint eries expertDr. Ian E. Efford. “Theusual way inwhich the pollu- that are beingstudied with common and covers just over 32 acres. Its maxi- PUBLISHRESULTS tion -problem is attacked is to ask ex- measuringmethods, agreed upon at a mum depth is 21 feet. Dr.Efford’s research group is about pertsstudyto an already-polluted series ofrecent international meet- Marion Lake,however, is aboutto to publish the first results of their in- riveror lake. Thiscannot bedone ings, so that data can be compared. achieve a measure of scientificfame. vestigation of the lake. The project is without a proper understanding of the “Notonly will we amass abody of It is now includedin the Interna- far from completed,however, and its environmentin the lake before it be- basicdata concerning lake productivi- tionalBiological Program-a50-nation inclusion inthe world-wide IBP will camepolluted. ty, butthe studentswho go through planfundamentalof researchde- givethe research further impetus. “Thebig gap in ourknowledge is theprogram will betrained to deal signed togive man a betterunder- The most importantlong-range ef- that we simplydon’t understand the with waterpollution and fish produc- standingof the biological nature of fectwhich the Marion Lake studies complex problem of the lake’s produc- tion problems.” foodproduction and ways and means will have, Dr. Efford said, is an under- tivity’ and the manyfactors that OTHERBENEFITS of.controlling the balance of nature. standing of waterpollution and fish limit it Therewill beother benefits from theprogram as well,Dr. Efford said. Chief amongthese will be develop mentof methods whichwill increase fish productivity in Marion Lake. Studies carriedout so farby Dr. Efford show that the size and number of fish in the lake are probably limited bycompetition for the .existing food supply. “In termsof fish growth,”said Dr. Efford, “Marion Lake is the poorest of 28 other B.C. lakes for which we have obtained data. ’ “There must be a couple of hundred similar lakes inthe lower mainland area of B.C. which are just as poor in terms of fish production and growth.” Studies carriedout so far haveal- ready given some clues to the reason for this. “Thefish in Marion Lake,” said Dr. Efford,“are of two kinds4,OW Ko- kaneesalmon, whichare landlocked sockeye, and 4,000 Rainbow trout They are, on the whole, ratherpoor speci- mens, measuring upto six or seven inches in length when full grown: “Lakes with a highproductivity in theinterior, say, haveKokanee in themmeasuring up to two feet FOODCOMPETITION “The chief reason for this limitation offish sizeseems to becompetition for the available food supply with ap- proximately 8,000 salamanders which inhabitthe bottom of the lake. Both salamandersand thefish tend to eat the same kinds of insects and bottom organisms,and as there is a limited amount of food the fish grow poorly.” Dr. Efford’s nextproject involves the alteration of various factors affect- ing the food supply. He has alreadybegun fertilizing largeenclosures inthe lake with chemicalfertilizers which increase growth of the food of the bottom or- ganismseaten bythe fish andsala- manders. In 1969 he plans to trap or eliminate many ofthe lake’s salamanders to MARIONLAKE, in UBC’s 10,000-acre research forestnear which is now partof the International Biological Program, measure theeffect of their absence Haney, B.C., has yieldedup these live salamanders andfish is designed to measure the lake’s productivity and will have on the fish growth. specimens forlaboratory studies bygraduate students Barry an impact on pollutionand fish production studies. For Theimplications of changinglake Hargrave,right, and Dan Ware. TheMarion Lake project, details, see story above. Photoby B.C. Jennings. environmentsare obvious, Dr. Effoid says. These experimentalresults will be usefulunderdevelopedto countries BY UBC ECONOMIST anxious todevelop fish production as afood sourceand theycould also have a considerable impact on the de- velopment of sport fishing. Island‘Hunting Quality Studied Dr. Efford and his researchgroup havereceived more than $40,000 for A University of B.C. economist who onlybig game animalhunted inthe areas, or that hunters aren’t aware of research in the current year from the has alreadycompleted one study of area andhunters are easy to identify therelative statistical probabilitiesof National ResearchCouncil, which is hunting in the EastKootenay area of from fish and wildlife branch records. success amongdeer hunting areas.” coordinating the International Biologi- B.C. has turnedhis attention to deer Forthe purposes ofthe study, the The results of the study will be im- calProgram in Canada, theFisheries hunting onVancouver Island. researchershave divided Vancouver portant whether the hypothesis proves Research Board and UBC. Two thousandquestionnaires were Islandinto six areas. Hunters will be to be true or untrue,Dr. Pearse said. NEWFACILITIES mailed in late August to deer hunters asked to report the .number of times “If it is not true,” he said, “it will Theproject will beaided by new inVictoria and CampbellRiver in an they hunted in each area and estimate mean thatpublic money spent purely laboratoryfacilities which havebeen attemptto find out information on the costs oftravelling to hunt. From to increasegame herds orotherwise set upon the shore of Marion Lake. the economics ofhunting quality. these figures it will be possible to improvehunters’ chances ofgetting One ofthe newlaboratories is a 50- Thestudy is underthe direction of calculatewhat hunters are prepared game is being wasted. foot trailer which was in use last year Dr.Peter H.Pearse, associateprofes- to pay to get better hunting. “On the other hand, confirmation of on the UBC campus as a clinical train- sor of economics, assisted by graduate Thesecalculations will, inturn, be our hypothesis will enable us to make ing facility for student dentists. student Gary Bowden of Langley, B.C. correlatedwith statistical rate s of fairly preciseestimates ofthe bene- Five other university professors and TESTTHEORY hunter success obtained from the gov- fits ofimproving hunting opportun- their studentsare involved inthe Cost of the study is being met with ernment’s fish and game branch. itiesby increasing the deerpopula- MarionLake studies.Dr.Hamish a $3,800 grantfrom a private Ameri- “We willthen see whetherhunters tion and providing access to deer-rich Duthie, of Waterloo University in On- can foundationcalled Resources for whotravel greater distances improve areas.” tario,and Dr. Glen Rouse, of UBC’s theFuture Inc. of Washington, D.C., theirprobability of bagging a deer,” RESOURCE VALUE botanydepartment, areanalysing which also underwrote the cost of Dr. Dr.Pearse said. Dr. Pearse’s studiesare aimed at cores of bottom sediments to findclues Pearse’s earlier studyin the East “If they doconsistently improve compiling information about the value tothe environment in the lake thou- Kootenays. their chances bytravel. our hy- of resources so that realistic decisions sands of years ago. “Thehypothesis we wanttotest pothesis will be confirmedand we can be madeabout how much should Otherscientists involved in studies in our current study,” said Dr. Pearse, can thentry to work out howmuch bespent on management, andhow atthe lakeare Dr. Glen Geen, of “is thathunting quality is measured improved hunting quality is worth. muchone resource should be sacri- SimonFraser University, and Prof. bythe hunter’sexpected success in “Thiscould provide useful informa- ficed for another when conflicts arise. DennisChitty, of UBC’s zoology de- bagging an animal. tionfor guiding spendingand game “We talk a greatdeal about the partment,and Dr. C.G. Hughes, “In a larger sense thestudy will management programs on the part of qualityof the environment and the assistantprofessor ofbotany at UBC. throw light on the value of public in- governments. provisionrecreationalof opportun- vestment in managinggame and its “If we find there is no orderly rela- ities,” he said, “but we really have to habitlt since hunting success can be tionshipbetween distance travelled knowsomething about the value of 2 increased through such expenditures.” andhunter success,” Dr.Pearse said, theseresources beforepublic author- UBC REPORTS He said the decision to analyse deer “we will have to conclude either that itiesdecide on the most efficient use hunting onVancouver Island resulted factors other than hunting successde- orcombination of uses towhich a VOLUME 13, No. 7 from the fact that deer are almost the terminepreferences differentfor given areacan be put’’ DECEMBER, 1967 I i L : Alumni Director . Appointed Mr. Jack K. Stathers, a 35-year-old graduateof UBC, has beenappointed directorof the UBC Alumni Associa- tion. Alumni Associationpresident Mrs. John M. Lecky announced the ap- pointmentof Mr. Stathers,who was formerly managerof administration andplanning for Brenda Mines of Vancouver. Mr.Stathers will beresponsible for coordinatingthe work of the Alumni

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c HIGHLIGHT of UBC’s 1967 Homecoming weekend in October aformer UBC student whogave $200,000 enablingpurchase L was theofficial opening of Cecil Green Park, a new UBC- and renovation of the Centre, is shown with his wife inspect- community centre in the former mansion of the late Senator ingthe plaque acknowledging his gift Fordetails see story S. S.McKeen adjacent to the UBC campus. Dr. Cecil Green, below.Photo by B.C. Jennings.

*. OPENED DURINGHOMECOMING CecilGreen Park Will Promote MR. JACKSTATHERS

Associationand implementing pro- UBC Contacts With Community grams thatwill engender community andgraduate support ofUBC. His versitya tangible part of the com- c Dr.Cecil Green, theformer UBC Fundand facilities for the Faculty appointment was effectiveNovember student whose $200,000 gift made pos- Wolmen’s Club, was madepossible by munity.” 15. I siblenewa centre for UBC-com- Dr.Green’s gift. Dr.Green was astudent at UBC Mr. Stathers succeeds TimHollick- munity activities, officially opened the In his remarks at the opening cere- from 1918 to 1921. Because hewished Kenyon, who resigned in April of this building named forhim during 1967 mony,Dr. Green said he preferred to to studyelectrical engineering, which year totake anotherposition after Homecomingcelebrations. use theword “investment” rather was not offered at VBC at that time, serving as director of the Association than “gift” in describing his contribu- he tookhis bachelor and masterof Dr.Green told a crowded October for almost six years. sciencedegrees at Massachusetts In- . Homecominggathering that he hoped tion for the purchaseof CecilGreen Park. stituteof Technology. Mrs.Lecky said the Alumni Assoc- Cecil Green Park would be a “symbol During the 1930s Dr. Green was the iation was fortunateto havesecured of a healthyaof working relationship be- TRIBUTEPAID founderof TexasInstruments, Inc., a person ofMr. Stathers’ abilities at tweenthe University alnd theadults Hepaid tribute to Dr. William C. of Dallas, Texas, one ofthe largest a time when theAssociation was try- of the community.” Gibson. SDecial Assistant to the Presi- instrumentmanufacturing companies ing to give a new thrust to its activi- Thelarge well-preszrved mansion dent on UniversityDevelopment, for inthe world. ties, particularlyin the area ofrela- named forDr. Green is theformer bringingto his attentionthe poten- tionswith the government and the residenceof Senator S. S. McKeen tial of the facility. NOTABLEGIFTS community. locatedon 3% acres ofclifftop prop- Referringtothe possibilities for He has mad? a numberof notable Mr. Stathersgraduated fromUBC ertybetween Fort Campand the continuingeducation atthe centre, benefactions to education, including in 1955 with a bachelorof arts de- b former residence of F. RonaldGra- Dr.Green said it was “notonly im- establishment of a schoolof science gree, majoringin geography, history ham, which now housesUBC’s school portant for the University to turn out for boys in Dallas, a graduate student andphysics. of social work. welreducated students, but it would researchcentre nearDallas, and gifts Hecompleted a master of arts be failingin its mission if it didnot for a graduate student centre at MIT. degree in geography in 1958. He has The purchaseand renovation of the He was awarded an honorary doctor house, which now houses theUBC attract them back as adults. beenemployed as an economiccon- of science degree by UBC in 1984. Alumni Association, University Re- sultant for Noranda Mines Ltd., presi- “It is my hope,” headded, “that CecilGreen Park has already been sources Council, 3-Universities Capital CecilGreen Park will makethe Uni- dent of Stradone Enterprises Ltd. and ” used for a numberof UBC-commun- SkagitProjects Ltd., and as an in- ity conferences and seminars, includ- dustrialconsultant with B.C. Hydro ing a meeting of North American uni- andPower Authority. He is married versity presidents, a conferenceon and has fourchildren. westcoast art, meetings of the board of management of the Alumni Assoc- Vancouverpmancler iation, as well as social functionsand meetingstheofFaculty Women’s UCPAHonors Club. Leaves UBC $100,000 I One ofthe new facilitiesin the building is a boardroom and social UBC Staffer The University of B.C. has received theSalvation Army, the Vancouve; suite, furnishedwith gifts from two John F. McLean, UBC’s directorof c a bequest of $1OO,OOO fromthe estate Foundation,the Crippled Children’s UBC graduates, Robertand Sidney + personneland ancillary services, has of the late Hugo Emil Meilicke, a Van- Hospital, the Vancouver ArtGallery Coleman. been given the first award of merit of couverfinancier who diedSeptember and the Vancouver Symphony Society. Themansion in CecilGreen Park theUniversity Career Planning Asso- 20, 1967, at the age of 89. UBC has alsoreceived a bequest of was built in 1912 by Mr. E.P. Davis, a ciation. Underthe terms of Mr. Meilicke’s $1,000 from the estate of the late Ruth well-knownVancouver lawyer, and Thecitation for the award said Mr. willthe bequest will “establish the H. Maitland,of Vancouver,who died was the Davis family home until 1940. McLean was honored as a “prime Hugo E. MeilickeMemorial Fund to April 13,1967. Mrs. E.V. Schwitzer, who still lives in founder”of the UCPA who gave the Vancouver,owned the house until be used for such purposes as the Uni- Underthe terms of Mrs.Maitland’s organization“long service and admin- versity may decide from time to time.” will the bequest will be used to estab- 1951 when it was purchasedby the istrative leadership.”He was presi- Mr. Meilicke was born in the United lish the R. L. and Ruth Maitland Loan late SenatorMcKeen. dmt of the UCPA in 1959-60. States and emigrated to Saskatchewan Mr.McLean has been a memberof Fund to assist “worthy undergraduates ITEMSDONATED in 1902. Hisfather was thelate Sena- in the Faculty of Law.” the UBC staff since 1945 when he was tor E.J. Meilicke. The house containsmany items of appointed counsellor after a teach- Mrs.Maitland’s late husband, R. L. Q Senator Meilicke and his three sons furniture andother articles donated ing career inBC. high schoolsand Mait,land, was attorneygeneral of the foundedthe Saskatchewan farming by the various families who once lived UBC’s formerdepartment of educa- Provinceof British Columbia at the. communityofDundurn and owned there. tion. time of the establishment of a Faculty two newspapers, the ReginaLeader- Dominating the main reception room He was later appointeddirector of of Law at UBC. . Postand the Saskatoon Star, inthe ofthe mansionon theground floor personnel and student services, a posi- late 19205. They alsoowned wheat, is a huge grand piano once owned by tion he helduntil 1963, whenhe be- lumber,automobile and theatre inter- the renowned pianist Jan Paderewski. came directorof personnel and ancil- ests in Saskatchewan. The piano, whichPaderewski used lary services. HugoMeilicke came to Vancouver 3 for his North American concert tours, Mr.McLean is a UBCgraduate ,f~ in 1922 andopened a fimncier’soffice UBC REPORTS was discovered inthe tiny B.C. com- (BA ’31) andserved in theCanadian with one of his brothers. munityof Walhachin and was pre- army during World War 11. He attain- He was active in comrnunityaffairs VOLUME 13, No. 7 sented to the UBC school of music in ed the rank of major and was award- in Vancouverand was a directorof DECEMBER, 1967 1961. edthe DSO. Largest Private Braille Library, Thelargest private Braille library in existence,assembled The tasl in Vancouverover a period of 44 years bythe late Charles A. deafand bl 1 Crane,has been donated tothe University of B.C. each word I

Despite NOW OPEN IN BROCK HALL aclassical I The 2,500-volume collection,which willprovide the most dictionary o comprehensive university library facility for the blind in Canada, volumes. is now in operation in BrockHall where it isbeing used daily bythe 18 blind andpartially-sighted students currently regis- Wtien t tered at UBC. blind Canac two yearsa Establishment of the facility, to be known as the Charles A. Ubyssey, a ! CraneMemorial Library, has beenaided bygrants from Delta Gamma women’s fraternity,which assists blind students; Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Woodward’s Foundation,and the Canadian NationalInstitute for the Blind. INTEREST1 He was, Thelibrary consists of a roomhousing the collection, and halfthe lib anadjacent reading room and alounge where blind students andRomah can meet The facilities occupy part of the former offices of the tionis largc UBC Alumni Association in the north wing of Brock Hall. After le Charles A. Crane, theman who assembled thecollection, Vancouver ’ was born in Torontoin 1906, and was deafand blind from the employed id age of nine months as the result of an attack of spinal meningitis. in 1965. Thefamily moved toVancouver in 1911 andfrom 1916 to Mrs. JOi 1921 Charles Crane attended the School for the Deaf in Halifax, ment and CI where he made remarkable progress in learning to read and talk. saidCrand! In 1916 hevisited Alexander Graham Bell, who later told a and Mr. Ja writerthat the mostinteresting person he knew was “not a accordance man, but adeaf and dumb boy named Charles Crane, who will blind studer some daybe as famous as Helen Keller.” ‘‘The 91 organization SPOKE TO ROTARYCLUB the library,’ Beforereturning to Vancouver in 1922 Crane addresseda RotaryClub .meeting in Halifax, “andeach word was easily Delta G understood byevery one in thelarge room,” according tothe furniture in principalof the Halifax school. the organiz; in the catalc WhenCrane returned to Vancouver in 1922 tocontinue his education at the Jericho Hill School for the deafand blind he begancollecting and purchasing the Braille volumes which were eventually to become the largest private library of its kind FOUNDA~ in the world. A $3,000 The bulk ofthe Crane collection was purchased fromthe tion hasbe’ RoyalNational Institute for the Blind in London, theRoyal relswhere Blind Asylum and School in Scotlandand four printing houses 51,000 for dl for the blind in the U.S. writersand Duringthe 1930s Craneacquired a machinefor punching The UB Brailleand with the assistance of a readerbegan translating collection at a numberof books. has a large.

In 191 6, atthe age of 10, Charles Cranevisited thefamous inventor AlexanderGraham Bell. Bell, who described Crane as the most interesting personheknew, is shown above “talking” to Crane by touchinghis hands nndfingers. Charles Crane re- turnedtoVancouver in 1922 and begancollecting the largest private collection of Braillebooks in the world, u’hich is now housed in a new facilityfor blind students in UBC‘S Brock Hnll. Part of the Library, which i.r equipped zllith study carrels, tape recordersand high intensityreading lamps, is shown at right. Readingby Braille fromthe Library’scollection are BrimLendrutn, right, firstyear arls,and Sherryn Grout, agraduate student in English and German. Seated at thetable are Mrs.loan Pavelich, left, instructor in English at UBC and coordinator of theCrane library pro- ject,and Mrs. K. ]. McRae, a UBC graduate and member of Delta Gamma women’sfraternity, which is assisting in the cataloguing of the collection and providing $4,SOO to furnish the library and an adjacent lounge.

” . I ponated s complicated by the fact that Crane was both

weringplants and fe’rns, made up of 21 Braille

en;ered UBC in 1931 he was the first deaf and toundertake university studies. Heattended

IN CLASSICS ciplly interested in classical literature and about is made up ofBraille translations of Greek 1rks the classical perfod. Balance of the collec- df ,Englishliterature and history.

ngUBC Crane was a publicity agent forthe lfareFoundation. From 1933 until 1951 he was re w6rkshop of the CNIB in Vancouver. He died

Pavelich,an instructor in UBC’s Englishdepart- -dinatorof the Crane Memorial Library project, ur;ir%ng sister andbrother, Mrs. HarrietKilly Crane, haddonated the collection to UBC in ;h their brother’swish that it shouldchallenge to take up University studies.

I. rsitfis also gratefulto a numberof outside ssistance they have given us in equipping

mawomen’s fraternitywill contribute $4,500 for ibraryand lounge, andabout 50 membersof put in manyhundreds of hours assisting Ing of the collection.

IPROFESSOR of agronomy at UBC, Dr. A. J. Renney, in- Weed Fund to provide an annual fellowship in UBC’s faculty tscan read, andthe CNlB has contributed !;pects a sample of diffuse knapweed, a weed which is threat- of graduate studies. Dr. Renney and his co-workers have been ming rangelands and recreational areas in theKamloops experimentingwith a herbicidewhich shows greatpromise district and the Okanagan valley. Drive to eliminate the weed in thecontrol of the weed. will be aided by establishment of the Jean Bostock Memorial Photo by B.C. Jennings. WAR ON DIFFUSEKNAPWEED Weed Research Gets Impetus From Bosfock Memorial Fund A member of apioneer B.C. family area and down through the Okanagan agriculture, and we are cooperating in has establisheda fund atthe Uni- valley and is also a problem in Wash- these efforts,” Dr.Renney said. versity of B.C. for study and research ington state. HERBICIDALCONTROL andryland weeds and weed control Diffuse knapweed, and its relatives, “We atUBC havebeen concentrat- aln range lands. spottedand Russianknapweed, es- ingon the use ofcultural and herbi- Miss A. E. Bostock, of Monte Creek, tablish themselves quicklyand ex- cidal methodsof control. One herbi- H.C., daughterofthe late Senator crete a toxic substance which inhibits bicide has showngreat promise in kiewitt Bostock,has established the thegrowth ofsurrounding grasses eradication of the weed if sprayed on fund in memoryof her late sister, and plants. it in minute amounts in thespring MissJean Bostock, whodied in 1960. andearly summer.” The JeanBostock MemorialWeed WEEDRESTRICTS GROWTH Dr.Renney said research would As a result,said Dr. Renney, the Fund, which will eventually total $50,- also beundertaken on a numberof weed restrictsthe growth of range 0100, will beinvested and the pro- other B.C. weeds whichare estimated land grasses and ruins recreational ceeds used to provide an annual $3,000 to cost BritishColumbians about $25 fellowship to a student in the faculty areas. Grazinganimals will not touch millionper year in cropand live- of graduate studies. the weed because of its verybitter stock losses andcontrol measures. taste. T’HREATENSRANGE LANDS “On a national basis,” Dr. Renney Research oncontrol of the weed said, “conservativeestimates indi- Professor V. C. Brink,head of the has been goingon for a number of department of plant science in UBC’s cate that weeds costCanadians more years underDr. Renney’s direction. facultyof agriculture, said the Bos- than $500 million annually,and the tock Fund would mean greaterim- “Biologicalcontrol methods, which situationwill only get worseunless petuscould begiven to research havepossibilities, are being under- a substantialeffort is made through which has been continuing for a num- takenby the federal department of research.” ber of years in an attempt to control MissJean Bostock, forwhom the the spread of diffuse knapweed, which fund is named,was a graduate in is threateningrange lands. botany and horticulture from the Uni- versity of London. It is estimated thatmore than 300,- 000 acres ofinterior range land is UBC REPQRTS FORMERSENATE SPEAKER infested with diffuse knapweed, which Volume 13, No. 7-December, 1967. Author- Senator Hewitt Bostock settled in the was introducedinto B.C. beforethe izedas second class mailby the Post MonteCreek area of B.C. in 1888as OmceDepartment, Ottawa, and forpay- firstworld war in shipmentsof al- ment of postage in cash. Publishedby the a young immigrant from England.He falfa seed. University of BritishColumbia and dis- once owned a Victoriaweekly paper tributedfree of chargetofriends and andThe Province in Vancouver. Dr. A. Renney,J. professorof graduates of the University.Material ap- agronomy, whois in charge ofre- pearin0herein may bereproduced freely. Senator Bostock was speaker in the search on the weed, said it has gradu- Lettersare welcome and should be ad- CanadianSenate from 1922 to 1930. dressed to TheInformation OtRce, UBC, allly spreadthroughout the Kamloops Vancouver 8, B.C. Hedied in 1930. Senate Po Iicy Met TheUniversity of B.C.3 Senate has received assurances from 15 fraterni- ties and nine sororities that their con- ditionsof membership satisfy in full therequirements set out in a Senate policy statement Mr. J.E. A. Parnall, UBC’s registrar andsecretary of Senate, said that as far as theUniversity was aware all fraternitiesand sororities had now stated that they met the requirements ofthe Senate policy statement. . The Senatestatement is as follows: “The University recognizes the right

of any group whose primary purpose 4 is social,such as men’s and women’s fraternities, to choose its membership from among people who are personal- ly compatible.The University, on the other hand,regards it as unworthy of the long traditions of University mem- bership to select or reject persons for or from membership in a social group onother than the basis oftheir in- dividual personalqualities. Specifical- ly, theUniversity regards exclusion of persons from membership in men’s and women’s fraternitiesfor reasons ofracial origin as incompatiblewith ‘ thetraditions of the University, and regards limitationof membership to adherents of a specificreligious faith to .be acceptable onlywhere adher- .. ence to such faith is a bona fide tenet . of the organization.” Mr. Parnall said that each fraternity andsorority had replied to a letter fromacting president Walter Gage AIDING scheme to construct an east-west medical centre on seed takenfrom a tree under which the Greek scientist- statingthat their conditions of mem- a Greek island are UBC’s professor of the history of medicine philosopherHippocrates is said to have instructed students. bershipsatisfy in fullthe Senate and science, Dr. William C. Gibson, left, andDr. Oscar Good seed is soldto provide funds for construction of the policy. Sziklai, ofthe faculty of forestry. Dr. Sziklai is x-raying meeting place. Photo by B.C. Jennings. Following is a list of UBC fraterni- ties and sororities which have replied to Dean Gage’s letter: ON GREEK ISLAND OF COS Fraternities:Phi Delta Theta, Phi GammaDelta, Beta Theta Pi,Zeta Psi, PsiUpsilon, Alpha Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma, Delta Upsilon,Sigma Phi Delta,Zeta Beta Tau, AlphaTau UBC Professors Aid Plan Omega, Phi Kappa Sigma;. Delta 4 Kappa Epsilon, PhiKappa Pi,Sigma . Chi. To Construct Medical Centre Sororities:Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha GammaDelta, DeltaPhi Epsi- Plans to create an east-west meeting He is currently x-raying the seed he who livedfrom 460 to 370B.C., and lon,Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Gamma,

centrefor the medical world on the broughtto Vancouver todetermine is regarded as the father of scientific AlphaOmicron Pi, KappaKappa 4 Greekisland of Cos arebeing aided whichwill germinate and which will andclinical observation and the man Gamma, AlphaDelta Pi, Alpha Phi. by two professors at UBC. not. who initially freed medicine from the Dr.Oscar Sziklai, afaculty of for- The good seed will besent tothe curse of superstition. estry genetics expert, and Dr. William InternationalHippocratic Foundation C. Gibson, professor of the .history of in Athens fordistribution to doctors CAREFULLYGUARDED medicineand science, hope their ef- whomake donationa toward con- Theancient sycamoretree, which National forts will raise $50,000 toward the cost structionof the meetingcentre. bears seed ballsannually, is being of the $300,000 meeting centre. carefullyguarded by the Lord Mayor Group Names TheInternational Hippocratic Foun- SOFTX-RAYS USED of Cos, who is actively supporting the dation of Athens, which is sponsoring To ensure thatthe embryo of the project The seed balls,when mature, theproject, will sell seeds fromthe good seeds is notaltered genetically, are collected by the local district agri- UBC Planner sycamore treeunder which,legend Dr. Sziklai is using soft, or low-power, culturalist. says, Hippocrates, thefather of mo- x-rays in his laboratory examination. The tree itself is about 50 feet high, Dr. H. PeterOberlander, director dern medicin=, taught hisstudents. Dr.Gibson said the purpose ofthe seven feetindiameter and almost of UBC’sschool ofcommunity and 4 EIGHTPOUNDS ARRIVE meetingcentre is toprovide an east- completelyhollow inside. Its huge regional planning, has b$come the first Dr.Sziklai visited the Greek island west meetingcentre for the world’s branchesare propped up with marble Canadian to beelected president- dsignateof the Association ofCol- last summerand returned with a few doctors.“The Foundation,” he said, columnsand wooden sticks. “wantsdoctors to feel thatthe Cos legiate Schools of Planning. se:d balls taken fromthe ancient Despiteits enormous age, said Dr. building and the setting of the island He was elected at the tenth annual sycamore. Latein Novemberan addi- Sziklai,the tree is still verymuch is the home of their science.” meeting in Washington, D.C., and will tional eight pounds, or 1,500,000seeds, alive with new sprouts coming up and The meeting building, he said, would take up office in the new year. arrived for inspection and x-ray exam- plentyof seed producedannually. ination. be a suitable memorial to Hippocrates, Theorganization is the largestof The first seed fromthe Cos syca- its kind and represents all accredited more was brought to UBC in 1965 and schools of planning in North America. several dozen plantshave already It was founded under the auspices of been germinated by Universityhorti- the American Institute of Planners to culturalists. integrateall educational mattars for 1 Council Grant Enables I The seedlings will be plantedout urbanand regional planning iii Can- eventuallyin the courtyard of UBC’s ada and the United States. new Health Sciences Centre, currently Dr.Oberlander has been amember Expert to Visit U.K. under construction. ofthe UBC faculty since 1950. He is This pastsummer, a secondyear a graduate ofMcGill and Harvard Dr. Harry L. Stein, a vocational Hesaid that at presentschool job medical student at UBC, John Walker, Universities and holds the degrees of guidanceexpert inthe University of counsellorshave littlereal contact visited Cos with assistance from UBC’s bachelor of architecture,master of B.C.’s facultyof education, has been with the world of work with the result medical school tocollect information communityplanning and doctor of awarded a $2,500 grant from the Can- that they are unable to advise students for a guidebook he willwrite for philosophy. ada Council for research in the United adequately. medicalandnon-medical visitors. He is aspecial consultant tothe Kingdom. Walker,before entering theUBC Housingand Planning Section of the “Oureducational system,” he said, UnitedNations Department of Social Thegrant, from the Council’s hu- “desperately needs to produce a medical school, receivedhis bachelor manitiesand social sciences branch, ofarts degree in classics. Affairs on education for city planners. guidanceworker who understands In 1961 heserved as consultantto will enable Dr.Stein tovisit the the world of work and the needs and GREEKRUINS ABOUND the government of Ghana in establish- U.K. fortwo months in 1968 toin- abilitiesyoungof people as indi- The idea fora meeting centre at ing an institute of community planning vestigate principlesunderlying vo- viduals.” cationalguidance in theYouth Em- Cos grew out of the 17th International in that country and has alsoacted as ploymentService there. Inthe U.K. Dr.%teinwill visit the Congress ofthe History of Medicine a consultantto numerous Canadian headquartersand principal regional Thevisit will complete a studyof in 1950. TheFoundation, established governmentdepartments. Amongthe offices theofYouth Employment Europeanvocational guidance prac- the sameyear, is currentlypresided projectshe has carriedout is a de- tices which began in 1964 when Dr. Service tointerview senior adminis- over by Dr.Spiros Oeconomos, pro- velopmentplan for Banff and Jasper. Steinvisited 13 countriesfor similar trative personnelon the philosophy fessor emeritus of surgery at the Uni- underlyingyouth job placement. studies. versity of Athens. “The increasing importance of auto- His research will result in a report The 25-mile long island is located in 6 mationand other factors make it im- to the Canada Council and the federal theeastern Aegean Sea close tothe UBC REPORTS 9- perativethat young people have ade- manpowerdepartment recommend- mainlandofTurkey. The ruins of quat?information to guide them in ingprinciples which could be applied ancientGreek buildings abound on VOLUME 13, No. 7 choosing jobs,” Dr. Stein said. to the Canadian situation. the island. DECEMBER, 1967 Extension I Lectures 1 Expand I One-thirdmore people participated in continuingin education programs offered by UBC in 1966-67 than in the same periodof 1965-66, according to theextension department’sannual report. Totalenrolment in continuing edu- cation programs for the past year was 25,467, while the previous year’s enrol- ment was 18,586. Thistotal includes extra-sessional credit courses, non- creditevening classes, short courses, conferences, lecture seriesand diplo- ma programs. c NEWPROGRAMS Approximately 10,000 peopletook partin continuing professionaland technicaleducation programs. This represents a 27 per cent increase over last year’s figure and is attributed pri- marilyto the initiation of two new programs - continuingeducation in engineeringand law. Theextension department also ad- ministersprofessional and technical c programs inthe fieldsof education, . social work, pharmacy, forestry, fish- eries, agricultureand business. (The report does not include figures for the department of continuing medical edu- c cation.) Extra-sessional courses -those held inthe lateafternoon and evening - forUniversity credit in arts, science andeducation showed a 10 percent increaseover last year’sfigures. A totalof 1,389 studentsenrolled in 55 courses. Forthe first time extra-ses- sional classes werescheduled inthe evening from Mayto August. Credit correspondencecourses en- rolled 689 students in 15 subjects.

CENTENNIAL SERIES Sixty-fourprograms were offered by the extension department in towns DISCOVERERof new calcium-controlling hormone,Dr. hormone. Withhim is assistantprofessor Dr. C. Owen throughout B.C. These included 10 Harold Copp, left,head of UBC’s physiologydepartment, Parks,who is directingthe research involvedin isolating credit courses, 37 professionaland inspects filtration columnsused forpurification of the the hormone. Photo by B.C. Jennings. technicalprograms and 17 liberal arts - programsfor a totalenrolment of GETS MAJOR MEDICAL AWARD 2,500. Morethan 3,000 personsattended lectures in a specialcentennial series, Man’s Potential:Vision Unlimited, of- feredby the extension department UBC Doctor Discovers Hormone during the first five months of 1967. Dr.Harold Copp,professor and his colleague, Dr. lain Maclntyre of shown that the real source of Cal- head ofthe department of physi- theRoyal Postgraduate Medical citonin is an obscureorgan called ology at UBC has received one of School, London, who confirmed the theultimobranchial gland whose this year’s GairdnerFoundation work of Dr. Copp’s group two years functionup until now has been annualawards forspecial achieve-. later, andwho showed thatthe unknown. Chemist mentin medical science. It is the hormone was producedby cells in In mammals,these become im- first timethat a Gairdneraward thethyroid, rather than the para- bedded inthe thyroid and para- has been made to a Western Cana- thyroid as was originally thought. thyroid glands,accounting forthe i Gets NATO dian scientist. Dr. Copp’s original work was first early confusion as to the origin of

C ESTABLISHEDIN 1957 . greeted withpolite scepticism by the hormone.However, in birds, Thefoundation was established his colleagues, but is nowwidely reptilesand fishes, theultimo- in 1957 by Torontofinancier J. A. accepted and has opened up a new branchialsare separate and dis- Lectureship Gairdner and since its inception 51 fieldofstudy in endocrinology. tinct,and provide a veryrich A Universityof B.C. expertin the scientists fromeight countries,in- This year there are threeinter- source of hormone. chemistryof carbohydrates has been cludingsix Canadians,have been national conferences primarily de- awarded one ofthe first of a new STUDENTSPLUCK GLANDS so honored. voted toCalcitonin or (Thyro-cal- series ofannual lectureships spon- The awards, whichinclude sub- citonin, as it is sometimes called). This pastsummer, Dr. Copp had soredby the North Atlantic Treaty stantial cash prizes,are made in a crew of student “ultimobranchial Organization. recognitionof significant achieve- REDUCES CALCIUM LEVEL pluckers”collecting glands from ProfessorGuy Dutton, of UBC’s ments in the field of arthritic, rheu- The hormone apparently reduces thousands of chickens at two large chemistrydepartment, has been matic or cardiovasculardisease or thelevel of calcium in bloodby B.C. poultry processingplants. He granted leave of absence from Janu- other contributions which may help slowingdown its release fromthe is now looking into anothersource ary 1 toApril 1968, tolecture in in the control of disease and allevi- calcium storehouse in bone. Al- - the lowly Pacific dogfish, a small 30, two Europeancountries under the ation of human suffering. though it will be some time before predatoryshark common in B.C. NATO award. This year, nine scientists from thehormone will beavailable for watersand the bane- of salmon fourcountries were chosen from medical use, there is some hope fishermen. Purposeof the lectureship, accord- the 71 nominated. The awards were that it may prove of value in con- Locally,the hormone is some- ingto NATO, is to select a scientist b made by Governor General Roland trollingthe weakening of bones timesreferred to as Ultimo-Bran- who has recently made an important Michener at aspecial dinner in through loss calciumof which chial-Calcitonin(UBC for short) contributiontorapidly-developinga Toronto Nov. 17. occur_s in old age and in long-term but it seems likely that the simpler field of science to enable him to pre- Dr. Copp’s award is in recogni- treatmentwith steroid hormones term - Calcitonin - will persist. sent the most up-to-date developments tion of his discovery in 1961 of the such as cortisone. It is aterm which should become by means of a smallnumber of lei- r calcium-regulatinghormone Calci- In workcarried out during the increasinglyfamiliar to biologists tures. . tonin. Theaward is shared with past three months, Dr.Copp has and medical scientists alike. Prof.Dutton will lecture at the TechnicalUniversity Denmarkof nearCopenhagen and at theMax WILDLIFE SOCIETYAWARD PlanckInstitute for lmmunobiology in Freiburg, WestGermany. Dr.Dutton’s research in carbo- hydrates is allied to problems in wood Economist Citedfor ‘66 Book chemistry,plant gumsand the ap Professor A. D. Scott,head ofthe lishedby the Johns HopkinsUniver- periodof four years in collaboration plicationof newtechniques of gas chromatographyand spectrometry to b University of B.C.‘s economics depart- sity Press. withFrancis T. Christy, Jr., amem- the analysisof various problems. ment, has been a cited by the Wildlife It deals with problems ofgrowth ber of the research staff of Resources Society ofAmerica as- co-author of andeconomic allocation inthe man- forthe Future,a foundation located agement ofthe high seas fishery as in Washington, D.C., which alsopro- v outstanding“the publication in fish well as thefuture of supply and de- videdfunds for research which pre- 7 ecology and management’’ for 1966. rs mand forfish and legal problems in- ceded thewriting of the book. Y UBC REPORTS The book which earned the citation volved in makingthe harvest avail- Prof.Scott has beenhead ofthe is “TheCommonwealth in Ocean ablewithout economic waste. UBC economics department since Sep- VOLUME 13, No. 7 Fisheries,” a 281-page volumepub- Prof.Scott wrote the book over a tember, 1965. DECEMBER, 1967 Indian Taxation Studied Professor Donald B. Fields, ofthe Universityof B.C.’s faculty ofcom- merce, has received a $17,000 research grant to study the burden of taxation on native B.C. Indians. Thefederal government’s Depart- mentof Indian Affairs and Northern Development has made thegrant for preparation of a report aimed at put- tinginto perspectivethe Indian as a taxpayerand a recipient oftax mon- ies, Prof.Fields said.

WORKBEGUN Work on the study began during the summer.Tax and otherrelevant data 4

has beencollected fromthe provin- c cial andfederal governments and is currentlybeing analysed. Anattempt will be made to assess the tax burdeh on Indiansin terms of indirect taxes as well as direct taxes,and in terms of taxes levied by allthree levelsof government - federal, provincial and municipal. THISFAMILIAR campuslandmark, originally ahorti- building served as an officeand practice facility for the culture barn built in 1917, will get a’new lease on life soon musicdepartment. Dwarfing the barn inthe background If feasible,Prof. Fields said, afur- as a snack bar providing food services for faculty members is the new metallurgy building and at left the H.R. Mac- therexamination into benefits receiv- and students in the south campus area. In recent years the Millan building for forestry and agriculture. ed by Indians from tax revenues from the three levels of government will be carriedout to attempt some cost- BUILT IN 1917 benefit analyses. Mr.William Stanbury,a UBC com- merce graduate who won the faculty’s ’4 goldmedal whenhegraduated in 1966, is research assistant for the pro- Barn Gets New Lease on Life ject He is currentlystudying for his One ofthe University of B.C.‘s originalbuildings, built indicate the building’s beginnings as a horticulture facility. Ph.D. degree in economics at the Uni- at a cost of $5,250 in 1917, is getting a new lease on life. From 1917 to 1924 the building served as a classroom where versityof California at Berkeleyand The old horticulture barn in the shadow of the north side soldiers returning from World War I were taught practical willreturn to UBCnext spring to ofthe new H. R. MacMillanbuilding is beingrenovated aspects of horticulture. continui work on the study. as a snack bar at a cost of $67,622. Generationsof undergraduate students inagriculture Prof. Fields said his tax project was UBC’sBoard ofGovernors has approvedthe awarding receivedinstruction inhorticulture in the building and one of several matters relating to na- of a contract to Oliver Builders Ltd. for $54,700 to renovate manyfamous UBCprofessors taught there, including tiveIndians currently being research- the interior of the building. The balance of the conversion former Dean ofagriculture F. M. Clementand Professor ed in Canada underthe auspicesof price will provide equipment for the snack bar. Emeritus of horticulture A.F. Barss. thefederal Department of IndianAf- The snack bar, whichwill seat 148 persons, is designed In recent years the building served as a studio and office fairs andNorthern Development to provide food services for students and faculty members facilityfor UBC’s departmentof music, whichthis year at the south end of the campus. moved intoa new buildingin the Norman MacKenzie COMPLETES STUDY Plans call for the snack bar to be namedi“The Barn” to Centre for Fine Arts. . Prof.Fields, who recentlycompleted a studyon aids tosmall business in Canada underthe sponsorship of the Economic Council of Canada, was for- . merlya researchsupervisor, personal tax, for the Royal Commission on Tax- ation.

Bids Asked For Admin. Building UBC’s Boardof Governors has ap- provedworking drawings and called tenders forconstruction of stage one of a new General Services Administra- tionbuilding.

CONSTRUCTIONSITE The 68,000-square-foot buildingwill be constructed on the northwest corn- erof WesbrookCrescent and Uni- versity Boulevard adjacent to the War Memorial Gymnasium. It will house the registrar’s office, department of finance, data processing centre, post office, housing administra- tion,office of the deanof graduate . studies and the Bank of Montreal. Thebuilding will befinanced by a uniquearrangement betweenUBC and theBank of Montrealthrough a combination of pre-paidrentals and bankloan. Thenegotiations which led to the arrangement withthe Bank ofMont- real werefinalized only after Can- ada’s five major chartered banks were GREETING four new student members of the UBC Senate at Mr.Gabor Mate, Mr.Mark C. Waldmanand Mr. Ray R. asked to submitfinancing proposals. their first meeting is Senate secretaryand UBC registrar Larsen. Mr.Waldman was elected by graduatestudents and Only two banks made suchproposals. J. E. A. Parnall. From left to right are MissKirsten Emmott, theother three by students inother faculties.Sun photb.

CONGESTED QUARTERS The new buildingwill bring to- getherunder one roof a number of 1 YANDLE ANNE M . majorUBC administrative offices, all 71 1 ofwhich nowoccupy congested and UBC L I BRARY separate quarters on the campus. Provision has- beenmade for con- Reports structionof a second stage ofthe buildingin the future. Architects for VOLUME 13, No. 7 theproject are Thompson,Berwick, DECEMBER, 1967 Pratt and Partners.